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bile \ crust punk \ disgust \ DRÅP \ filth \ slaughterhouse offal \ smelly belly \ stench \ Sweden \ tripe
DRÅP – En Naturlig Död
Let’s get crusty, let’s get musty. People often ridicule crusts for their absolute disregard for bodily hygiene. It’s the most virulent smelling movement in music, something that’s always pushed itself so far away from the mainstream it’s often looked at with derision and the holding of one’s nose, even when you’re just looking at pictures […]
breakcore \ electronica \ glitch \ Phantom Wave Records \ plug in some stuff make some stuff \ psychedelic \ synth \ Ventricosa
Ventricosa – Gods
Everyone wants to make their mark, everyone wants to make something of themselves, everyone wants to “make it”. People reach middle age all the time, it’s part of dying, and once it hits most sit back and look at themselves and say “what have I done, what is this pile of filth in which I […]
death metal \ Egypt \ Middle Eastern \ pharaohs and mummies and things and such \ Scarab \ ViciSolum Records
Scarab – Serpents of the Nile
Maybe it’s just us, but doesn’t anyone else find it ridiculous when a band selects a theme to which they have absolutely no cultural connection? There’s a difference in playing a certain style and pretending you’re something you’re not. Seriously, think about it. So when this one came in it had all the earmarks, hallmarks, […]
black metal \ Forcefield Records \ get real \ Richmond \ the new black metal \ Unsacred \ Virginia
Unsacred – False Light
Ahhh, great start to the week right here. Or should that be written as raight heaaaaah booooiii? We like black metal, love it in fact. The more devastating, the better, the less cliche the better, the more post upon post with dashes (like this: post-) the better. Corpse paint be damned, sick of it, let the […]
big old mess of something sometimes \ black metal \ Germany \ hardcore punk \ Mayak \ Sell Your Souls Records \ sludge \ thrash
Mayak – Allegiance to None
Now here’s an interesting mix from Bielefeld, Germany. In this modern era, you have the pontifiers of the classique, those who refuse to quit the age-old style of various genres, content with appealing to a rather stagnant fan base. In addition to that camp you have the truly unique, those who often create a wide […]
dark electronics \ dark industrial \ death industrial \ Kerrstillingskozletskynyströmpetrus \ Malignant Records \ seriously try to pronounce that name
KSKNP – Death Instruktions
There are several superficially clever phrases that come to mind when trying to properly pronounce Kerrstillingskozletskynyströmpetrus, all of which fail miserably if that idiosyncratic wording passed your attention ungathered. This particular manifestation of death industrial is actually the latest work of Peter Nyström, Stephen Petrus, Robert Kozletsky, Larry Kerr ,and John Stillings. All rather seasoned death-sound mechanisc who’ve done […]
Czech Republic \ doom metal \ Epidemie Records \ funeral doom \ Mistress of the Dead \ so slow
The Vault: Mistress of the Dead – White Roses, White Coffin
Funeral doom is a pretty stable niche in the field of doom metal, but it tends to turn away most of those who are more attuned to the driving force of bands like Bog Oak, or really anything with a tempo that doesn’t move at a pace so slow half a chord progression takes a […]
death metal \ Doomentia Records \ finally death metal that doesn't piss us off \ sludge \ Usurpress
Usurpress – Ordained
This one’s been stewing in the old brain much like a fine, expensive ham. Much like a ham we just purchased for $90 (that’s not a joke) that we made without realizing we had neither the time or energy to eat all that ham. This one here, it sat in there, it heated, it melted, […]
Belief Mover Records \ black metal \ buioingola \ depressing as hell \ doom metal \ Dweller in the Valley \ Eye of Nix \ grimoire records \ Hanged Man Recordings \ noise \ noise rock \ post-black metal \ powerviolence \ psychedelice \ Same Sex Dictator \ Sentient Ruin
Cassette Assault – Hit It Hard With Sludge
In the past, when we’ve tossed tapes purposefully at your face; sometimes it’s been a hit, sometimes a miss, depending on the tape. This time we didn’t want that, we wanted it all. no misses. As the tapes come in, as well as anything else, we’re picky now, preferring to review what we see in a positive […]
black metal \ blackened freaking blackness fossilized into something so black you'll freak \ death metal \ Harvest Gulgaltha \ Nuclear War Now! Productions
Harvest Gulgaltha – I
Nothing beats mystery, especially when it comes to anything from the blackness. Harvest Gulgaltha have only been around a few years, but even with only two releases under foot, including a demo, it sounds like they’ve been lurking in tombs for much longer than that. Finding anything about them is near impossible. They’re from somewhere […]
