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Jollyfish Games \ kill geometry \ shooter \ space shooter \ Steam \ twitch shooter \ video games
AEGIS 2816 (Geometric Twitch Shooter)
Here’s a fun one. Or I mean a fun one. I was first drawn to the design of AEGIS 2186 because of its simple, minimalist approach to the space shooter genre. If you’re familiar with Tempest, Gyruss, and others, this little beauty, still largely unknown, has similar trappings, yet its modern approach is to its benefit. It relies on geometric […]
black metal \ blackened death metal \ death metal \ Grave Spirit \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Karmazid \ United States
Grave Spirit – The Beast Unburdened by Flesh (Crud Love)
I was pretty sure this band had some sort of roots in South or Central America, but I just can’t figure it out for sure damn it. It just has that nasty, crude, but totally awesome sound to it. Lo-fi, yet listenable, shrieking, harsh, cymbals that sound like empty pie pans, I mean this has got it […]
Amanda Blodøks \ black metal \ blackened death metal \ Canada \ death metal \ Krucyator Productions \ Montreal \ Profane Order \ Satan Christ stuff
Profane Order – Tightened Noose of Sanctimony (Demo Metal)
I almost started a new feature with this one, covering only demos, but I so rarely get any that I’d even consider reviewing I figured eh, let’s just do this as the usual apocryphal review. Profane Order you’ve probably never heard of, but you likely will in the coming years, depending on what they do. […]
Crampi Records \ Death Crush Distro \ Destroy All Gondolas \ hardcore punk \ illama \ Italy \ MacinaDischi \ punk \ punk rock \ Shyrec \ Sonatine Produzioni \ surf rock
Destroy All Gondolas – Laguna Di Satana
It’s rare that I actually say something is unique. And I should make that as actually say so you get the emphasis. I joke, I rip to pieces, I vent, but sometimes I give my blood. It is time to give your blood to this band. I remember when I first reviewed their S/T 7″ three […]
black metal \ Cypriot PUNK MATTAFAKKA \ Cyprus \ death metal \ Infected Syren \ metal \ psychobilly \ punk \ rockabilly
Infected Syren – S/T (Cypriot Punk)
I’m glad I can finally say I reviewed a band from Cyprus, because the adjective “Cypriot” just sounds so great. So, here we have, for the first time ever, a Cypriot Punk outfit, though just “punk” is not nearly enough to describe them. This particular one, Infected Syren (also the band’s name), was further down my queue […]
Castlevania \ Gothic \ horror \ Metroid \ Metroidvania \ platformer \ Pugware \ Steam \ Steven Gal \ Usurper \ video game
Usurper (Metroidvania Darkness Ahoy)
I love user complaints, but especially concerning video games because anything negative is usually coming from a complete idiot running bad hardware. A fault with the self is hard to admit, it’s easier to blame someone else for your crappy Win-1o set up or connection speed, which has nothing to do with the game itself. It’s […]
cassette \ Finland \ Hanging Garden \ Lifeforce Records
Hanging Garden – I Am Become (Limited Edition Cassette)
Okay people, let’s do this. Since I’ve recently started to funnel more money into releases, I’m slowly building up stock for releases specifically done through me. The next one, featured here, I’m quite excited about. With permission from Lifeforce Records and Hanging Garden, Deaf Sparrow is doing a special, limited edition cassette version of their […]
Canada \ death metal \ melodic death metal \ no vocalist needed please don't apply \ Paolo Girardi \ Revenger \ Technical Death Metal
Revenger – The New Mythology Vol. 1 (Singer Vacancy, Do Not Apply)
Now here’s a curious thing. So curious I’m not sure I’ve ever discussed it. First off, let’s get the bio puke out of the way. Revenger come from Canada, and I don’t recall ever having heard of them until this release. As usual, you know me, the cover is what first got my attention, […]
dinosaurs \ epic metal \ Germany \ Massacre Records \ melodic death metal \ power metal \ Technical Death Metal \ Victorius \ yep dinosaurs but sad
Victorius – Dinosaur Warfare Legend of the Powersaurus (Seriousaurus)
I joked about this one on Facebook when I posted one of the band’s promo photos. Some of you thought it was a meme I created, but it was not. And this critical review, too, is real. Victorius is one of several German bands over the past year that have left me disappointed, but this […]
black metal \ death metal \ electronic metal \ industrial metal \ IPERYT \ like woah this is cool man \ Pagan Records \ Poland
IPERYT – The Patchwork Gehinnom
This one really surprised me. I had heard some whispers of Poland’s IPERYT (which translates from Polish to mustard gas) before, but the genre of “industrial metal” has all but buried itself. Why? There’s been a big push towards the so-called “organic” in music, including all forms of metal. This is really part of the […]
