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horror literature \ Mangkhoe \ Matt Shaw \ psychological horror \ Satanic literature
Channel X (Basically Satanic Streaming Service Horror)
When I see a Matt Shaw book recommended on Kindle, it usually goes straight onto my TBR, or even straight to me reading it. Channel X grabbed my attention and I thought “perhaps some sort of porn channel, with dire consequences?” I, of course, was wrong…as usual. Channel X happens to be something more […]
brutal death metal \ Caleb Diederich \ Italy \ Ivrea \ Piedmont \ Turin \ Willowtip Records
Putridity – Greedy Gory Gluttony (Brutal Death Metal for Modern Sensibilities)
I’ve been neglecting poor old brutal death metal for awhile now, but it’s not my fault, I swear. It’s the fault of the bands! It’s the fault of the labels! Everyone but me! And though the blame-game is everyone’s excuse it’s totally valid here because brutal death metal is actually, not metaphorically, the same […]
blackened death metal \ Flux of Death \ Mexico \ Osmose Productions \ Querétaro \ Vomit Records
Demonized – Abyss Vanguard (Savage Blackened Death Metal)
Now here’s the definition of comeback. I mean wow, exactly two decades have passed since Demonized released anything. After a self-titled that went under everyone’s radar they’re back with an EP. Well, we’ll take it! I’m on a simplicity for simplicity’s sake kick this week, so don’t expect any fluff. Nothing else to say […]
FPS \ HYPERSTRANGE \ Mekworx \ PC \ retro fps \ Sci-fi Horror \ Steam
Supplice (Retro Sci-Fi Horror FPS with Various Monstrosities)
Nothing hits better than a game made by gamers familiar with the game they’re about to make you game. And if there’s one community known for that kind of repetition, it’s the Doom modders. Put a bunch of those people together, tap into that retro 1990s FPS action, pixels and all, mix it up […]
blackened punk \ CVSPE \ Doomed Records \ Lisbon \ Portugal \ raging planet \ Regulator Records \ Ring Leader \ RSR / Hate Ape Prod
Systemik Viølence – Negative Mangel Attitude (Sharper Image Blackened Punk)
Ahhhh, it’s Systemik Viølence! I’ve been following these clowns for some time now, after they made some nasty waves in 2016 with Fuck as Punk, a tirade taking aim at pretty much everything that turned punk into an industry. Of course, old-school punk’s whole mantra was a stab at the mainstream, but once it […]
blackened death metal \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Kajang \ Malaysia \ Selangor
Tomb – The Dark Subconscious (Slovenly Blackened Death Metal)
I debated reviewing this one because it’s such a damn sloppy mess. Malaysia’s Tomb have got a great sound, don’t get me wrong. Earlier work, such as Gates of Gehenna, may be thin on cutting-edge themes, but heavy on the evil. We got wolves howling, solos screeching like bleeding blisters on the fingertips, drums […]
4Divinity \ Focus Entertainment \ FPS \ Mudfish \ PC \ PlayStation 4 \ PlayStation 5 \ Steam \ Xbox One \ XBox Series S \ Xbox Series X
Atomic Heart (Russian FPS with a Protagonist Who Should Have Been Silent)
Atomic Heart is almost the kind of game it wants to be. That being a Bioshock-inspired, Russian-art-directed, cyberpunk-esque, dystopian, thought-provoking murder-simulator, but misses the mark in one key area: it doesn’t let you think for yourself. Instead, the protagonist annoyingly spews opinions at every little thing he could possibly have. Therein lies its biggest […]
Brian Knapp \ cybergoth \ cyberpunk \ Grand Rapids \ Michigan \ post-industrial \ United States
Lazer Station – MEGABOMB SOUND SYSTEM VOL. 1 (Post-Industrial Cybergoth)
Yay I’m on an industrial kick this week thanks to Bandcamp tagging! After that last one I was hoping to find something more traditional, and here we go. Mixing old style with modern post-industrial, cybergoth, and other things of the electronic dark, Lazer Station was a welcome surprise in a landscape otherwise densely populated […]
blasphemous black metal \ Johan Prenger \ Netherlands \ Nomad Snakepit Productions \ Ván Records
Duivel – Heiligschennis (Truly Blasphemous Black Metal)
Lol man, this cover. The cut-and-paste painting style displays one of the most vile things I’ve ever seen. It’s sure to defile, and much like the band who dared to have it crafted, Duivel, its blasphemous in ways more glaring than you’d first expect. If you’re familiar with Dutch black metal in the slightest, […]
Blu-ray \ giallo \ Italian horror \ Vinegar Syndrome \ Vittorio Rambaldi
Primal Rage (Giallo Bio-Horror)
At the tail end of the 1980s, the Italian horror business was in crisis mode. Argento had fled after Opera for an attempt at grabbing the brass ring of a career in America. Fulci had taken ill and his sporadic output suffered as a result. Lamberto Bava never fulfilled his early promise and Michele […]
