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El Greco \ entrenched \ Finland \ grindcore \ Iron Corpse \ nihilistic grindcore \ Trench Warfare
DEATHFUCKINGWOUND – VOID MMXXV (Entrenched Nihilistic Grindcore)
DEATHFUCKINGWOUND. That’s the name, huh? Well, I almost deleted the email, not because I’m a sensitive man, but because I didn’t feel like writing another review this week. Yet, with their completely nihilistic aesthetic, I decided to give it a few seconds, and found myself immediately eviscerated by VOID MMXXV, even a mere 10 […]
existential \ funeral doom \ New Jersey \ Profound Lore Records \ United States \ Will Kuberski \ Worthless
Evoken – Mendacium (Existential Funeral Doom)
Huh, what do you know? I didn’t think a band from the US could pull off something like this, but it looks like the winds of unearthly spirits are finally sweeping the lands, or at least the east coast as this band’s from New Jersey. New Jersey? Holy this this is a miracle, and […]
Amor Fati Productions \ atmospheric black metal \ Belgium \ Germany \ ritualistic black metal \ Sophia Melissa \ Switzerland
Illusive Key – Consume Us (Atmospheric Ritualistic Black Metal)
Illusive Key, a German-Belgian coven who’ve just recently allowed their eyes to glow from far back in the darkness, are the type of band that prefers a bit of mystery. It’s clear, having listened to this thoroughly, that there’s skill to be found here, meaning they likely have experience outside of this project. And […]
bestial black metal \ blackened war metal \ India \ Iron Bonhead Productions \ Qayin Mandala Graphex
Tetragrammacide – Cyber-Tantric Paradigm of Radical Sri-Vidya (Bestial Technological War Metal of Samsara)
I’m still going to call these guys the greatest sonic juggernaut in the history of India. It doesn’t matter what they do; demo, split, EP, compilation, full-length, they always annihilate any preconceptions of what constitutes “metal”. And they continue to do this with an absolutely brazen approach: they’re loud, inaccessible (to fledglings), violent, noisy, […]
Betty Rocksteady \ Brendan Vidito \ Eric Raglin \ gore \ horror \ horrorpunk \ Ira Rat \ Katy Michelle Quinn \ Madeleine Swann \ Sam Richard \ splatterpunk
Fucked Up Stories to Read in the Daytime (Stories to Definitely Damage the Youth)
After a reading hiatus brought on by stressful circumstances, I craved something short and engaging. A compilation of short stories that grips you, leave you wanting more, and which lingers in your mind; the perfect remedy for a reading slump. Often in short story collections a few tales truly stand out, carrying the book […]
Brooklyn \ Chris Allison \ fantasy doom \ King Volume Records \ New York \ New York City \ old school doom \ United States
Castle Rat – The Bestiary (Truly Great Fantasy Doom)
I was never a fan of Castle Rat before and after the hype. This wasn’t to say I didn’t enjoy what they did, I just didn’t see the greatness, or rather no one else noticed the greatness wasn’t there yet. We all need to be honest about that. Great style, great concepts, great ability, […]
doom metal \ MA \ Sentient Ruin Laboratories \ sludge doom \ sludge metal \ South Korea
Gawthrop – Kuboa (Wretched Sludge Doom)
Honestly I was not a fan of this at first. South Korea’s Gawthrop dilutes industrial death and noise into a stark, super-pressurized form of sludge doom that’s so absolutely wretched it will likely remind you of the drudgery that is your life. The compressed sound held me back, at first, until I really listened […]
auto-battler \ Chronocle \ Hooded Horse \ PC \ retro RPG \ roguelike \ roguelite \ RPG \ Steam
He is Coming (Synergistic Auto-Battler RPG)
GeForce Now’s weekly picks rarely steer me off the true path, and this one, He Is Coming, caught my eye. Not just for its bargain-bin price, but also the epically ominous art depicting the looming Demon King who plays a role in the story. As an auto-battler RPG masquerading as a roguelike, or lite, […]
old school death metal \ osdm \ Server Terlekchi \ Ukraine
Heruvim – Mercator (Deep Thoughts Death Metal)
It’s easy to pin a band with a single genre, but the question can remain, does the pin actually stick? Heruvim are unabashed in calling themselves “old school death metal.” Their debut full-length, Mercator, is an atlas of the genre, yet their presentation is much different. This can be easily summarized in a variety […]
Chicago \ doom punk \ Illinois \ Prosthetic Records \ Rosario Scimeca \ sludge metal \ sludge punk \ United States
Motherless – Do You Feel Safe? (Traumatic Doom Punk)
Been craving something with punk attitude recently, and thankfully this one came in the promo set some weeks ago. I’ve been through probably 15 times since then. Chicago’s Motherless has a penchant for answering their own questions. The immediate answer to Do You Feel Safe? is a rather quick “no,” taking the paranoia of […]
