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Sigihl – Trauermärsche (And a Tango Upon the World’s Grave)

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Sigihl – Trauermärsche (And a Tango Upon the World’s Grave)

Sat on this one for awhile.  But it was much unlike the usual type of sitting.  It wasn’t like sitting on your easy chair, or a lawn chair, or an armchair, it was more like a chair of nails, such as would have been used during the Witch Craze.  This would be a useful analogy […]

Interview with Generichrist (Ironically Ungeneric)

Interview with Generichrist (Ironically Ungeneric)

Interviews always take forever.  In particular because bands/musicians usually take forever to respond to simple questions.  Further, when they do, it’s either a trite answer or they completely ignored certain important details.  In this case that certainly didn’t happen, blame the editor (me) for the lack of speediness, but hey, we just had a baby three weeks […]

Corpus Christii – PaleMoon

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Corpus Christii – PaleMoon

If there’s one country that’s supremely diffuse in terms of its representation of various types of black metal, it’s Portugal, which is surprising considering its relatively small size in comparison to most of Europe.  But in spite of its smaller landmass, hugging the ocean, or Spain, whichever direction it chooses to embrace, it’s filled with […]

The Ugly – Decreation

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The Ugly – Decreation

Interesting that this album would be titled as such, considering it’s rather a form of creation than destruction.  But before we get to that, let’s consider Swedish black metal.  Sweden has a rather interesting history in the genre, being that it, though rooted in Scandinavian tradition, is somewhat separate in how it developed.  You have […]

Sovereign – Nailing Shut the Sacroscant Orifice

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Sovereign – Nailing Shut the Sacroscant Orifice

Wordiness is often a marker for headiness, and seriously any metal band that pulls out sacrosanct in their album title probably has something to say.  But US black metal, sadly, has often not had much to say.  Part of the reason for that is it gets covered over by all the clickbait BM worthlessness of […]

Gore Tech – Futurphobia

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Gore Tech – Futurphobia

Man, ever just want to drop some damn bass?  Ever want to hear that low-end rumble pulsing through your organs and causing a hemorrhage?  Ever just want to pump up that system and blow your speakers, driving around mall parking lots for some nightmare on bass street?  Stalk with that bass, assault with that bass, […]

Downfall of Nur – Umbras e Forestas

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Downfall of Nur – Umbras e Forestas

Interesting that this is the first review we tackle after the birth of my (editor) daughter this past week.  After weening her on dark synthwave with GosT and then giving her some classical, it was time for the full indoctrination with this sick promo sent to us from Russia.  Black metal for child rearing?  Yes, […]

Oceanwake – Sunless

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Oceanwake – Sunless

Slower varieties of doom, those that enter the realm of the funereal, are often overlooked except by this sick, vibrant niche of freakos who find themselves content with purposefully getting jaundice and sitting in the darkness after the electricity is shut off, their bills long unpaid after hours of self-induced misery.  All that remains is […]

Sewer Goddess – Painlust

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Sewer Goddess – Painlust

If you were one of the five people who was paying attention on our Facebook page today, apparently saying the word ‘girl’ anywhere near the word ‘noise’ incites a mental riot inside those who think you’re making some trite comment about ‘girl noise’.  First off, we weren’t.  Second off, we know exactly what said user […]

SPLITting Headache – Buncha Metal

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SPLITting Headache – Buncha Metal

Well, we finally made some sense out of what we want to do with this new special feature of ours, titled, as you can see, SPLITting Headache.  The problem we’ve always had with splits is that you have at least two bands, but sometimes more than that, and how do you go about reviewing that? […]