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agonia records \ black metal \ depressive black metal \ forgotten tomb
Forgotten Tomb: …And Don’t Deliver Us From Evil
One day, while looking for some depressing, suicidal, angst-spewing black metal, came across the name of Forgotten Tomb. A tomb that is forgotten? Does it get any more forlorn? It would have to be both depressing and good, correct? Yes, or make that more like yeeeeessssssss, well most of it. …And Don’t Deliver Us From Evil marks […]
black metal \ grimoire records \ torrid husk
Torrid Husk: Caesious
Torrid Husk’s Caesious has every marking of mundane, and it doesn’t really make an effort to hide the fact. The illegible, tree-like logo, the white, snowy, atmospheric artwork, it all screams ‘Weakling’, and you assume you’re most likely in for a treat of overrated black metal made by people who shouldn’t be anywhere near black […]
experimental \ France \ Le Réveil Des Tropiques \ MusicFearSatan \ psychedelic rock
Le Réveil Des Tropiques: S/T
Dat old lady… Really need to get her out of the head there, please, for the love of God… This one really makes you wonder what in the world you’re in for at first glance, coming in a bi-fold slipcase with two discs, an inner, distorted picture of some sort of resort on a beach, the […]
folk metal \ pagan metal \ Ukraine \ zgard
Zgard: Reclusion
Think about the trip this one took, it’s kind of like the album art. Coming from the cold wastes of the Ukraine, all the way to little old us. Think how people communicated a hundred years ago, what will they do a hundred from now? And why in the hell are we wasting your time […]
black metal \ doom \ symptoms of sickness
Symptoms of Sickness: S/T
Black and doom is a beautiful combination. It’s a great medium to channel melancholy and wrath with deep, resonating growls, heart-wrenching riffs, and moments of infinite suffering. It sounds easy to accomplish but by the small number of black/doom bands out there that have become successful, it really is not. Fortunately for you, it seems […]
crust \ hardcore \ ism \ metal
ism: Demo
Don’t be fooled by the powerviolence tag you’ll find on the Bandcamp page we have nicely linked below, because there’s not a bit of that in this. So, sorry, no girlfriend-in-side-project cameos that were clearly to make sure an “evening of fun” took place, as much as you’d want that to happen. But, hey, that’s […]
doom metal \ sludge \ Tons
Tons: Musineè Doom Session Vol. 1
Now and then doom bands get the name right. It’s not about the name, you say? No, it is about the name, damn it. None of this stupid wizard junk with fire, bong smoking, electric space-worm-riding, trip-to-the-sun-in-a-cardboard-spaceship, Jesus-in-Hell-with-the-Virgin-doing-lines-whilst-reading-The Return of the King junk that’s boring. Sadly that was a reference to probably about two hundred […]
black metal \ blackdeath \ phobos \ Russia
Blackdeath: Phobos
Blackdeath are a brother duo from St. Petersburg, Russia and play black metal with a dash of thrash and German lyrics about Satanism. Some may have heard of Blackdeath through their splits with more popular acts such as Horna, Leviathan (U.S.), and Mortifera. With kvlt and Lucifer in their calloused hearts, they have created Phobos, […]
grind \ metal \ no trust \ sludge
No Trust: Unfound
There are lots of these two-piece bands around nowadays, maybe because talent is getting thin. And it’s not an easy thing to achieve, for a very simple reason. Without some sort of depth, whether it be via samples, synth, orchestra, various layers over several takes, whatever it is, it often only survives a single listen […]
black metal \ endstille \ season of mist
Endstille: Kapitulation 2013
When a band comes around like Germany’s Endstille, you have to mentally and physically prepare yourself for the next hour of merciless and unforgiving auditory assault leaving you angry and wishing you bought that katana on Amazon so you can chop whatever you can find in your backyard. Kapitulation 2013, the most recent release by […]
