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dystopian speed metal \ Germany \ heavy metal \ Jawbreaker Records \ NWOBHM \ speed metal
Mechanic Tyrants – St. Diemen Riots (Dystopian Speed Metal PS Rush Sucks)
I was about to not even listen to this. The art drew me in with that killer layout, but then I read the label’s assertion that Germany’s Mechanic Tyrants is like Rush and I wanted to puke all over myself. I’m not the only one who’s said, it Rush is extremely overrated. They were […]
Belial NecroArts \ blackened death metal \ bloody death metal \ Dark Descent Records \ Nuno Zuki \ United Kingdom
Adorior – Bleed on My Teeth (Female-Fronted Bloody and Blackened Death Metal)
Goddamn. You often hear the buzzwords “female-fronted metal,” but what does that actually mean? So there’s a woman in there somewhere, got it. Why point it out? Well, often, it’s simply because women in metal are not as visible as men. Okay, got it. But here’s the problem I often find with this. Apologies […]
auteur horror \ Béla Tarr \ Chris Nash \ Gasfire Flims \ IFC Films \ Shudder \ slasher film
In A Violent Nature (Basically if Béla Tarr Made a Slasher)
Alright I waited awhile on this, though I had every intention of reviewing it. The reception of this film, leaning more to the side of “hated it,” is curious to me, but Chris Nash’s big failure wasn’t in the delivery, the plot, or the characters. His mistake was assuming horror fans have watched anything […]
anime \ Attack on Titan \ Meta Quest \ UNIVRS Inc. \ VR \ VR game
Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable (Immersive Anime Slay)
Hot damn it’s about time. I had enough of these scrub Roblox Attack on Titan games, only one of which was any good, but dreadful if you try to play on a phone. This kind of anime needed first-person, like 3D, in order to be good enough, and VR is the perfect, if not […]
Adam Medford \ Canada \ death grind \ gore metal \ goregrind \ grindcore \ Gurgling Gore \ Strange Creature Collages
Gorgerin – S/T (Back Alley Autopsy Goregrind)
Figured since I got another good one to review this week, instead of trimming down the chaff to get to the usual two, I’d do three, and Canada’s Gorgerin were just the right amount of disgust to drive away anyone who recently came to the site. We keep it real underground here, to the […]
Carbonized Records \ D&D \ D&D death thrash \ death thrash \ Dungeons & Dragons \ James Bousema \ United States
Dungeon Crawl – Maze Controller (D&D Death Thrash)
This shit’s goddamn genius. Now that we’ve started with that, I have to keep it going so you understand. Can’t just jump into a campaign without some backstory. I’ve seen lost of fantasy themes tossed around in metal, especially the power variety, but few bands can give it any sort of real substance. Imagine […]
demo \ grisly black metal \ Japan \ raw black metal \ Werewolf Records
Immortal Death – Demo (Grisly Black Metal)
Leave it to the Japanese, yet again, to truly terrify. How are they so damn good at mixing it up? I just don’t get it. Is it something culturally imbedded over there? Well, regardless, we have another example here of taking a tired old style and turning it into something so horrifying even the […]
Christy Aldridge \ Dan Shrader \ ghost fiction \ horror literature \ Static Books
Banshee Graveyard (Gory Ghost Horror)
When brothers Foy and Grant, and Foy’s fiancé Cyndi, set off on a road trip to visit family, they choose to make a detour. That was the biggest mistake of their lives. Stopping at a well known haunted graveyard, and a farm, which has past all of its own, something lies in wait for […]
Adglobe \ Binary Haze Interactive \ Livewire \ Metroidvania \ Nintendo Switch \ platformer \ PlayStation \ Steam \ Xbox
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (Dark Fantasy Metroidvania)
For fans of the Metroidvania genre, Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist is a game that shouldn’t be missed. Its predecessor Ender Lilies already dazzled with its art, aesthetic, and world design. This one carries on that tradition, and then some. The music in this game is not just good, it’s to die for, […]
BlackSeed Productions \ Me Saco un Ojo Records \ Necrohelm \ occult death metal \ Spain \ supernatural death metal
Sanctuarium – Melted and Decomposed (Supernaturally Tainted Death Metal)
Well this is nice, got another album here that comes as pictured and also as titled! Nice! But, first off, listen here assholes, for the love of god, and I mean anyone, not just this band, include cover artist info in the promo! I had to spend a good half hour or so figuring […]
