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ancient Greece \ ancient Persia \ dark mythological fps \ FPS \ HandyGames \ ITEM42
Perish (Dark Mythological FPS)
I wish I didn’t wait so long to check this one out, hot damn. Actually, scratch that, after a one-year anniversary update, it’s probably good I did. Released over a year ago, this indie dark mythological FPS horror romp was received to largely negative criticism. We won’t go over what or why. And it’s […]
death thrash \ Hells Headbangers \ Matt Stikker \ United States \ Washington DC
Desolus – System Shock (Satanic Sci-Fi Death Thrash)
Dang these guys don’t live too far from me. They should probably visit, spice up this area with some real music. Currently on tour with legends Spiter, Washington DC’s Desolus appeared rather quickly, and it appears that rather quickly they’re carving a niche for themselves in the darkest regions of post-apocalyptic, Satanic, sci-fi death […]
Godz Ov War Productions \ South Carolina \ Stygian Black Hand \ United States \ war metal
Primitive Warfare – Extinction Protocol (State of Nature War Metal)
Okay, this might be the first time I’ve said this, but more metal bands need to use World War I for aesthetic purposes. Not what you’re thinking, I mean that gritty, water-soaked, rat-nibbled, barbed wire strangulation kind of aesthetic. Not the aesthetic of “war is hell,” like so many have attempted, but the aesthetic […]
first-person survival horror \ horror adventure \ PC \ single-player adventure \ SJ Games \ Steam \ vampire game
The Vampire (Obvious Title First-Person Survival Horror Adventure)
We were graced with a brand-new vampire game at the end of March. What’s there not to love about a vampire? This time, you control a vampire hunter named Cooper, a clear reference to the iconic vampire slayers Buffy and Blade. For the movie buff, I left Van Helsing (2004 film) out because he […]
raw black metal \ raw blackened punk \ Sentient Ruin Laboratories \ Spain \ Stefano Della Bella
Hässlig – Apex Predator (Raw Blackened Punk)
Oh man, oh boy, oh Jesus. See that album title? Apex Predator. Are you feeling a little base? A little beta? Are you a little weakling in spirit? Are you psychologically impotent and in need of an unmedical boost? Well, listen here, Spain’s Hässlig will put bubbles in the blood, get your mouth frothing […]
crust metal \ death punk \ Finland \ hevijevi.art \ Iron Corpse \ Jennika \ Prosthetic Records
Unearthly Rites – Ecdysis (Finnish DIY Crust Death)
Well, hmm. This is the second release of this type I’ve reviewed this particular week. One where there isn’t much that needs to be said about it. Everything can be read at face value. In fact, Finland’s Unearthly Rites follow some pretty standard paths in their construction of DIY crust death, yet it’s so […]
horror literature \ Matt Shaw \ werewolf fiction \ werewolf literature
Spaghetti (Hideous Werewolf Cannibal Literature)
When the lives of six people combine in the most random and fleeting ways, all separately and short, one huge issue brings them together. By together I mean in the loosest of senses. After meeting each other the first time none of them ever really meet again. But the curse of the werewolf leaves […]
dysphoric black metal \ otherkin \ symphonic black metal \ United States
Vesseles – I Am a Demon (Dysphoric Black Metal)
Alright, so I thought really hard about reviewing this one. In the end, obviously the choice was made, but it was largely for thematic and philosophical reasons (and quite a bit of research) than it was the music. United States symphonic black metal act Vesseles aren’t pulling out stops for I Am a Demon […]
death punk \ France \ grind punk \ Iron Bonehead Productions
Profanation – Skull Crushing Violence (Blatantly Obvious Grind Punk)
There’s nothing much to say about the blatant and the obvious. You merely absorb as it appears. Consisting of members of a number of devastating bands in the French sphere of gross music, Profanation combine these efforts into what could be a one-off or new project, but either way it doesn’t matter. The reason? […]
Brian Trenchard-Smith \ dayglo \ dystopian drama \ dystopian horror \ horror drama \ post-apocalyptic \ Umbrella Entertainment
Dead End Drive-in (Dystopian Dayglo Horror Drama)
Described by none other than Quentin Tarantino as his favorite film in the “Exploration” subgenre, Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Dead End Drive-in receives a jam packed 2-disc UHD special edition from the fine folks at Umbrella Entertainment. A queasy mix of dayglo Post-Nuke goodness and genuinely effective social satire, this film is a personal favorite for […]
