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dissonant black metal \ Norway \ Norwegian black metal \ Osmose Productions \ Theodor Kittelsen
Gjendød – Livskramper (Dissonant Black Metal)
Black metal. From Norway. Well, that’s it, right? If you were referring to previous work by bizarro duo Gjendød you’d be right, honestly. Carrying the black metal torch is never easy, especially if you hail from the country from where it truly arose. For some, the flames of old were replaced by tiki torches, […]
devolved death metal \ Emile Roy \ horror death metal \ horror metal \ New Jersey \ old school death metal \ United States
Trog – Horrors Beyond (Devolved Horror Death Metal)
I don’t know what the hell that monster mess is on the cover of the first full-length from New Jersey’s Trog but I like it, a lot. Previously, and fairly recently, known under the name of “Troglorot” (whatever the hell that meant), Trog is mainly interested in death metal devolution, both musically and thematically. […]
horror roguelike \ Moonless Formless \ Perp Games \ roguelike \ Soulslike
Withering Rooms (Eldritch Horror Roguelike and Soulslike)
Alright, let’s talk about Withering Rooms, the 2.5D horror RPG from Moonless Formless and Perp Games, which dropped on April 5, 2024. This year’s been wild for roguelite games, and Withering Rooms is no exception. Imagine a roguelite horror game where you die and start over, classic, right? If you’ve played Have a Nice […]
Italy \ melodic death metal \ Scarlet Records \ vampiric metal \ vampyric metal
Cainites – Revenant (Melodic Vampire Metal)
Vampires and metal, does it every work? Um, yep. I’d say “case in point X” and drop a few names in there, but why do that when we’re currently considering Cainites? Let’s start and end there for today. Is it really vampiric, though, sir? See, that’s the key with utilizing the vampire as a […]
chaotic death metal \ Kishor Haulenbeek \ psychological death metal \ Transcending Obscurity \ United States \ Virginia
Construct of Lethe – A Kindness Dealt in Venom (Psychologically Chaotic Death Metal)
Wow we got a lot going on in this one, and cool to see another Virginia band grace this site since it now gives me an excuse to creep on them in their hometown, which is not far from me. If I were to provide a one-word explanation of what to expect out of […]
Avantgarde Music \ Canada \ dark folk \ neofolk \ post-black metal \ post-doom metal
Ulvik – Last Rites | Dire Omens (Mountainous 19th Century Blackened Folk Doom)
This one came in late, but there’s time, and I had to make time just glancing the cover. There’s a sense of history here, and sense of noticing details and remembering things forgotten. What appears a simple image of a rotting dog face, or something like that, is enclosed in a border only the […]
Andy Henriksson \ Armageddon Label \ crustcore \ hardcore \ melodic hardcore \ post-hardcore \ Sweden
Alarm! – S/T (Outcasted Victimized Hardcore)
Oh hahha yes, what a great cover this has. Most hardcore I get for review is too old school to be called old school, meaning it sounds like nostalgic shit you should have wiped out of your ass years ago. When was Hatebreed relevant? 1995? Give that crud a flush with the people who […]
blackened death metal \ blackened speed metal \ Martin Jonsson \ Metal Blade Records \ Nifelheim \ Sweden \ Swedish death metal
Hellbutcher – S/T (Covered in Spikes Blackened Speed Thrash)
Yes, hmm, yes. I must admit I was hesitant about this when I first heard of it. Having listened to Nifelheim extensively, and still on occasion, for many years, I, like many, lamented their disbandment in 2022. Though, let’s be real, it was technically years before that as releases slowed and we’d get a […]
action horror \ Antonio Margheriti \ cannibal film \ giallo \ Italian horror \ Kino Lorber \ zombie film
Cannibal Apocalypse (Vietnam Cannibal Zombie Horror)
It’s always a good day when a highly underrated splatter classic hits 4K, and this month it’s Antonio Margheriti’s Cannibal Apocalypse letting loose compliments of Kino Lorber. Also known as Cannibals in the Streets and Invasion of the Flesh Hunters, this lean and mean dose of nastiness has been shocking audiences ever since its […]
blackened doom metal \ Godz Ov War Productions \ Krzysztof Powałka \ medieval doom metal \ Poland
Königreichssaal – Psalmen ‘O’ Delirium (Irreligious Medieval Blackened Doom)
Poland keeps pressing creativity to the limits of metal, let me tell you, case in point Königreichssaal. I could start with a number of things, but let me begin with the fact that the bassist is in his sixties and possibly the father of one of the younger chaps within this unholy trio. Why […]
