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first-person survival horror \ Headware Games \ horror games \ Nintendo Switch \ PlayStation 4 \ PlayStation 5 \ Ratalaika Games S.L. \ Sci-fi Horror \ Steam \ survival horror \ Xbox One \ XBox Series S \ Xbox Series X
Chasing Static (Another Retro Horror Romp with Unlocks)
Survival horror yay! Not always yay, actually, often smellay. This one isn’t at that level, though, so don’t worry, I just felt like a rhyme. For anyone new, let me give my usual explanation of what makes this game type work. It’s like playing through a finely crafted novel; it needs one, a good […]
Valais – S/T (Oppressive Occult Black Metal)
Ahhh allow me, and then you, to relax and imbibe in this finely malicious black metal of the occult right here. It already had all the markings of the best of the best of the better best, but the true test, as usual, is beyond the visuals to the sound. Valais, in true modern […]
kariti – Covered Mirrors (Limited Edition White Vinyl)
A special co-release with Aural Music, Deaf Sparrow is proud to present the plaintive dark folk mastery of kariti, Covered Mirrors. Previously released on CD, this limited version comes packaged professionally on high-grade white vinyl and includes a bonus track never before released. 100 copies only! Please note, this is a PREODER. Vinyl production is […]
Danishka Esterhazy \ Shout! Factory \ slasher film \ SyFy \ United States \ Witter Entertainment
Slumber Party Massacre (Most Overlooked Film of 2021)
In my last column I discussed Last Night in Soho, an ill-advised attempt to ride the “good for her” wave. But I didn’t mean to imply that the theme (traumatized women shaking back to kick ass) is played out. There’s still plenty of life in it, and 2021’s best example comes in an unexpected […]
Babylon Doom Cult Records \ Ordo Vampyr Orientis \ Sore Ear Collective \ United States \ USBM \ vampyric black metal
Bat Magic – Feast of Blood (Vampires Are Cool Again Black Metal)
It didn’t surprise me I liked this one. Usually I’d pass on such a simplistic cover with an obvious vampire bent that’s likely to be more kitsch than clique. I mean Jesus Christ it states right there on Bandcamp “RECORDED IN A CASTLE UNDER THE BLOOD MOON ANNO MMXVI.” ALL CAPS too, I didn’t […]
death metal \ France \ Godz Ov War Productions \ Juanjo Castellano Rosado
Corrupter – Descent into Madness (That Punishing Type of Death Metal)
I needed some punishing blows to my soul this week hot damn. I like need more potassium in my body or something and everything is out of whack (very true real-life story). I want to go full beast again so this is my current placebo this week until that becomes a reality, but even […]
horror game \ Nintendo Switch \ panstasz \ PC \ PlayStation 4 \ Steam \ Ysbryd Games
World of Horror (Horror Manga Point-and-Click Game)
Just wow. Reviewing video games is much more difficult than the usual music crud on this site. They’re not as easy for fans to access, they can require more money (if we’re talking about digital anyway), and they take longer to assess. But recently we fools at Deaf Sparrow have been restructuring the review […]
blackened speed punk \ Cleveland \ Hells Headbangers \ Ohio \ United States
HAMMR – Eternal Possession (Swirling Bodies Blackened Speed Punk)
Nasty stuff this one. What can I expect from a guy who played guitar and drums for Demona holy shit? For whatever reason, and I don’t care to ask, he struck it out on his own with this act, HAMMR, right around the same time aforementioned Chilean speed metal harpy girl all but disappeared […]
Antiq Records \ atmospheric black metal \ France \ Montpellier \ Occitanie
Silhouette – Les Retranchements (I Get It You Don’t Atmopheric Black Metal)
I was trying to understand the hate I saw this debut getting on the onlines but then I remembered most people are idiots and I’m the best at this review thing. To summarize the brief lameness I witnessed, I read that Les Retranchements was lacking focus in its combination of the delicate with the […]
PC \ Scythem Dev Team \ Steam \ survival horror \ tinyBuild
Happy’s Humble Burger Farm (Not For Adults Kid Horror Game)
Survival horror has came a long way from Alone in the Dark, Silent Hill, and others, growing in popularity over the past two decades. Beginning as a strictly for-adults genre, it progressed into horror…for kids. Due in huge part to the massive success of Five Nights at Freddy’s, coupled with the boom of kid […]
