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death doom \ Desiccated Productions \ Hungary \ Khaos Diktator Design \ Me Saco un Ojo Records \ Stefan Todorović
Rothadás – Kopár hant... az alvilág felé (Eerie Death Doom Aw Man)
Aw man we got some eerie stuff in native Hungarian tongue here, folks, aw man. You know that’s usually always good. Further, I can’t remember the last time I received a submission from a Hungarian act that wowed me to the extent of aw man. Maybe never. Maybe this is the first time, and […]
Andriy Tkalenko \ brutal death metal \ Daemorph Art \ Madrid \ Spain \ Xtreem Music
Putrevore – Miasmal Monstrosity (No Name-Dropping Brutal Death Metal)
This is one of those releases where you could drop a load of names by means of comparison and that would be the review. Hell it has one dude from Avulsed and another from Paganizer so…for fans of… But I’ve never liked that approach because it eschews a discussion of the band itself, in […]
Artem Grigoryev \ blackened death metal \ Canada \ Dark Descent Records \ In Fastu Negas
Azothyst – Blood of Dead God (Poisonous Blackened Death Metal)
Well I knew this one was going to be a poisonous brain melt based on the skewed English in the title, Blood of Dead God. And then there’s the cover, which at once looks like classic etching, but is a conglomerate of disgust, which apparently is developed further in the jacket which is, quote […]
Alberta \ Hoove Child Records \ power metal
Hrom – Legends of Powerheart Part II (Harmony of Harmonies Power Metal)
Hmm it seems I must take a former opinion back, though I think maybe not? I can’t remember much other than the fact that I’ve ripped on power metal for years because few can make it work. The reasons are too varied to consider in full here, but to be brief you’ve got the […]
Adglobe \ Binary Haze Interactive \ Live Wire \ Metroidvania \ Nintendo Switch \ PlayStation 4 \ Steam \ Xbox One
Ender Lilies (Tender Spirit Summoning Metroidvania Game)
Beautiful, just beautiful. I’ve been picking at Ender Lilies for some time now, as I like to get the full feel of this type of game. You never know, they can start out strong, and finish as absolute trash due to weak mechanics and repetitive themes. But I doubted that from the beginning, and […]
California \ Caligari Records \ experimental death metal \ San Francisco \ Stefan Thanneur \ The Flenser
Succumb – XXI (Philosophy Metal)
Oooohhh, tasty, tasty, tasty be this. First thing, released partially by The Flenser. Second thing, wow. To be wowed anymore I need to be challenged and surprised. Well, hard to challenge me so just stick with surprise. Make it a jump scare of riffs. I want riffs to bend mental states, I want the […]
Carlos Palma Cruchaga \ France \ Gates of Hell Records \ heavy metal \ Occitanie \ Torreilles
Tentation – Le Berceau des Dieux (Better Than Maiden French Heavy Metal)
Awwww yeah. I feel like I need to say that here. I mean I probably have said it elsewhere but this particular releases warrants a classic awwww yeah because it itself is classic heavy metal, but with a beautiful French twist that actually is true beef instead of queef. Sorry, French, we know the […]
FPS \ Giulio de Santi \ horror film \ Necrostorm
Hotel Inferno 3: The Castle of Screams (FPS Horror Stuff in Film)
Splattermeister Giulio de Santi made his name in the gorehound underground with his first film, 2012’s Taeter City. On the heels of that opus came Hotel Inferno, an audacious experiment in film mimicking video games, and the start of a tentpole franchise. The crowdfunded third chapter checks all the series boxes: it’s shot entirely […]
blackened death metal \ Daniel Valeriani \ Dark Descent Records \ England \ London \ United Kingdom
Lvcifyre – The Broken Seal (Monolithic Apocalyptic Serpent Metal)
Phew now here is something solid. I mean, I expect that out of the recent vanguard of English metal freaks, but still here’s another to add to the slowly-growing horde. Lvcifyre have been melting death metal into their own weapon for over a decade now, but their releases have been more sporadic and careful […]
Brazil \ dungeon black metal \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Old Coffin Spirit \ Viamão
Trance of the Undead – Chalice of Disease (Dismal Dungeon Black Metal)
Check that crud art; black Sharpie covering a white piece of paper. Limited skill, limited shape, it’s like looking into a dark cave and allowing your eyes to adjust, but still too dark to really make out the image. And musically, ahhhh, Brazil’s Trance of the Undead is a comparable force of similar aesthetic. […]
