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funeral doom \ Kishor Haulenbeek \ Massachusetts \ United States
Vacant Eyes – A Somber Preclusion of Being (Turgid Funeral Doom)
Oh I fooled you with the subtitle of this review lol. Hey, since Vacant Eyes were being wordy, I figured I’d be wordy, even though what our subtitle today implies is their wordiness is a defect. That’s just like a joke man. In fact, it’s all in good praise. A Somber Preclusion of Being […]
Bebeto Daroz \ Brazil \ death thrash \ Helldprod Records
Tyranno – March of Death (Death Thrash, Yet…)
Simplicity crowned. Old school enthroned, yet… Brazil’s Tyranno are a step back, or perhaps better to say a step rooted back, yet at the same time a step forwards. See there’s a lot of yet…in March of Death. I like the unexpected, though, and though at first I thought it may have been accidental, […]
Art of Propaganda Records \ Jef Whitehead \ Oregon \ Portland \ post-black metal
Aleynmord – The Blinding Light (The Only Thing That Didn’t Suck This Week)
I had a dry spell this week. Took my time with this one and let it rotate in my head several times before writing anything. The primary reason was it was all I had left because this week sucked as far as promos went and I needed to be certain it was worth it. […]
DarkStone Digital \ first-person survival horror \ Steam
Our Secret Below (Literally Underground Stalker Escape Game)
This is such a great idea for a game. Has it been done before? I don’t know, but probably not this well so I won’t bother investigating. DarkStone Digital is like my buddy. He sent me one of the first games I reviewed on here, specifically his terror BDSM space puzzler The Subject. Guy […]
blackened thrash \ Dying Victims Productions \ High Roller Records \ Marcus Sjöberg \ Norway
Töxik Death – Sepulchral Demons (Umlaut is Okay Sometimes Thrash)
I’m waiting for the day I tire of blackened thrash and I’m like yeah okay heard this, heard that, yeah okay, I’m done. But we’re not there yet. The more bands toss little experiments in there, the less likely it’s going to be soon. In this case even a goddamned umlaut wasn’t enough to […]
20 Buck Spin \ atmospheric funeral doom \ funeral doom \ Mariusz Lewandowski
Atramentus – Stygian (Reminder, Funeral Doom is Good)
This came at the perfect time because I feel like I needed a reminder that funeral doom can be good. Well, maybe the reminder is more for you actually, cause like I knew that shit already. And this reminder (for you) is being brought to us today by Atramentus, who come from some unspecified […]
death metal \ New Jersey \ Nuclear War Now! Productions \ ROTTWEILER \ war metal
Siege Column – Darkside Legions (Xerox Notebook Torture Art Filth Metal)
Ah yes, so happy to see these guys emerging again from their rank cavern dungeon along the rotting ship banks of New Jersey filth waters where they lurk. And I love getting out mouthfuls of cruddy words to say it. Siege Column already perfected their socially awkward, emotionally abused metalhead scribbling murder art sound, […]
death rock \ Germany \ Goth \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Marko Nadj \ moan metal \ post-punk
Rope Sect – The Great Flood (Sentimental Moan Rock)
Well I meant to get on this one before release but a tree hit our house so like that was more important I guess. Rope Sect I’ve heard before and I’m glad to see a furtherance of the band’s signature sound of seclusion in this latest sampling of post-punk, quasi-Goth, death rock, moan metal […]
China \ Diao Yinan \ Green Ray Films \ Maison Entertainment Investment \ Memento Films Distribution \ noir
The Wild Goose Lake (Modern Chinese Gangster Noir is Okay)
Wuhan before the coronavirus; murky, rainy, with an underlining current of deception. Street gangs steal motorcycles and drugs are dealt in shady parking garages with a large lake featuring uncharted perfect for hiding. Directed by Diao Yinan, this modern neo-noir tale opens with a dispute between two rival gangs on who’s more pro at […]
blasphemous death metal \ Jef Whitehead \ New Hampshire \ Redefining Darkness Records
Angel Morgue – In the Morgue of Angels (The Redundant of Blasphemous Death Metal)
I was trying to figure out why in the hell I enjoyed any bit of this after a few listens in spite of its seemingly redundant approach. I mean just look at that cover. Though cool, it couldn’t possible be more redundant. Titling an album In the Morgue of Angels when you’ve already covered […]
