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crypt metal \ death metal \ Mexico \ Necromaniac \ Terror from Hell Records \ Thomas Westphal
Necroccultus – The Afterdeath Blackness (Mildewed Crypt Metal)
Ahhh, yes, old school death metal! Actually, I hate saying that because it assumes a band’s style and relies on comparison. Take them as they come, accept them as they are! Mexico’s Necroccultus should therefore be judged on themselves, and nothing else! But I get it, they’re quite obscure, and this is only their […]
Amy Chan Suet-Ming \ Asian horror \ Blu-ray \ body horror \ Cantonese horror \ Category III \ Error 4444 \ Hong Kong \ Hong Kong horror \ Keith Li
Centipede Horror (蜈蚣咒) – Insects Can Act Hong Kong Creepy Crawly Sorcery
Centipede Horror, 1982 exploitation film from Hong Kong revitalized by Error 4444, does not give up the gore easy. A steady chug through an intriguing narrative, with well-placed moments of special effects throughout, pays off when key moments burst out and crawl. When Pak (Michael Miu) goes to Southeast Asia to uncover the cause of […]
Amor Fati Productions \ atmospheric black metal \ atmospheric death metal \ Beyond Art \ blackened death metal \ Brian Nguyen \ heterodoxical black metal \ Sweden
Mylingar – Út (Hetorodoxical Blackened Death Metal)
A band named after the ghost of an unbaptized child? You can’t expect anything less than what you get with the latest full-length from Sweden’s Mylingar. I’d use the word “atmospheric” here, but this is less order, more lawlessness than I feel that term conveys. In spite of that, and before you choke on […]
Edward Gorey \ horror game \ PC \ PlayStation \ psychological horror \ slasher film \ Steam \ survival horror \ Switch \ THQ Nordic \ Xbox
REANIMAL (Edward Goreyian Slaughterhouse Horror)
Does the perfect horror game exist? Not with shooting things through the skull, but with searching, what I often refer to as the “seek-and-find” genre? I believe this time has finally arrived, with instant cult hit (to me at least) REANIMAL. First, let me specify what I mean by the earlier reference. The majority […]
crust death \ death crust \ death doom \ doom crust \ Finland \ Hevijevi Art \ Iron Corpse \ Jennika Vikman \ Slimeweaver \ Svart Records
Unearthly Rites – Tortural Symphony of the Flesh (Despondent Death Doom Crust)
I was first introduced to Finland’s Unearthly Rites through their debut full-length two years ago, Ecdysis, but man do they lay it all out and mess with your fucking head with their latest, Tortural Symphony of the Flesh. You can expect the same death crust energy they brought prior, but now with an impressive […]
Canada \ death doom \ funeral death doom \ funeral doom \ Me Saco un Ojo Records
Funelore – The Dissolution of Consciousness (Abandoned Cemetery Funeral Doom)
I chose this one this week not because it was all I had left that was good (actually it was), but technically because it deserved it, and that’s rare with bands of this type. I’ve always been a fan of the funeral subgenre within the greater expanse of doom, primarily because it’s enjoyable to […]
bestial death metal \ bestial war metal \ blackened war metal \ Caligari Records \ dark fantasy \ eldritch \ eldritch metal \ Germany \ Jack Sabbat \ war metal
Barbaric Oath – Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance (Blackened Eldritch Fantasy Metal)
I’ve recently been delving into medieval wargaming, and what more of a perfect soundtrack for slaying mounted knights with halberds than this absolute trebuchet to the face that is Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance by what should become one of the greatest bands of the eldritch approach, Barbaric Oath! Enter the battlefield! If deficient in a […]
Germany \ heavy death metal \ heavy metal \ Maegan LeMay \ Shadow Kingdom Records
Cruel Force – Haneda (Heavy Death Metal)
I don’t think I’ve seen a band with growth as impressive as Cruel Force. If you look at their earlier work, it leaned more towards the “evil”/Satanic edge, favoring an ominous presence with lo-fi leather, transitioned into a less aggressive form with its spikes rounded to studs, and now with this, their latest, a […]
Brain Dead Zine \ death grind \ Hells Headbangers \ murderous \ Pierre de Palmas \ United States
Melting Rot – Infatuation with Premeditation (Murderous Death Grind)
When I hear bands open up the pork factory from track one (vocals is what I’m saying), I normally zone out fast and then tune out faster. But some bands know how to work classic deliveries in ways that just goddamn work and we can’t let the complaints remain. That’s not so simple with […]
Awakening Records \ crust metal \ death metal \ giallo metal \ gore metal \ Italy \ Paolo Girardi
Necrogore – Ectoplasmic Rape Phenomena (Giallo Gore Metal)
I feel like a new war is developing, a war between two countries. It’s sure to be a war the human race will never forget! Lol, did you think I was getting political? This is about death metal fools! I’m talking here about the ongoing pressure from Chile upon Italy and vice fucking versa. […]
