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agonia records \ black metal \ DSBM \ forgotten tomb \ nihilistic \ shiny and new but full of hate \ suicidal
Forgotten Tomb – Hurt Yourself And The Ones You Love
If there’s one hard sell in black metal, it’s the kind further delineated through words like ‘suicidal’, ‘hateful’ (and or ‘misanthropic’), or perhaps ‘depressing’. DSBM is usually an instant soul killer for most, no matter the level of anti-depressants in your blood. You could be filled with months of mood-numbing psychotropics and it wouldn’t make […]
a day of doubles \ Barren Womb \ Grizzlor \ noise noise \ noise punk \ noise rock \ punk punk \ Riotous Outburst Records \ rock rock \ splitting headache
SPLITting Headache – Grizzlor / Barren Womb
Why, you know, since we get splits now and again we figured, why not make a cool new feature out of it? We have a VS feature, but that’s reserved for two bands from the same label, or two albums from the same band. This is not a competition, this is an exposition of all […]
autocrat 4 lyfe \ Ello is for plebes \ Facebook \ get pro \ get underground \ screw you \ social media \ sucks
Facebook Likes Disappearing? Here’s Why (The Depraved Business of Social Media)
In an era where click-bait articles are spread around based completely on headlines, when Buzzfeed is considered to be legit social criticism by people with a straight face, and where billions of depressed, mindless automatons ignore reality by watching videos of dogs falling off of chairs and couches, social media dominates. It’s an escape, a […]
Blood Music \ dark snythwave \ electronica \ Gost \ not the worst \ only the best \ the best
GosT – Behemoth
This is getting close to GosT overload for this year, Christ. If you haven’t noticed, we’ve been GosT fanatics for several months, after his compatriot Perturbator dropped a line about him. So first we checked out his S/T last year, and then we moved on to an awesome interview with the skull-headed, dark synthwave […]
Der Blutharsch \ electronica \ experimental \ Fuckhead \ Josef Dvorak \ krautrock \ only four tracks WTF \ Satanism \ Wir Kapitulieren Niemals
Der Blutharsch/Fuckhead/Josef Dvorak – Sous l’Arbre de Science
Here’s a glut of words that would fill up our article title to the point of causing a system error, most likely. That sounds pretty experimental, though, so we’ll stick with it. Sous l’Arbre de Science is actually a collaboration of three acts in one and man oh man does it leave you wanting. Not […]
bile \ crust punk \ disgust \ DRÅP \ filth \ slaughterhouse offal \ smelly belly \ stench \ Sweden \ tripe
DRÅP – En Naturlig Död
Let’s get crusty, let’s get musty. People often ridicule crusts for their absolute disregard for bodily hygiene. It’s the most virulent smelling movement in music, something that’s always pushed itself so far away from the mainstream it’s often looked at with derision and the holding of one’s nose, even when you’re just looking at pictures […]
breakcore \ electronica \ glitch \ Phantom Wave Records \ plug in some stuff make some stuff \ psychedelic \ synth \ Ventricosa
Ventricosa – Gods
Everyone wants to make their mark, everyone wants to make something of themselves, everyone wants to “make it”. People reach middle age all the time, it’s part of dying, and once it hits most sit back and look at themselves and say “what have I done, what is this pile of filth in which I […]
death metal \ Egypt \ Middle Eastern \ pharaohs and mummies and things and such \ Scarab \ ViciSolum Records
Scarab – Serpents of the Nile
Maybe it’s just us, but doesn’t anyone else find it ridiculous when a band selects a theme to which they have absolutely no cultural connection? There’s a difference in playing a certain style and pretending you’re something you’re not. Seriously, think about it. So when this one came in it had all the earmarks, hallmarks, […]
black metal \ Forcefield Records \ get real \ Richmond \ the new black metal \ Unsacred \ Virginia
Unsacred – False Light
Ahhh, great start to the week right here. Or should that be written as raight heaaaaah booooiii? We like black metal, love it in fact. The more devastating, the better, the less cliche the better, the more post upon post with dashes (like this: post-) the better. Corpse paint be damned, sick of it, let the […]
big old mess of something sometimes \ black metal \ Germany \ hardcore punk \ Mayak \ Sell Your Souls Records \ sludge \ thrash
Mayak – Allegiance to None
Now here’s an interesting mix from Bielefeld, Germany. In this modern era, you have the pontifiers of the classique, those who refuse to quit the age-old style of various genres, content with appealing to a rather stagnant fan base. In addition to that camp you have the truly unique, those who often create a wide […]
