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Finland \ geriatric rock \ noise Goth \ noise rock \ Svart Records \ Turku
Throat – We Must Leave You (Geriatric Noise Goth)
Well this is perfect. Tis that season, right? Trees look dead. Leaves collapse as floating corpses. Grass is brown and dormant. Cold is rising and getting under the skin. Ahhh, just love it. So we need at least one Goth-styled release to make it feel complete. Unfortunately, the majority has straight up sucked until […]
death doom \ Masovia \ Memento Mori \ Poland \ Ryszard Wojtyński \ Warsaw
Martyrdoom – As Torment Prevails (Pneumoniac Death Doom)
For a name that sounds like a poor play on words at first, these guys can bring it. And talk about a comeback, phew! Having been absent from the scene for roughly six years, it’s almost as though they were reborn to reclaim the glory that was lost. I’ve heard some good death doom […]
Aramos Cine \ Argentina \ Demián Rugna \ Machaco Films \ possession film \ possession horror \ Shudder
When Evil Lurks (Bloody Mess Argentine Possession Film)
There’s been a veritable buttload of hype about this When Evil Lurks flick swarming out of Fantastic Fest. Normally, my bullshit detector goes off whenever these dorks go all gushy for the latest dose of grossolalia. Well, I’ve never been happier to eat some crow than now because When Evil Lurks is not just […]
Anaïs Chareyre-Méjan \ atmospheric black metal \ Belfast \ blackened shoegaze \ blackgaze \ Ireland \ Northern Ireland \ post-blackgaze \ post-shoegaze \ These Hands Melt \ United Kingdom
Domhain – Nimue (Blackgaze Dirges for the Sullen)
This is a debut? Amazing. It almost seems not in the realm of possibilities. I’ve heard many attempts at this kind of thing, and I hate genre-tagging criticism, but man there’s a lot of stuff in here. Shoegaze, blackgaze, blackmetal, atmospheric metal, post-metal, doom metal, folk metal, dark folk, post-shoegaze, damn it almost sounds […]
blackened hardcore punk \ blackened punk \ blackened rock \ blackened thrash \ Dahmer Art \ Hells Headbangers \ Japan \ Karl Dahmer \ Oregon \ Portland \ Tokyo \ United States
Abigail / Nekrofilth – Fuck in Hell’s Evil Bitches (Incorrect Grammar Blackened Thrash / Hardcore Punk)
I usually complain about splits, primarily because one band outweighs the other, but let’s forget about that today because this is not such a case. This is Abigail fools! The rulers of splits! The kings of splits! The god emperors of splits! The demiurges of splits! Say it how you want, but these guys […]
Metroidvania \ Nintendo Switch \ PC \ PlayStation 4 \ PlayStation 5 \ Steam \ Team17 Digital Ltd \ The Game Kitchen \ Xbox One \ XBox Series S \ Xbox Series X
Blasphemous II (Sins are Good and Evil is the Way to Win Metroidvania)
Blasphemous II is fantastic. If you loved the first one, the sequel is everything that was but better. A cool weapon? Now there’s (at least) three to choose from. Amazing bosses? Blasphemous II introduces even more incredible designs. New mechanics that allow you to backtrack through old places unlocking secrets? Dozens more are here. […]
Alexander Shadrin \ Columbus \ Morkh \ NetherTemple Design \ Ohio \ Sentient Ruin Laboratories \ United States \ war metal \ werewolf metal
Invultation – Feral Legion (Werewolf Metal)
You know, I’ve seen the werewolf theme used quite a bit in metal, in a variety of genres too. Sometimes it’s cheese, sometimes it’s sleaze, mostly, just please. Rarely does it offer a band a chance at greatness, it’s kind of too golden age to work as I’ve seen it mainly presented, but, well, […]
acid metal \ Ethan Lee McCarthy \ noise metal \ Prosthetic Records \ sludge metal \ United States \ Vermont \ Winooski
Body Void – Atrocity Machine (Physically Revolting Acid Metal)
This is like political, crusted, body horror sludge or something, or let’s just say acid metal. That’s the best I could come up with today, and thankfully I hit upon this in the emails because it came in a bit late. Got a few days late to scrunch it in there so let’s do […]
Robert Hammer \ slasher film \ VHS horror \ Vinegar Syndrome
Don’t Answer the Phone (Disturbed Veteran Slasher Shlock)
Taking it back to the Dawn of the Reagan Era this month with Don’t Answer the Phone. This by-the-numbers Kenneth Bianchi/Ted Bundy schlocker is elevated to somewhere near greatness by a balls-out performance by Nicholas Worth that will leave you grasping your chair in genuine fear. As for the rest of the film? Well, […]
Austin \ blackened speed metal \ blackened thrash \ Bvllmetalart \ Goat Throne Records \ Horror Pain Gore Death Productions \ Texas \ Timbul Cahyono \ United States
Sadistic Force – Midnight Assassin (Slasher Metal)
You know a band’s killer when they’ve only been around three years but sound like they’ve been around thirty. But, hey, also you can’t be riding that retro thing too hard, otherwise we just feel old. Do I want to feel nostalgic? Sure. But I want to feel young, I want to feel like […]
