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first-person survival horror \ horror adventure \ PC \ single-player adventure \ SJ Games \ Steam \ vampire game
The Vampire (Obvious Title First-Person Survival Horror Adventure)
We were graced with a brand-new vampire game at the end of March. What’s there not to love about a vampire? This time, you control a vampire hunter named Cooper, a clear reference to the iconic vampire slayers Buffy and Blade. For the movie buff, I left Van Helsing (2004 film) out because he […]
raw black metal \ raw blackened punk \ Sentient Ruin Laboratories \ Spain \ Stefano Della Bella
Hässlig – Apex Predator (Raw Blackened Punk)
Oh man, oh boy, oh Jesus. See that album title? Apex Predator. Are you feeling a little base? A little beta? Are you a little weakling in spirit? Are you psychologically impotent and in need of an unmedical boost? Well, listen here, Spain’s Hässlig will put bubbles in the blood, get your mouth frothing […]
crust metal \ death punk \ Finland \ hevijevi.art \ Jennika \ Prosthetic Records
Unearthly Rites – Ecdysis (Finnish DIY Crust Death)
Well, hmm. This is the second release of this type I’ve reviewed this particular week. One where there isn’t much that needs to be said about it. Everything can be read at face value. In fact, Finland’s Unearthly Rites follow some pretty standard paths in their construction of DIY crust death, yet it’s so […]
horror literature \ Matt Shaw \ werewolf fiction \ werewolf literature
Spaghetti (Hideous Werewolf Cannibal Literature)
When the lives of six people combine in the most random and fleeting ways, all separately and short, one huge issue brings them together. By together I mean in the loosest of senses. After meeting each other the first time none of them ever really meet again. But the curse of the werewolf leaves […]
dysphoric black metal \ otherkin \ symphonic black metal \ United States
Vesseles – I Am a Demon (Dysphoric Black Metal)
Alright, so I thought really hard about reviewing this one. In the end, obviously the choice was made, but it was largely for thematic and philosophical reasons (and quite a bit of research) than it was the music. United States symphonic black metal act Vesseles aren’t pulling out stops for I Am a Demon […]
death punk \ France \ grind punk \ Iron Bonehead Productions
Profanation – Skull Crushing Violence (Blatantly Obvious Grind Punk)
There’s nothing much to say about the blatant and the obvious. You merely absorb as it appears. Consisting of members of a number of devastating bands in the French sphere of gross music, Profanation combine these efforts into what could be a one-off or new project, but either way it doesn’t matter. The reason? […]
Brian Trenchard-Smith \ dayglo \ dystopian drama \ dystopian horror \ horror drama \ post-apocalyptic \ Umbrella Entertainment
Dead End Drive-in (Dystopian Dayglo Horror Drama)
Described by none other than Quentin Tarantino as his favorite film in the “Exploration” subgenre, Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Dead End Drive-in receives a jam packed 2-disc UHD special edition from the fine folks at Umbrella Entertainment. A queasy mix of dayglo Post-Nuke goodness and genuinely effective social satire, this film is a personal favorite for […]
Arifullah Ali \ kanvaskarat \ Malaysia \ Memento Mori \ Necrolatry Records \ puncture wound death metal \ Violence in the Veins
Obscurial – Heretic (Puncture Wound Death Metal)
Alright, let’s start with this is probably the best metal band to come out of Malaysia, ever. I don’t want to hear about anyone else after this, and don’t you dare try to say “well, what about X,” because I’ve heard it all and I know already. Don’t try with me. As usual I […]
Chile \ Daniel Hermosilla \ Memento Mori \ negative death metal \ Nox Fragor Art
Coffin Curse (Darkly Negative Death Metal for You to Love)
Yes, I love Chile! I want to live there! Basically every band submission I get from the country is golden. Send me a plane ticket Coffin Curse I want to hang out! Then we can celebrate your greatest release to date, The Continuous Nothing, which is rather the opposite. More like continuous awesome. In […]
David Sodergren \ Paperbacks and Pugs \ sentimental horror \ weird fiction
The Haar (Sentimental Amorphous Beast Horror)
I’ve been trying to get more into horror with a bit more feeling behind it. Whilst I enjoy the relentless gore that many of the books I read offer, sometimes they lack any sort of real story or emotion, other than just people’s guts being forcibly ripped out. The Haar is a story about […]
