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Adam Burke \ atmospheric death metal \ Iron Fortress Records \ Nightjar Illustration \ poetic death metal \ Pulverised Records \ Spain
Jade – Mysteries of a Flowery Dream (Poetic Death Metal)
I’ve become something of a good acquaintance with the singer of this band, not just because of Jade itself, but his other projects, and the entryway he provided into the world of the Spanish underground in all its splendor. So don’t read this as a friendly handshake, because whether or not I know him […]
Flamberge Illustration \ France \ heavy metal \ heavy speed metal \ Jawbreaker Records \ speed metal \ Woven Hoof Records
Palantyr – The Ascent & the Hunger (Triumphant Heavy Speed Metal)
I was like “that’s a weird album title” at first, until I realized this is something of a comp for what is this band’s new path of greatness. Previously under the moniker of Destrukt, France’s now-crowned Palantyr have moved away from the speed thrash direction of their earlier work into heavy speed, and in […]
cosmic horror \ found footage \ found footage horror \ horror literature \ Mike Duke
The Black Book (Cosmic Found Footage Horror)
After being let down by another book, I looked at my reading list and nothing really called to me. In the end I just picked this at random and honestly I’m so very glad I did. The Black Book is written in a “found footage” style, where the unfolding pieces of evidence, interviews, and […]
blackened fairy tale metal \ blackened folk metal \ dark folk \ Germany \ Purity Through Fire
Eisenkult – Die Hölle ist hier (Blackened Fairy Tale Metal)
Is differentiation the true key to success? Yes, says Germany’s Eisenkult, who come from the Black Forest (not actually, but let’s pretend) bringing dark fables through riff and screech. There’s a particular form of black metal in their homeland that dips into the schadenfreude that imparts patterns onto the Germanic mind down to roof […]
blackened crust \ blackened death crust \ death crust \ Seven Metal Inches Records \ Svmmonivm Art \ Swedeath \ Sweden \ Swedish death metal \ Throne of Lies Records
Övervåld – Vigarv (Blackened Death Crust)
Here’s a nice ear killer. Sweden’s Övervåld thus far have been slaying alone, with nothing but street support, and honestly they’re good for it, and don’t need you, or anybody to accomplish their already clear goals. With an over-Xeroxed aesthetic in both visuals and sound, their particular approach to blackened death crust doesn’t have […]
action adventure \ beat 'em up \ Flying Wild Hog \ Focus Entertainment \ survival horror \ third-person horror \ third-person shooter \ western hack and slash
Evil West (Rude and Crude Vampire Killing Hack, Slash, and Shoot)
I first heard about Evil West before it even dropped; I may have even been contacted by the PR team but since it was a bigger name, and I believe something indie came out at the time, I passed, and in my deep regret I needed to write this, though we’re a few years […]
Aleksandar Kos \ AOP Records \ Austria \ post-black metal \ post-blackgaze \ post-rock \ post-shoegaze
Karg – Marodeur (Post-Artifice Blackened Gaze)
One of the greats of the Austrian post-black metal scene, Karg, has graced me with a wonderful promo featuring a running horsey and rider chasing in tow with a crop. If that doesn’t set the scene, you tell me what does. Lol, I kid. Karg, whose earlier work was primarily noteworthy for its progression […]
Bruno Fusco \ dungeon punk \ England \ United Kingdom \ Wolves of Hades
Final Dose – Under the Eternal Shadow (Dungeon Punk)
I thought this band was obsessed with drugs or something, because how else are you supposed to read “Final Dose?” Apologies, but I didn’t see the art yet and that was just in the email’s subject line. Well, I found out pretty quick it was a final dose of punishment. It became clear I […]
death grind \ France \ grind \ grindcore \ Time to Kill Records
Putrid Offal – Obliterated Life (I Settled on This Grind)
At first I thought I was settling on this, because these past two weeks for promos have been wretched. Typical metal, and other genres, with not a lick of creativity to differentiate any of it from what I’ve heard a million times. So then I’m looking here at France’s Putrid Offal, who’ve been around […]
Satan metal \ Satanic heavy metal \ Satanic kitsch \ Shadow Kingdom Records \ United States
Savage Master (Satanic Kitsch Metal)
Well time to punch myself in the face. That’s for two reasons. One, because I said anyone liking this band should be punched in the face (paraphrasing, but basically), and two I should be punched in the face by the band for saying that. Truth be told, I’ve never been into Savage Master. I […]
