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Filip Zwierzchowski \ Godz Ov War Productions \ Masovia \ Poland \ Warsaw
Wilczyca – Magija (Misanthropic Vengeful Black Metal)
Can the Poles do it any better? Yep, yet again. What else can I say about black metal that I haven’t already? What kind of criticisms, complaints, clichéd references? What’s the point? I think for once (actually trust me it’s not the first time), I’m going to just look at what we got for […]
Feardemic \ horror puzzle game \ Nintendo Switch \ Unfold Games
Darq: Ultimate Edition (I’m a Sick Kid with a Weird Obsession with Walls Vertigo Simulator)
I think Darq is one of those bite-sized experiences that can either take a few months or be finished in a single sitting. It harkens back to puzzle games of an older era where hand-holding is at a minimum, and confusion is at the maximum. The game begins with no introduction, no tutorials, only […]
blackened death metal \ Dávid Glomba \ profane black metal \ Russia \ Teitan Arts
Thanatomass – Hades (Profane Blackened Death Metal)
Man, don’t think I’ve heard anything this good out of Russia in awhile. Can I say that? Let me check. Yep, been two whole years, actually slightly over. This is so good goddamn it if I didn’t think it came out of Chile. But, nope, definitely Russia. Considering the fact that they apparently have […]
England \ epic power metal \ fantasy power metal \ Hampshier \ power metal \ Prosthetic Records \ Southampton \ Stan-W Decker \ Stanislas W. Decker \ United Kingdom
Battle Born – Blood, Fire, Magic and Steel (Fantasy Power Metal of the Fantastical Kind)
It seems I only review power metal when the band has like a quadshmillion fans. I try not to, and I’m probably wrong, but maybe it’s true. Well, whatever, though I prefer bands with lower exposure there’s a reason a fan count gets that high, and it’s not vapidity. Sometimes fans are just correct. […]
England \ gore literature \ Great Britain \ Harrison Phillips \ horror literature \ splatter horror \ splatter literature
Night of the Freaks (Murder Clown Splatter Literature)
When I think of “freakshow,” American Horror Story comes to mind immediately. Night of the Freaks has that undertone; an ominous, dark feeling, that continues through the book, as I learned of the stuff that happens within “William Wilson’s Wonderful World Of The Weirdos.” This read gets straight into the action, leaving the reader […]
Chris Kiesling \ death metal \ Misanthropic Art \ Misanthropic-Art \ Redefining Darkness Records \ Spain \ United Kingdom
Undead – Putrefactio (Nu-Death Metal, Actually Not Just Kidding)
This is a good example of a band that takes itself way too seriously in group photos, but once you listen to it you say “damn it to hell if you don’t deserve to act that way.” Light corpse paint, scary faces, grim stares, leaning (gasp) towards nu-metal aesthetic, I mean come on! Should […]
Caligari Records \ Fort Wayne \ Indiana \ Rohhalusmu \ Roy Oktavionata \ spectral death metal \ United States
Desekryptor – Curse of the Execrated (Spectral Death Metal)
Here’s a band that needs to get its shit together and make a goddamn full-length. Around for almost a decade, and with a sound that will rot the peace out of your existence, Desekryptor have only dropped demos, a comp (which is really just a collection of demos, let’s be real), and one split, […]
Blu-ray \ DVD \ Hong Kong \ horror action \ horror comedy \ Unearthed Films \ William Chang Kee
Calamity of Snakes (Reptilian Slaughter Horror Comedy)
Well, well, well…it looks like my big buddy Stephen Biro released another decent movie. Praise Allah. In another case of broken clocks telling the right time twice a day, Unearthed Films unleashes Calamity of Snakes. This truly obscure 1983 Hong Kong disasterpiece has languished on the likes of cheap Brentwood DVD sets for far too […]
Caelan Stokkermans \ Connecticut \ melodic doom metal \ Newington \ Prosthetic Records \ United States
Fires in the Distance – Air Not Meant for Us (Don’t Listen to This with Headphones Melodic Doom Metal)
I sat on this one awhile because it didn’t sit well with me at first, and I believe I finally know the reason. But keep reading before you get incensed from that opening line, I have more to say on the matter. Fires in the Distance are quite the mouthful in a variety of […]
Belgium \ epic heavy metal \ France \ Jawbreaker Records \ Sébastien Grenier \ traditional heavy metal
Impending Triumph – S/T (Traditionally Defined Heavy Metal)
This one is completely emphatic about itself. Everything speaks of old school, epic, fantasy heavy metal. Just look at it! A logo forged from blades with a bastard sword in it, some barbarian warrior with a huge sword featuring more lugs than necessary, muscles in places they don’t exist, skulls of fallen enemies, fire, […]
