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ÚATH – S/T (Atmospheric Haunted Folk Drone)

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ÚATH – S/T (Atmospheric Haunted Folk Drone)

  Haven’t gotten a release like this in awhile. Actually, let’s change that to “a good release.” Folk of the dark variety can be an easy sell, at times, but it’s deceptive. Too folk and it lends itself a childish, “spooky” atmosphere that sounds more like background music during a Ravenloft sesh with only the […]

Asylum Pyre – Call Me Inhuman (Holy Trinity Power Metal for Those Who LARP)

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Asylum Pyre – Call Me Inhuman (Holy Trinity Power Metal for Those Who LARP)

  Damn it if I don’t like this. Most power metal submissions I receive, well make that probably 99% of them, are passed upon. I can recall maybe 3 or 4 bands tops of this style that we’ve covered over the past decade. No joke. The power metal crowd can yell all it wants, you’re […]

The Unliving (Undead Army Horror Roguelite Not for Scrubs)

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The Unliving (Undead Army Horror Roguelite Not for Scrubs)

  Ah here’s a nice roguelite, provided you’re not a mad sad bad scrub. I wasn’t aware of The Unliving until I saw it pop up on GeForce Now, and I was intrigued by the basic premise, as well as the awesome 16-bit Sqauresoft aesthetic. Be a necromancer? Sure! Who wouldn’t want to summon the […]

Bastard Grave – Vortex of Disgust (Brackish Swedish Death Metal)

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Bastard Grave – Vortex of Disgust (Brackish Swedish Death Metal)

  This is the kind of album I’m going to refer to from now on as a “sinker.” It needed to sink on in there before I liked it, because to be honest, at first, it sounded like a million other promos I get every week. Okay so it’s only about 500, but still. That’s […]

Genocidal Rites – Exsanguination of the Gods (Barbaric Blackened Death Metal)

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Genocidal Rites – Exsanguination of the Gods (Barbaric Blackened Death Metal)

  Any time you see art by Berkati Cakra, you know you’re in for a slammer. And this may be one of the most over-the-top images I’ve seen him craft. Here’s it fits the music so well it might be his best, and trust you me he’s done a lot of blasphemous necroworship. Just look […]

The Ritual of Death (Satanic Splatter Horror)

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The Ritual of Death (Satanic Splatter Horror)

  Sometimes the shiniest bits of gold are tucked away in the dirtiest pockets of soot and slime. This analogy works with certain gore films, especially the late-80’s work of prolific South American pornographer Fauzi Mansur. Little is known on these shores about Mansur yet the man enjoys a small but fervent cult following to […]

Verminous Serpent – The Malign Covenant (Blackened Death Folk)

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Verminous Serpent – The Malign Covenant (Blackened Death Folk)

  Uh oh, tis a collab folks. Well this review started out bad, but this particular collab starts, and also ends, well. Consisting of various members of the Irish koovault wvndergrovnd, Verminous Serpent is new to death metal theatre with this first full-length. Whether or not it continues beyond The Malign Convenant is not a […]

Sepulcrum – Lamentation of Immolated Souls (Spasmodic Death Metal)

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Sepulcrum – Lamentation of Immolated Souls (Spasmodic Death Metal)

  You know, I was just talking to someone the other day about how Chilean metal has been blasting away for at least a decade now and keeps getting better! Seriously type in ‘Chile’ in the search bar on this site, hit that Enter button, and look at how much goodness we’ve covered over the […]

Psychic Teenage Bloodbath (LGBTQ Psychic Gore Revenge)

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Psychic Teenage Bloodbath (LGBTQ Psychic Gore Revenge)

  The title of this book describes exactly what you get. You can’t say you weren’t warned, this time! The story revolves around a girl named Susan, who’s in a coma and uses supernatural powers such as telekinesis and mind control in her destroying of humans. All of the homophobic bullies who put her in […]

Décryptal – Sabazios Culte (Cacophonic Death Metal)

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Décryptal – Sabazios Culte (Cacophonic Death Metal)

  Well these guys are certainly a spooky mystery. I have no clue where they came from but with the amount of cacophony they wretch I should! I know they’re form Canada, but figuratively speaking with the type of eerie, dragging death metal these guys play it’s only from the ground they could have possibly […]