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blackened punk \ CVSPE \ Doomed Records \ Lisbon \ Portugal \ raging planet \ Regulator Records \ Ring Leader \ RSR / Hate Ape Prod
Systemik Viølence – Negative Mangel Attitude (Sharper Image Blackened Punk)
Ahhhh, it’s Systemik Viølence! I’ve been following these clowns for some time now, after they made some nasty waves in 2016 with Fuck as Punk, a tirade taking aim at pretty much everything that turned punk into an industry. Of course, old-school punk’s whole mantra was a stab at the mainstream, but once it […]
blackened death metal \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Kajang \ Malaysia \ Selangor
Tomb – The Dark Subconscious (Slovenly Blackened Death Metal)
I debated reviewing this one because it’s such a damn sloppy mess. Malaysia’s Tomb have got a great sound, don’t get me wrong. Earlier work, such as Gates of Gehenna, may be thin on cutting-edge themes, but heavy on the evil. We got wolves howling, solos screeching like bleeding blisters on the fingertips, drums […]
4Divinity \ Focus Entertainment \ FPS \ Mudfish \ PC \ PlayStation 4 \ PlayStation 5 \ Steam \ Xbox One \ XBox Series S \ Xbox Series X
Atomic Heart (Russian FPS with a Protagonist Who Should Have Been Silent)
Atomic Heart is almost the kind of game it wants to be. That being a Bioshock-inspired, Russian-art-directed, cyberpunk-esque, dystopian, thought-provoking murder-simulator, but misses the mark in one key area: it doesn’t let you think for yourself. Instead, the protagonist annoyingly spews opinions at every little thing he could possibly have. Therein lies its biggest […]
Brian Knapp \ cybergoth \ cyberpunk \ Grand Rapids \ Michigan \ post-industrial \ United States
Lazer Station – MEGABOMB SOUND SYSTEM VOL. 1 (Post-Industrial Cybergoth)
Yay I’m on an industrial kick this week thanks to Bandcamp tagging! After that last one I was hoping to find something more traditional, and here we go. Mixing old style with modern post-industrial, cybergoth, and other things of the electronic dark, Lazer Station was a welcome surprise in a landscape otherwise densely populated […]
blasphemous black metal \ Johan Prenger \ Netherlands \ Nomad Snakepit Productions \ Ván Records
Duivel – Heiligschennis (Truly Blasphemous Black Metal)
Lol man, this cover. The cut-and-paste painting style displays one of the most vile things I’ve ever seen. It’s sure to defile, and much like the band who dared to have it crafted, Duivel, its blasphemous in ways more glaring than you’d first expect. If you’re familiar with Dutch black metal in the slightest, […]
Blu-ray \ giallo \ Italian horror \ Vinegar Syndrome \ Vittorio Rambaldi
Primal Rage (Giallo Bio-Horror)
At the tail end of the 1980s, the Italian horror business was in crisis mode. Argento had fled after Opera for an attempt at grabbing the brass ring of a career in America. Fulci had taken ill and his sporadic output suffered as a result. Lamberto Bava never fulfilled his early promise and Michele […]
Argentina \ bestial death metal \ blackened death metal \ Buenos Aires \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ moldy death metal
Infernal Curse – Revelations Beyond Insanity (Moldy Bestial Blackened Death Metal)
Now here’s a gross band. You’re going to feel unclean after this one, sorry. Infernal Curse is one of the most respected bands out of the Argentinian underground and this, their only third full-length in 15 years, has been highly anticipated since they first hinted at it three years ago. Most of their output […]
Ahoge-tan's Diary \ Brazil \ breakcore \ DnB \ Electromagnetic Compact Discs \ gabberhouse \ hardcore industrial \ São Paulo
Cement Tea – Funny Music For The Prettiest Faces Out There (Hardcore Anime Industrial)
I was digging back through some old industrial (yeah, EDM, EBM, whatever you want to call it) CDs that were the jam back in the 1990s, tossed them in the car to recall memories I shouldn’t remember, and I realized, hey, I haven’t gotten any industrial promos in months! So I dug around. Most […]
crime literature \ crime pulp \ Grim Poppy \ Judith Sonnet \ pulp fiction \ splatter crime
Carnage on 84th Street (Noir Unless Gore Splatter Crime)
Judith Sonnet has always been the author I go to when I fancy reading something unapologetically gory and horrific, whilst also being able to provide a great and well-rounded story. This read was no different but with a crime focus. Think Sin City vibes; dark and dreary, falling rain, and everything colorless unless it’s […]
20 Buck Spin \ death metal \ gore-soaked death metal \ Oregon \ Portland \ Rok \ United States
Torture Rack – Primeval Onslaught (Better Than Good Enough Death Metal)
These past two weeks I’ve had a bunch of “eh, good enough” death metal promos to sort through. And you know what? I don’t have time for that anymore! I don’t want “good enough,” especially not with “eh,” I want better than good enough! I want at least almost better than that! The best […]
