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ambient black metal \ dark ambient \ folk black metal \ oriental black metal \ Saudi Arabia \ Shaytan Productions
AlNamrood – Worship the Degenerate (Saudi Folk Black Metal Cool)
You’ve probably heard all the legends, so I won’t even bother starting there. Yes, this is that Saudi black metal band with folkish elements. And yes they’re probably the most recognized band from their country, which reputedly wants to kill them for even existing. I’ve sampled their work before, but honestly, though I enjoyed […]
blackened thrash punk \ Bogota \ Colombia \ Gothic thrash punk \ Ossuary Records \ Subhuman Illustrations
Ramera – Anarquía y Destrucción (So Angry Gothic Colombian Thrash Punk)
Typically I don’t consider promos this far past the release date, if at all (and we’re talking over a month here), but the album cover with the black/white scary hair, the hollow eyes of much brooding, the burning church, the band’s name (which translates to Harlot), and the fact that this is one angry […]
death doom \ dungeon doom \ dungeon synth \ Eleventh Key \ Pennsylvania \ Sign of Evil \ United States \ York
Cultic – Of Fire and Sorcery (Dungeon Death Doom)
I believe someone already said it in another review, or perhaps more than one individual, but regardless let me reiterate; this is probably going to be one of the top five releases of the year. Actually make that likely top one. Definitely one of the best of the decade. Get it? Cultic has sloughed […]
ethereal black metal \ Hungary \ Iron Bonehead Productions
Mistcavern – Into Twilight (Ethereal Black Metal)
Well wasn’t this a little surprise this week? Surprising in the sense that I thought it would be beyond typical, the usual, the banal. So typical it was likely a simple stereotype given form. But something told me in that hazy, miasmatic cover there was likely something of a musical equivalent. As usual, I […]
Coffee Stain Publishing \ Coffee Stain Studios \ ghost hunt game \ PC \ prop hunt game \ Steam \ Vaulted Sky Games
Midnight Ghost Hunt (Get Owned Hide and Kill Prop Game)
Ah, the prop hunt. Such a simple idea, though this one is not the first game of its kind, with 2020’s Witch It coming to mind. Midnight Ghost Hunt is more serious in tone and darker, but for those of you unfamiliar with the concept, let’s start there. A prop hunt game is simply […]
alchemical death metal \ Bio Bio \ Chile \ Concepción \ Desierto Absoluto \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Rodrigo Pereira Salvatierra
Concilivm – A Monument in Darkness (Alchemical Death Metal)
Heavenly God the end is near with this one phew. Though not the first Chilean band I’ve encountered, nor the first band summoning such disgust, Concilivm is definitely one of the new greats, and proof that their homeland is one of the hottest pits of corrupted metal in the world these days. Caustic, infectious, […]
blackened speed punk \ Caligari Records \ Canada \ Ibay Arifin \ Montreal \ Quebec \ Selfmadegod Records
Skumstrike – Deadly Intrusions (Blackened Speed Punk of Much Rejoicing)
Ahhh rejoice, this is an easy one. This is one of those albums that’s incredibly simple to review but most critics wasted, or will waste, their time on saying it, relying on inexcusable and nonsensical references to Shakespeare while experimenting in diluted Gonzo journalism, in the end obscuring WTF they’re trying to say and […]
Amor Fati Productions \ Germany \ Helhallen \ mining black metal \ North Rhine-Westphalia \ Thuringia
Dauþuz – Vom schwarzen Schmied – Bergkgesænge (Mining Black Metal Works Wow)
Spectacular. Not only do we have here a band reinvestigating itself after only a few months, let alone at all, but we have a true achievement in the “niche effect,” which will hereby refer to any bands attempting to work bizarre themes into their sound. Usually tragic, here it’s epic. When so much has […]
Epic Games \ FPS \ PlayStation 4 \ PlayStation 5 \ Rainbow Six \ Steam \ strategy shooter \ Ubisoft \ Xbox One \ XBox Series S \ Xbox Series X
Rainbow Six Extraction (Strategy FPS and Aliens Too)
Rainbow Six Siege burst on the scene nearly seven years ago and quickly became a riveting success. Launching in the shadow of big-budgeted, action-packed, run-and-guns, it had a slow, methodical, style that appealed to a large group that wanted a “thinking man’s” FPS, if you will. Now in 2022 after numerous updates, we get […]
Cologne \ Germany \ Hamm \ heavy metal \ High Roller Records \ North Rhine-Westphalia \ Velio Josto
Luzifer – Iron Shackles (German Birthright Heavy Metal)
Nice. I say this not necessarily because this particular release is the greatest thing ever, but it’s definitely the greatest promo of this week. Man, yet again, I got slammed by some of the most banal submissions ever. Horrid cover art, or music so derivative and stale I thought it was old emails from […]
