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Brazil \ deathdoom \ Everlasting Spew Records \ Guang Yang \ melancholic deathdoom \ melancholy
Fossilization – Advent of Wounds (Dolorous Deathdoom)
How many times could the word “visceral” be used to describe death metal (of any form)? Too many, trust me. That’s the go-to descriptive for journos, who at this point talk like AI and probably cut-and-paste a chatbot summary for a review. Certainly ‘visceral’ is effective in describing something with an emotional strength, but […]
first-person horror \ mental horror \ PC \ psychological horror \ Steam \ survival horror \ Youviverse
Cerebral (Narrative Crisis Existential Horror)
I simply adore short horror games like this. Or, rather, short horror games that break with tradition instead of riding the popular theme train. Indie dev horror tends to follow the seek-and-find format, most usually with derivative jumpscares and attempts at trauma bonding the player to the story, ineffectively forcing an identity crisis through […]
Arifullah Ali \ atmospheric death metal \ Canada \ dissonant death metal \ experimental death metal \ India \ kanvaskarat \ nihilism \ progressive death metal \ Transcending Obscurity
Mors Verum – Canvas (Atmospheric Progressive Death Metal)
I’ve said it a number of times but now, but it deserves repeating that Transcending Obscurity Records pumps out some of the most progressive metal I’ve come across. Normally when one of his promos appears I expect experimentation to the highest degree, and I get it. That tradition of expectations delivered continues with Canvas […]
blackened sludge \ experimental metal \ experimental sludge \ James Joyce \ sludge metal \ Ulysses
Agenbite Misery – Remorse of Conscience (Modernist Blackened Sludge)
You know, if I were to ask you what’s an author or particular novel of said author that you’ve found referenced in metal too much, you’re 200% going to say H.P. Lovecraft or use the term “Lovecraftian” cause you probably can’t name any of his novels (that’s because he mostly did short stories, duh). […]
blackened punk \ deathpunk \ Italy \ metalpunk \ occult metalpunk \ occult punk \ Roberto Toderico \ Time to Kill Records
Skull – Abyss Calls to Abyss (Dark Occult Metalpunk)
You know, at first, I was working on a review for a Swedish crust band, until my detailed analysis revealed I actually didn’t like it at all. The usual, strained attempt at sounding brutally poignant and revolutionary at the same time, born from the typical economic constraints, ugh we’ve all heard that and we […]
A24 \ Australia \ folk horror \ psychological horror \ supernatural horror
Bring Her Back (Supernatual Folk Horror)
Okay, before you read this, watch the movie. Please. The first time I saw Bring Her Back, it was a split-second decision; I didn’t actually know what it was about, only recognizing it from blowing up on social media. I remembered the hype from people gushing over the gore, but I was so sure […]
blackened horror punk \ blackened punk \ death punk \ Dying Victims Productions \ Germany \ horror punk \ Lena Ricther
Karloff – Revered by Death (Blackened Ghoul Punk)
Certain genres refuse to extricate themselves from the fetters of decades ago. I guess it’s a one part nostalgia, one part fear of the new. I’ve seen this phenomenon in hardcore, rockabilly, and especially horror punk. The last example is notorious for this, as doowop vampires have been around for awhile, stemming from the […]
Claudio Elias Scialabba \ dark fantasy \ death speed \ death thrash \ Dying Victims Productions \ eldritch horror \ heavy death metal \ heavy metal \ Italy \ speed thrash
Barbarian – Reek of God (Dark Fantasy Death Speed Thrash with a Dash of Eldritch Heavy Metal)
Dying Victims Productions has been a favorite label of mine recently. I can’t remember when I first encountered dude’s stellar line-up, but over time it more and more brings a smile to my face when I see a promo come in with the logo because I know I’m in for some basement-dweller metal (of […]
death metal \ deathdoom \ doom metal \ Germany \ Night Terror Records \ Skeletom Warrior \ Tomáš Mitura
Putridarium – Natvm Ad Mortem (Pig Vomit Dirty Deathdoom)
Yeah I haven’t gotten any good 7″ cuts in awhile, and for our next scuzz blast for the new year, we have Germany’s Putridarium dealing out a two-track wonder called Natvm Ad Mortem. Adding to the pantheon of deathdoom I’ve experienced over the past few years, this particular effort builds upon the putrid foundation […]
Caligari Records \ crust \ crust metal \ crust punk \ death metal \ grindcore \ Los Angeles \ raw death metal \ United States
VOIDHÄMMER – Noxious Emissions (Toxic Crust Metal)
With the start of the new year, it makes the most sense to start things vile. Why wait for things to get worse? Let’s make it so. There have been a number of bands of the type you’ll find here, dealing out crude, metal brutality, sometimes with a distorted bang, at others with aggression […]
