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dripping death metal \ old school death metal \ Oregon \ Portland \ Satanik Royalty Records \ T. Kannibalet Hietomaa Art \ Toni Hietomaa \ United States
Dripping Decay – Festering Grotesqueries (Truly Dripping Old School Death Metal)
Not much else to expect from a band naming themselves Dripping Decay, than, well, exactly that! I love it when artists immerse themselves in an idea, and these guys are completely covered in stuff that drips. Their logo drips, their artwork drips, and the music, yes, it drips. Their “mascot” is even named ‘Drippy,’ […]
Abomination Hammer \ death grind \ Oregon \ Portland \ Sentient Ruin Laboratories \ United States
Disimperium – Grand Insurgence Upon Despotic Altars (Volcanic Death Grind)
Crap has it really been three years since I reviewed something from Sentient Ruin Laboratories? Not sure how that happened… Sorry bro. Actually I don’t think I dug any of the art until now, and also also I was super behind on promos some months ago and basically just deleted everything to start tabula […]
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 […]
heavy metal \ Jessica Moncrief \ Oregon \ Portland \ Shadow Kingdom Records \ sleaze metal \ speed metal \ United States
Leathürbitch – Shattered Vanity (Leathery Sleaze Metal)
With a name like Leathürbitch there are no secrets to be purged. No past wrongs that need to be expunged. No lies to be forgiven, no mistakes. If one is to combine the leather with anything, it’s outright sleaze and there’s no coming back from the path. There is no guilt, no shame, only […]
20 Buck Spin \ Alexandria \ California \ Ian Miller \ Oakland \ Oregon \ Portland \ United States \ Virginia
Ulthar – Anthronomicon (Abomination Metal)
Ulthar can do no wrong at this point, pretty sure about that. When we last encountered them I was thrilled by the music, but disgusted at the thematics, which were, ugh, Lovecraft BS; a theme far too many metal bands have milked dry until only blood remains, and you don’t even want any of […]
Abomination Hammer \ death grind \ Oregon \ Portland \ Profound Lore Records \ United States
Tithe – Inverse Rapture (Alzheimer’s Death Grind)
This is the kind of release that just makes me super happy. Just almost everything’s good about it, you know? You’ve got a cover that digs out your soul and chews it to bits, a spider-webbed logo you want to snuggle up in, a turning of religion on its head in a clever way […]
Chaos Records \ filthy death metal \ Kyle House \ Life After Death \ Oregon \ Portland \ Seed of Doom
Decrepisy – Emetic Communion (Filthy Neologism Metal)
Now here’s something that sounds like dying in a pile of rotting wastes the regurgitated bile disgorged from a pestilent pseudo-phallus or what not. You’ve probably heard it all in reference to metal like this; disgusting riff offal, subslime stank, putrid remorse wastes, vomitous carnage machine, etc. How many clever words can I use […]
Art of Propaganda Records \ Jef Whitehead \ Oregon \ Portland \ post-black metal
Aleynmord – The Blinding Light (The Only Thing That Didn’t Suck This Week)
I had a dry spell this week. Took my time with this one and let it rotate in my head several times before writing anything. The primary reason was it was all I had left because this week sucked as far as promos went and I needed to be certain it was worth it. […]
Matt Stikker \ Oregon \ Portland \ post-black metal \ Translation Loss Records \ United States
Drouth – Excerpts from a Dread Liturgy (Black Metal Manifest)
Wow, I ended up liking this one more than I expected. Leave it to US black metal to excite me again, after months and months of drudgery. I was getting sick of the snowstorm tremolo, the corpse paint no one remembers the purpose of anymore, the lo-fi ” but that’s how it’s supposed to […]
grindcore \ Jef Whitehead \ Oregon \ Portland \ powerviolence \ Tartarus Records
Tithe – Penance (No One Will Like You Metal)
At first I was getting annoyed by all the Jef Whitehead covers I was seeing in 43% of the promos I’ve had come in (that’s exact math) and then I scoped this one and was like “okay, I get it.” What a perfect arrangement! And what a great example of how cover art can […]
