blackened death metal \ blackened noise \ blackened powerviolence \ blackened punk \ blackened war metal \ Finland \ Kakografia \ noise \ powerviolence \ Time to Kill Records \ war metal
I didn’t really feel like thinking this week. We’re already halfway through, and that could change, but before it does I need to show you all how to lay out the smash with pure instinct. Finland’s Hoc Est Bellum (Latin for “This is War”) are another gem to add to the ever-growing list of […]
blackened punk \ deathpunk \ Italy \ metalpunk \ occult metalpunk \ occult punk \ Roberto Toderico \ Time to Kill Records
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 […]
giallo \ giallo metal \ gore metal \ Italian gore metal \ Italy \ Julian F. Mora \ Julián Felipe Mora Ibáñez \ Lucio Fulci \ Mario Bava \ Time to Kill Records
This one came in the promos late, but boy am I happy it did. I was familiar with the work of Italy’s Tenebro and their characteristic approach to gore metal through the lens of Italian horror, but even that understanding of their work couldn’t prepare me for the crowning achievement that is Una Lama […]
death grind \ France \ grind \ grindcore \ Time to Kill Records
At first I thought I was settling on this, because these past two weeks for promos have been wretched. Typical metal, and other genres, with not a lick of creativity to differentiate any of it from what I’ve heard a million times. So then I’m looking here at France’s Putrid Offal, who’ve been around […]