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Chicago \ doom punk \ Illinois \ Prosthetic Records \ Rosario Scimeca \ sludge metal \ sludge punk \ United States
Been craving something with punk attitude recently, and thankfully this one came in the promo set some weeks ago. I’ve been through probably 15 times since then. Chicago’s Motherless has a penchant for answering their own questions. The immediate answer to Do You Feel Safe? is a rather quick “no,” taking the paranoia of […]
Dawnbreed Records \ Florida \ Florida death metal \ gruesomegraphx \ Gurgling Gore \ Nev Michael \ Personal Records \ United States
Let the official proclamation hereby be stated: the Florida death metal scene may be undergoing a renaissance. Death metal in the region has simmered with a familiar, if potent, consistency for years now, trapped in the amber of its 1990s progressive death metal glory. And while some may raise fists in my presence, the […]
Cavan Rian Hoover \ Funeror \ New Jersey \ Profound Lore Records \ Rotten Reign \ United States \ Washington DC
Now here’s an interesting development. I’ve seen bands evolve, or grow, as it were to some. That’s pretty easy I’d say. But what if a band remains stagnant, can that be a good thing? When I previously encountered Kontusion their sound was a bleeding type of death punk, in a sense, corrupted to its […]
Chad Keith \ Cleaveland \ deathspeed \ deaththrash \ Ohio \ Redefining Darkness Records \ speedthrash \ United States
My glowing review of Atomic Witch’s last effort now feels insufficient. Death Etiquette utterly obliterates Crypt of Sleepless Malice, sorry. Where its predecessor hammered with raw, crushing deaththrash, infused with a dose of speed, this album reveals a band far more skilled, artistic, and atmospheric, weaving a richer, more evolved narrative. Three years in the lab clearly […]
Angel Gasm \ Chicago \ cyber metal \ cybergrind \ glitch metal \ Illinois \ Paris Shadrovovstov \ post-cybergrind \ post-goth \ Prosthetic Records \ screamo \ United States
The album’s visuals were my initial lifeline: a haunting blend of dark anime, raw glitch, and a somber, dripping grey palette that perfectly shrouded the band’s identity. But the moment the music hit, I was at an immediate impasse. This wasn’t a “grower”; it was an instant gauntlet, demanding a total reevaluation of music […]
deathgrind \ Nick Blinko \ Profound Lore Records \ United States \ Washington DC
Yaaay I just had a colonoscopy. Thereafter, looking for blood that was not from my own nethers, I settled (very happily I might add) on Blood Monolith, the latest deathgrind from out of Washington DC, where corruption and gerontocracy reign supreme, to quell my frustrations at having to drink salt water and eat only […]
Satan metal \ Satanic heavy metal \ Satanic kitsch \ Shadow Kingdom Records \ United States
Well time to punch myself in the face. That’s for two reasons. One, because I said anyone liking this band should be punched in the face (paraphrasing, but basically), and two I should be punched in the face by the band for saying that. Truth be told, I’ve never been into Savage Master. I […]
barbaric black metal \ barbaric death metal \ bestial black metal \ bestial death metal \ bestial war metal \ Detroit \ Hells Headbangers \ Jenglot Hitam \ Michigan \ Ohio \ United States \ war metal
I try my best to balance out labels I review, but, damn it, some of them are just so good I can’t but review whatever they send me. How many reviews for Hells Headbangers have I done so far? I don’t even know, but it’s probably embarrassing. Even more revealing (laying myself bare here), […]
arcane death metal \ Bruja XIII \ Brvja XIII \ eldritch death metal \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ United States \ USDM
I’m gonna start out by saying the only complaint I have with this debut EP, or whatever you want to call it, is it’s too damn short. Goddamn it guys, when you come with this much dark violence I expect longer! I demand more! Continue the beating! Beat me into the ground! Pummel my […]
Adam Medford \ bestial \ deathgrind \ Sentient Ruin Laboratories \ Strange Creature Collages \ United States
Oh, God… Now, I’m well aware that Sentient Ruin Laboratories has totally crowned himself king of the darkest of underground vileness, but I don’t think I was entirely prepared for Horse Butcher (featuring members of Hissing) and their debut full-length, also under the name of Horse Butcher. References to Carcass probably seem replete for […]