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Cavan Rian Hoover \ Funeror \ New Jersey \ Profound Lore Records \ Rotten Reign \ United States \ Washington DC
Kontusion – Insatiable Lust for Death (Manly Death Metal for Real Men)
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
Atomic Witch – Death Etiquette (Blackened Speed Thrash with Grave Mist)
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
Blind Equation – A Funeral in Purgatory (Post-Cybergrind Glitch Goth)
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
Blood Monolith – The Calling of Fire (Ugly Deathgrind)
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
Savage Master (Satanic Kitsch Metal)
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
Genocidal Rites – Genocidal Upheaval of Subservient Abrahamic Law (Barbaric Bestial Black Metal of Death)
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
Balefire – S/T (Eldritch Death Metal)
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
Horse Butcher – S/T (Also Under the Name of Bestial Deathgrind)
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 […]
atmospheric black metal \ Bharata Danu \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ supernatural black metal \ United States \ USBM
Luring – Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy (Shapeshifting Black Metal)
I don’t think I’ve been this proud of American black metal since, well, now I guess. Listen, though he had a few good tracks, I only owned a Leviathan shirt because the logo’s cool. We have cool logo here with Pennsylvania’s Luring, as well, but musically something much different. Something more profound, something more […]
Baltimore \ Bruiser Mag \ David Simmons \ eldritch horror \ true crime \ United States \ weird fiction \ weird literature
Foul Black Rookeries (Modern Weird in Darkest Baltimore)
I was lucky enough to see David Simmons read, or rather perform, one of his short stories at VoidCon 2024 and was instantly impressed by his delivery and enthusiasm, but don’t let that grill fool you because underneath the shimmer is a twisted energy that will change your perception of reading entirely. While talking […]
