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SHADES OF BLACK (PART 1): HETROERTZEN, IMPERCEPTUM, IMHA TARIKAT, ANCIENT TUNDRA
I tend to go overboard with the volume of music in these Shades of Black posts, but this one includes even more minutes of listening than usual. In this one you’ll find streams of two full albums,...
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SHADES OF BLACK (PART 2): AORATAS, KASSAD, PANDEMONIUM, KEISER, SEMINARY, CAFFA
This is Part 2 of a post I started yesterday and decided to divide because I kind of went overboard with the volume of music. As I explained yesterday, this 2-parter includes streams of two full...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: HOODED MENACE AND ALGOMA — A SPLIT
On New Year’s Day of this year I posted a large round-up of new music that included brief teasers of music from a vinyl split release by Finland’s Hooded Menace and the Canadian band AlgomA. At that...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: DEATH OF KINGS —“HELL COMES TO LIFE”
After a series of well-received shorter releases, Atlanta’s Death of Kings will be releasing their debut album Kneel Before None later this year on CD, with a vinyl pressing to follow. But before we...
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SEEN AND HEARD ON A SATURDAY: CRANEIUM, SUICIDE WRAITH, ENDON, NAGA, MOSS...
I’m in a jam again. This was a busy week for me at my fucking day job, and I had a bunch of personal stuff to deal with that was unrelated to NCS, so I didn’t have time to post any round-ups of new...
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SHORT BUT SWEET (PART 1): PUTERAEON, ENSEPULCHER, SONS OF FAMINE
I decided to devote a couple of this Saturday’s posts to new or newly discovered short releases. I’ve also started work on a SEEN AND HEARD round-up of advance tracks from forthcoming releases,...
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SHORT BUT SWEET (PART 2): CAGE OF CREATION, TORCH THE SKY, DEAD SOUL ALLIANCE
This is the second part of a collection of short reviews that I began earlier today (here). The idea was to focus on new EP-length releases I had recently discovered and enjoyed, though the ones...
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MEDICO PESTE —“HERZOGIAN DARKNESS”
Medico Peste are human beings (I presume, but cannot be sure) who have mastered the art of creating music that appears to be a gateway for the emergence of inhuman forces. Discordance and delirium...
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SHADES OF BLACK: WORMWITCH, FIN, PURE, KOLLAPSE, MOTHER MOON, FUNERAL BAPTISM
I didn’t damage myself too badly last night, only moderately, and so I was able to prepare this selection of music that I thought was worth recommending. I’m beginning with songs from forthcoming...
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SEEN AND HEARD (PART 1): BRÉAG NAOFA, HIGHLAND, FELO DE SE, CADAVER DISPOSAL,...
I wrote this post yesterday afternoon. At that point it included two new EPs, two tracks from recently released albums, and one song from a forthcoming release. I picked those items in part because...
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SEEN AND HEARD: WITCHAPTER, SARKOM, FÖRGIFTAD, MANIC SCUM, DYING FETUS
No sooner had I finished last week’s 4-part new-music round-up on Saturday than I began exploring other things, and of course found other things I’d like to recommend. But I’ll be smart this week...
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SEEN AND HEARD: LO-RUHAMAH, AILS, PLOUGHSHARE, NECROT, ASHES FOR THE MUTE,...
This collection of new music is perhaps more eclectic and quirky than usual. Certainly, some of the tracks collected here are difficult to categorize, and in some cases almost impossible to...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): AMNUTSEBA — UNTITLED DEMO
“Amnutseba has risen from the gutters of the Parisian black metal scene to propose a glimpse into the vortex of insanity.” So say the mysterious figures behind this new band, and they have said...
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SHADES OF BLACK (PART 1): ÆRA, ALL MY SINS, AMIENSUS, ANHEDONIC, CAOIMHÍN
I whittled the great limb of blackened music I found over the last week down to a spear, but it was a spear with 10 barbs. I organized the music alphabetically by band name and decided, as I stared...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): BLURRING —“CLOUD BURNER”
(Austin Weber brings us the full streaming premiere of the new EP by Blurring, along with an introductory review.) After the breakup of Brutal Truth, the band’s members have continued on in...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: MANTAR / MARÉ / MESARTHIM
(In this post Andy Synn reviews the new EPs by Mantar, Maré, and Mesarthim.) So I’ve officially now reached a point where I am so far behind in my writing that the balance has fully shifted into the...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE: BLACK HARVEST —“ATTRITION”
(Austin Weber brings us this premiere of the new EP by New York’s Black Harvest, along with some introductory impressions of the music.) Some musicians are content to play within traditional sounds...
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VERMIN LORD AND NIHTWINTRE: A SPLIT
As regular visitors to our site well know, I’ve been carefully following the releases of Seattle-based Vermin Lord, beginning with the project’s excellent 2016 debut album Anguish. Last Friday...
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EXCOMMUNION —“THRONOSIS”
(Todd Manning brings us this review of the new EP by Colorado’s Excommunion, and we also bring you a full stream of the music.) At this point, it’s no secret that I have been extolling the great...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): AMIENSUS —“ALL PATHS LEAD TO DEATH”
Last fall, Minnesota’s Amiensus signed with Apathia Records for the release of a new EP this spring, and the release of that EP is now fast approaching. Its name is All Paths Lead To Death, and the...
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