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SHORT BUT SWEET: DECONSECRATION’S DEBUT DEMO
If you’re in the mood for death metal cut from particularly foul and disease-ridden cloth, ghastly in the extreme and gruesome in almost every way, then the debut demo of Deconsecration is just what...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): BAIN DE SANG —“SACRIFICED FOR A LOAD OF...
If you’re a fan of such bands as Nasum, Pig Destroyer, Rotten Sound, and Napalm Death, we’ll lay favorable odds that you’re going to eat up Bain de Sang‘s new EP like a ravenous wolf. It takes only...
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MANTAR: “GRUNGETOWN HOOLIGANS II”
(This is Andy Synn‘s review of the new covers EP by the German band Mantar, (a favorite at our site since the beginning), which is out now on Brutal Panda Records.) Is it just me, or has it been a...
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SEEN AND HEARD ON A SATURDAY: REBEL WIZARD, KÖRGULL THE EXTERMINATOR,...
If you’re a fan of Enslaved, Pallbearer, Kataklysm, Black Crown Initiate, Oceans of Slumber, surely you know about the new singles they released over the last few days from their next albums (most...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): LIBERATIA —“WHERE THE WRETCHED LIE SLAIN”
One thing leads to another, even when you don’t see the progression of cause and effect, sometimes with disastrous results, sometimes with happy ones. This is a tale of the latter kind. In December...
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AN NCS PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): NEKUS —“DEATH NOVA UPON THE BARREN HARVEST”
Death Nova Upon the Barren Harvest is an evocative title. The words alone suggest a desolate experience fraught with menace and morbidity, and a portrayal of crushing despair beneath the...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): DEATHNOISEFREQUENCY —“HORRID DIRGE”
Straight out of Saudi Arabia comes Deathnoisefrequency. That’s right, Saudi Arabia, not the easiest platform from which to launch a new musical project, and perhaps especially not one named...
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AN NCS SPLIT PREMIERE: HERESIARCH AND ANTEDILUVIAN —“DEFLESHING THE SERPENT...
Both New Zealand’s Heresiarch and Canada’s Antediluvian have already elevated themselves high up in the global pantheon of ruinous blackened death metal. It seemed inevitable that the day would come...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): HORSE DRAWN —“AMONGST GHOSTS”
We’ve already seen abundant evidence that pandemic shutdowns and searing economic calamity haven’t crushed musical creativity. Those two ruthless giant hands may be doing their best to choke the...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND AN INTERVIEW): EXITIUM SUI – “THE SINISTER BUSINESS...
(Andy Synn introduces our premiere stream of a new EP by Exitium Sui, the solo project of ex-Deadspace frontman Chris Gebauer, and presents an interview of him as well.) Exitium Sui may be a...
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DEATH RITUALS: JUST BEFORE DAWN, GRISVELOS, PRECAMBRIAN, INNUMERABLE FORMS,...
Sigh. Yet another week when I didn’t have enough time, or didn’t set aside enough, to do even one round-up of new music. I did do a lot of listening last night and this morning, and found enough...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: JESUS WEPT – “APARTHEID REDUX”
(This is Andy Synn‘s review of an expanded EP by the Detroit band Jesus Wept, released by Redefining Darkness Records on August 21st.) Let’s make one thing clear. Apartheid Redux is, as you might...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): ORDINUL NEGRU —“NEBUISA”
In just two days Loud Rage Music will release Nebuisa, a new EP by the Romanian band Ordinul Negru, but you won’t have to wait to hear it, because we’re presenting a full stream today. The EP seems...
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DRIPPED: “PUTRESCENT OMNISCIENCE”
(Here’s Vonlughlio’s review of the debut EP by Dripped, which was released in August by Ungodly Ruins Productions.) So it’s been a while since I’ve done a small review, but life (work and family)...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): MONTAÑA SAGRADA —“THE LIVING GREEN”
Not all metal bands, and in fact very few of them, unite behind a concept that’s as harrowing and as intriguing as the music they make. This isn’t intended as a criticism of bands who are content to...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: HUMANITY IS CANCER —“HARLOT” (AND A REVIEW OF THE...
This is an example of “better late than never”, to put it mildly. Humanity Is Cancer wrote the songs on their forthcoming self-titled debut EP back in 2014/2015, as guitarist Thomas Haywood was just...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): VENTR —“NUMINOUS NEGATIVITY”
The title of Ventr’s debut EP — Numinous Negativity — is nearly perfect for the music. Numinous, Luminous Negativity might be slightly better. But the title has meaning beyond the sensations of the...
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CHOKE ME: “THE COUSIN OF DEATH”
(In this review DGR praises the new record by Los Angeles-based Choke Me, which was released in June by Riot Ready Records.) Speaking of releases that have fallen firmly in the category of “have...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): THROANE —“UNE BALLE DANS LE PIED”
For those of you who may only now be discovering Throane for the first time, it is the solo project of Dehn Sora, whose name will be familiar to many as the visual artist whose creations have...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: ALTERI / MINUALA / MOROKH
Minuala (Here’s a triptych of EP reviews by Andy Synn.) One of the (many) great things about writing for this site is that, free from the concerns of having to sell ad space or keep to print...
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