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AN NCS DEMO PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): ÅSKOG —“VARG”
The Swedish duo known as Murdryck began musical life in 1999 as a “Blackened Dark Ambient” project, disappeared for a time, and then rejuvenated themselves as a Black Metal band in 2014. Thereafter,...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: DAUGHTER CHAOS / ULTHA / VONLAUS
Daughter Chaos (Andy Synn returns to NCS from the injured list and brings us reviews of three excellent EPs released in September or October of this year.) Some of you may have noticed (or maybe you...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): NOXIS —“EXPANSE OF HELLISH BLACK MIRE”
Cleveland-based Noxis have only been active since 2019 but they have wasted no time in proving their fiendish talents. Setting their sites on a particular kind of death metal, they released the...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): ATOMIC WITCH —“DEATH, SEX, AND SATAN”
When we last checked in with Atomic Witch at our putrid site, about 14 months ago, the occasion was a premiere of the title track from their first EP, Void Curse. It caused us to conclude that the...
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ABHORRENT CASTIGATION: “ON THE SHORES OF HELL”
(This is the final installment in a seven-record review orgy by our man DGR, who is attempting to free his mind for year-end season by clearing away a backlog of write-ups for albums he has enjoyed...
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NCS PREMIERES FOR USTKARA GHOST’S “CONSUMING THE ABYSS”
What do you think would happen if two such doom maestros as Daniel Neagoe (Clouds, Aeonian Sorrow) and Shaun Macgowan (My Dying Bride) were to join forces in a new musical project? Well, you need...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): BESTIALIS —“RITUS”
Just yesterday I was confessing that one of the reasons I’m so open to hosting premieres every day is a selfish motivation — because it affords the opportunity to discover new music from new bands...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: ALUSTRIUM / DÖ / FUMING MOUTH
Alustrium (Andy Synn prepared the following reviews of three recent and very impressive EPs.) It’s pretty common knowledge that, for the most part at least, I’m more of an “album guy” than an “EP...
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COGNIZANT: “COGNIZANT”
(We present Todd Manning‘s review of the 2016 self-titled debut EP of Texas-based Cognizant, which was given a proper CD release by Selfmadegod Records on November 13th.) When it comes to Grindcore,...
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AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: NADER SADEK’S “THE SERAPEUM: BLACK OSIRIS” (AND A...
The Serapeum is a remarkable new EP created by the Egyptian metal artist Nader Sadek and a star-strewn coterie of talented friends. To celebrate its imminent release, we’re presenting a second video...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE: CELL PRESS —“CELL PRESS”
We’re premiering the self-titled debut EP of the Montreal band Cell Press on the eve of its release. If we could see your faces when you listen to it, there would be a great temptation to write...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: HOLY DEATH
(We present Andy Synn‘s combined reviews of the three EPs released this year by the Nevada band Holy Death.) Today’s edition of “Short But Sweet” is a little different. Rather than covering three...
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CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR: “PATIENTLY WAITING FOR WONDERFUL THINGS”
(We welcome NCS guest contributor James Parry-Smith , who brings us his review of the new album by Corrupt Moral Altar, which was released in late November by APF Records.) In a year as irreversibly...
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SEEN AND HEARD FOR A CHRISTMAS DAY (PART 2): CASAVIEJA, KNIVES, I AM A...
Time has become ill-defined for me as for everyone else this year, but I do realize that it’s not still Christmas Day. I just couldn’t get Part 2 of this round-up finished in time to post it...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): SACROCURSE – “SUPREME TERROR”
The EP by Sacrocurse that we’re premiering in full today is a streamlined nuclear missile, a four-track attack that’s just shy of 17 minutes in total. The length seems just about perfect — just long...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: FOSSILIZED: “EAT OR BE EATEN”
(This is Andy Synn‘s review of a new EP by the Kansas-based death metal band Fossilized, which was released on the first day of this new year.) There’s already been quite a bit of digital ink...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: FERAL LIGHT’S “CONJOINT LIGHTLESSNESS” (AND A REVIEW OF THE...
Last September at NCS Andy Synn devoted the 125th edition of his Synn Report (here) to the discography of Minnesota-based Feral Light, whose music he recommended for fans of Tombs, Cobalt, and...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): GRAVEDÄNCER —“RIPPING METAL”
As much as many of us enjoy the realms of the avant garde within the world of metal, no dyed-in-the-wool metalhead would ever deny the continuing appeal of the Old Guard, or the visceral thrills...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): BLACK HOLE DEITY —“LAIR OF XENOLICH”
Black Hole Deity is a new name in death metal, but it has a veteran line-up, whose instrumental and songwriting skills are on full display in the band’s absolutely electrifying debut EP Lair of...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: CULT OF LUNA / ECLIPTIC / ZEBADIAH CROWE
Cult of Luna (Andy Synn wrote these three reviews of recent and forthcoming EPs.) It’s been a busy, busy week for me this week… but, then, when isn’t it? It’s times like these, though, that I really...
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