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BLEETH: “HARBINGER”
(Here’s Nathan Ferreira‘s review of the new record by Miami-based Bleeth, set for release by Seeing Red Records on May 28th.) I’m stepping outside of my comfort zone here. I don’t usually look for...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE: ODRAZA –“ACEDIA”
(It is our privilege to bring you this premiere of the experimental and unpredictable new release from Odraza, out tomorrow on Gods Ov War Productions, featuring a foreword by our own Andy Synn) Ah,...
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SHADES OF BLACK: VALAIS, ABKEHR, VREXIZA, MURKDWELLER
You may have noticed that for the last three days in a row I had time to create some pretty large round-ups of new songs and videos. But the time I found to do such things eventually ran out, and so...
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GRAND CADAVER: “MADNESS COMES”
(Here’s DGR’s review of the debut death metal EP by a group of Swedish veterans who’ve taken the name Grand Cadaver.) It’s very likely that a large part of what might catch people’s eyes with a...
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SHADES OF BLACK: RITUAL MOON, GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD, PA VESH EN, GROZA,...
Ritual Moon Especially after yesterday’s humongous round-up it probably wasn’t smart for me to follow it with another one, but that’s what I’ve done. As you’ve probably figured out by now, careful...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): GRAVERIPPER —“RADIATED REMAINS”
Indiana’s Graveripper are open and obvious in their admiration of Germanic thrash, but equally attracted to the stylings of early Norwegian black metal, as well as the rollicking riots of first-wave...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): KVADRAT —“ΨΥΧΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΣΥΝΘΕΣΗ”
Desolate subjects and a desperate mission animate the music on Kvadrat’s debut EP Ψυχικη Αποσυνθεση (“mental decay”), which we’re now premiering in full. Rather than embracing folklore or mysticism,...
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SEEN AND HEARD: SKEPTICISM, MERGER REMNANT, SONUM, NISHAIAR
Today’s roundup of new music and videos is a real hodgepodge (or perhaps you would prefer mishmash) of metallic creativity. At least one of the entries is a massive hodgepodge unto itself. A full...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: DEATH ON FIRE —“A HELL OF OUR OWN DESIGN”
For just a three-track EP, Death on Fire‘s Six Foot Box is a vibrantly diverse and dynamic experience that manages to hit home in multiple ways. After reaching the end, it’s really easy to loop back...
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SEEN AND HEARD: WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, WORMWITCH, MOROS
In between bouts of activity driven by my fucking day job today, I had just enough time to pull together this relatively short round-up of new sounds — two tracks (both with videos) from forthcoming...
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AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): BLACK CEREMONIAL KULT —“CROWNED IN CHAOS”
On June 14th the Chilean black/death band Black Ceremonial Kult will add to their collection of demos and splits that have been released since 2014. The newest release, which will come our way via...
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SEEN AND HEARD: MODERN RITES, BIAŁYWILK, VAELMYST, WITCH VOMIT, MAZE OF...
Lots of good stuff in today’s round-up, with a variety of new black metal, death metal, and thrash, plus a towering exit song. All of the songs are off forthcoming records, with the exception of a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: LAETITIA IN HOLOCAUST —“HAIR AS THE SALT OF CARTHAGO”
2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the fascinatingly distinctive Italian black metal band Laetitia In Holocaust. To celebrate the occasion, the band have recorded a new three-song EP entitled I Fall...
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SHADES OF BLACK (PART 2): ONDFØDT, NORDJEVEL, XANATHAR, A PREGNANT LIGHT,...
Reporting to you today from the hellish Pacific Northwest heat dome, where the second highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle at any time of the year happened yesterday and new records will be...
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KRYPTAN: A REVIEW OF THEIR SELF-TITLED EP AND THE PREMIERE OF “A GIANT LEAP...
The dumpster fire of the past pandemic year was wretched in countless ways, but most of us have realized that it also gave birth to a multitude of changes that were not all bad. Among other...
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