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SHORT BUT SWEET: MORDBRAND —“VASTATION”
I think I’ve written about every release by Sweden’s Mordbrand after their 2010 debut in a split with Evoke, including their excellent 2014 album Imago. Since I only write about what I like and want...
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METAL NOT PREVIOUSLY FEATURED ON NCS — PART 3
(Our Norwegian guest contributor Gorger, whose own blog is here, returns to NCS with the third and final Part of an entertaining post in which he recommends music we’ve overlooked — with a couple of...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: NUMENOREAN — DEMO 2014
We’ve thrown an unusually large number of recommended songs, videos, and releases your way today, but we’re still not finished. In this post you’ll find a review and a music stream of an EP I...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: LESS THAN THREE —“THE BLACK BOX”
I learned about Finland’s Less Than Three through an e-mail from my old web friend fireangel (Night Elves), who for many years has made it her mission to focus on and spread the word about Finnish...
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SHADES OF BLACK: JØTNARR, LVTHN, NINKHARSAG
I’m still more than 2,500 miles from home as a result of the old fucking day job, with precious little time to call my own, but I did take some breaks last night and early this morning, just long...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: BLACK THERAPY —“THE FINAL OUTCOME”
About 10 days ago we had the pleasure of premiering (here) a lyric video for “The Final Outcome”, the title track to a new EP by a Roman band named Black Therapy. Today we’re bringing you the...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: ASCENSION AND NECROWRETCH
I’ve included in this post reviews of two new short releases that I strongly recommend to lovers of infernal music. ASCENSION This five-person German black metal band whose members don’t publicize...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: CULT OF FIRE —ČTVRTÁ SYMFONIE OHNĚ
According to The Font of All Human Knowledge: Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country’s aspirations to...
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ELEMENTAL NIGHTMARES-IV: CANOPY, HARASAI, KALL, OBITUS
Today the Elemental Nightmares project released the fourth of the seven vinyl splits in the series, with a fourth segment (above) of what will eventually become one massive piece of artwork for the...
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DREMENUART: “WEIGHTBEARER”
When I started this site almost five years ago I picked the name “NO CLEAN SINGING” not so much to announce a rigid rule we intended to follow about the site’s content but more as a protest against...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: NUNSLAUGHTER AND PERVERSOR (A SPLIT)
According to Metal-Archives, Cleveland-based Nunslaughter have released more than 140 recordings, only four of which have been full-length albums, the rest mostly consisting of splits, EPs, and live...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: NUNSLAUGHTER AND WITCHTRAP (A SPLIT)
According to Metal-Archives, Cleveland-based Nunslaughter have released more than 140 recordings, only four of which have been full-length albums, the rest mostly consisting of splits, EPs, and live...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: WITHERING LIGHT AND BARGHEST — A SPLIT
About 10 days ago two Louisiana bands released a two-song split on Bandcamp which proves again that some of the best music these days is flying under the radar on the wings of short, unheralded...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: URZEIT AND AKATHARSIA – A SPLIT
Urzeit from Portland, Oregon, and Akatharsia from Oakland, California, have united for a split release that recently became available on Bandcamp and will be released on vinyl near the end of...
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A SAMHAIN HARVEST (Part 3): CRYPTICUS, ABORTED, SAILLE, TWIST ENDING
Ideally I would have posted this collection yesterday, to accompany the first two “Samhain Harvest” posts, but I take comfort in the fact that Samhain lasts until sunset today (November 1), even...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: IRON EAGLE —“ON THE ATTACK”
When a band’s first three listed influences on their Facebook page are Bolt Thrower, Discharge, and Bad Brains, that’s a good sign. When their line-up seems to include current members of Human Cull...
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SHADES OF BLACK: ISRATHOUM, CHALICE OF BLOOD, NEFANDUS, NIGHTBRINGER, VERBUM...
In my daily searches for news and new music that I think would be worth your time, sometimes I come across so many exciting new discoveries that it feels like the flood gates have been opened, or...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: HE WHOSE OX IS GORED, MUTTER, 7.5 TONNES OF BEARD
I’ve collected here three reviews of three new EPs that I’ve really been enjoying. HE WHOSE OX IS GORED Not knowing what to expect, I saw Seattle’s He Whose Ox Is Gored perform live earlier this...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: BOG OAK, ORDER OF THELEMA, CHANNEL THE ANIMAL
Following up on an earlier trio of reviews this morning, I have another threesome in this post, focusing on three more new EPs (all of them debut offerings) that I’ve been enjoying and hope you’ll...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: ANICON AND BELUS (A SPLIT)
Anicon and Belus are two New York bands whose names I’ve been hearing for a while, but whose music I’ve begun exploring only recently. Together they produced a split this past June, which was...
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