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SHORT BUT SWEET: IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS —“MERGING IN LIGHT”
After two albums in 2012 and 2103, Denver’s In the Company of Serpents have blessed this year with a new EP, set for release on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year in the northern...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: MORBOSIDAD —“TORTURA”
There is no disguising this. It’s all right in your face, like a brain-damaged, starving wolverine thrown in your face. With very few exceptions, it goes like a jet-fueled, turbocharged, bat-winged,...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: VYRJU —“BLACK”
Vyrju began as the one-man project of Norwegian musician Jan F. Lindsø, but Vyrju’s debut EP Black also features session drums and clean vocals by Tim Yatras (Germ, Austere, ex-Nazxul, ex-Woods of...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: LORD IMPALER —“FINAL GATES” (AND A REVIEW OF “THE SERPENT...
This year the Greek melodic black metal band Lord Impaler are celebrating their 16th year of life. In that long stretch of time they’ve released four demos (the first one in 1999), two split...
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SHROUD OF DESPONDENCY: “DEFECTIVE OVERPASS”
I’ve been swarmed by new short releases that I want to write about. I had a list of five that I’ve been listening to this week, from which I wanted to pick one for this Saturday post. And then the...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: MONTE PENUMBRA AND HALF VISIBLE PRESENCE (A SPLIT)
Back in August I was halted in my tracks by the very cool cover art for a then-forthcoming split release by Portugal’s Monte Penumbra and Half Visible Presence from The Netherlands. Both bands...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: SHED THE SKIN —“THE SKAPHE OF CHRIST / REBIRTH THROUGH...
You may not be familiar with the name Shed the Skin, but chances are you’ll recognize the names of some of its members. This Ohio-based band is new, but the line-up includes drummer Kyle Severn...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: ADVERSARIAL AND PAROXSIHZEM — NEW MUSIC FROM “WARPIT OF...
When I first learned that Vault of Dried Bones would be releasing an album-length split by Adversarial and Paroxsihzem, entitled Warpit of Coiling Atrocities, I simultaneously experienced both a...
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“F” EVERYTHING: FIEND AND FVCK MOUNTAIN
(DGR brings us some ugly ass music for the end of an ugly ass week.) Allow me to be short and succinct with this opener: Work has kicked my ass these past two weeks and the holiday music is really...
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SHADES OF BLACK: LEVIATHAN, HUMAN BODIES, DEAD IN THE MANGER, HIC IACET
Here is a collection of recommended items from the blacker end of the metal spectrum that I spotted and heard yesterday; I have some others that I’ll feature tomorrow. I wrote most of this last...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: SVARTSYN —“NIGHTMARISH SLEEP”
As another year gasps its last breath I’m once again feeling forlorn about my inability to review more of the fine metal I heard over the last 12 months. There’s no way to catch up now, of course,...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: SLUG SALT LAVA —“RADIATED SOUNDSCAPES”
SLUG SALT LAVA I first encountered Slug Salt Lava (from Istanbul, Turkey) in the early fall of this year, when their First-Promo rumbled my innards and captivated my mind (I reviewed it here). They’ve...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: UNBEHELD —“UNBEHELD”
(DGR reviews the debut EP by a Canadian band named Unbeheld.) And so, a new year dawns. We’re already close to a week into it and honestly things don’t seem that much different, other than the fact...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: UR DRAUGR —“THE WRETCHED ASCETIC”
This is the first of three EP reviews that I plan to post today. The EPs are all very different from each other, but they’re all very good. UR DRAUGR I have a feeling that metal fans have lost a real...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: THE SKULL —“NUCLEAR WAR DEMO”
This is the second of three EP reviews I’m posting today. I began the day (here) with Ur Daugr from Australia, and now I’m jumping across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand and a band named… THE SKULL The...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: MINDFUL OF PRIPYAT
This is the third of three EP reviews I’m posting today. The first band was Australia’s Ur Draugr, the second was New Zealand’s The Skull, and now we leap across seas and continents to visit a band...
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SHADES OF BLACK: URFAUST, IDOLATRY, ADDAURA
This is a collection of recent music I heard over the last 24 hours that I want to recommend. As the post title suggests, the music is loosely connected by elements of black metal — and I do mean...
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UNDERDOGS IN THE UNDERGROUND: ESCHER —“THE GROUND IS MISSING”
(Austin Weber reviews a new EP by Escher from Raleigh, North Carolina.) It’s been very interesting to witness the influence Between The Buried And Me has had on the scene. Because of their...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: PORTA NIGRA —“FEMME FATALE”
Thanks to a Facebook post from KevinP, I learned that on Friday Debemur Morti Productions released a new digital single by the German duo known as Porta Nigra. It consists of a new song named “Femme...
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GRIND YOUR HEART OUT
(Austin Weber brings us a collection of short reviews of grind core albums that have caught his fancy.) I’m backlogged on metal I want to write about, including a diverse wealth of...
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