Best Of 2019 Part Deux

Dec. 16, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 58
by Metal Trenches

Krosis "Psychoticlysm" Reaction

Dec. 15, 2019

Krosis Reaction
by Krosis

Filth Ouroboros

Dec. 12, 2019

Filth Ouroboros
by Casket Huffer

BTCML: Between The Buried And Me

Dec. 11, 2019

Bands That Changed My Life XI
by Between the Buried and Me

Reviews

The Dead Light Dec. 10, 2019

The Dead Light
by Fen

Fens been one of the most consistent bands over the past ten years, with each of their six full-lengths emphasizing different elements of the black metal spectrum while continuing to move forward. This years The Dead Light is no exception, with the band turning their attention towards the stars and ...

Harm Remissions Dec. 10, 2019

Harm Remissions
by Fawn Limbs

The Pitch: The much lauded new album from Pennsylvania purveyors of "Geometric NoiseMathematical Chaos" Fawn Limbsout via Dark Trail Records. FFO: Noise Trail Immersion, Hellkeeper, Frontierer What I Like: Fawn Limbs is mathcore with a darkness that rivals most back metal albums. While I tend to as...

The Sound That Ends Creation (Podcast) Dec. 9, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 57
by The Sound That Ends Creation

FlightOfIcarus chats with Chris of mathcore/grindcore project The Sound That Ends Creation about his new album. Also discussed: the ever-changing music scene, early influences, songwriting technology advances, Behemoth, Hot Topic, and much more. Get the album HERE.PleaseSUBSCRIBEand also listen viai...

Raffy Reviews - Unfathomable Ruination: 'Enraged and Unbound' Dec. 6, 2019

Enraged and Unbound
by Unfathomable Ruination

Background Another day, another death metal band to review on the site. And what better place to look for it than the UK. Out of the bowels of Britain came some of my personal fave acts from core-influenced slam outfitIngestedto oldschoolersBolt Thrower. But today's five-piece represents a slightly...

Their Holes Aroused by the Splinters Carved From Their Teeth Dec. 6, 2019

Their Holes Aroused by the Splinters Carved From Their Teeth
by Fawn Limbs

The Pitch: Just months after the lauded Harm Remissions, Pennsylvania purveyors of "Geometric NoiseMathematical Chaos" Fawn Limbsdrop a new EP via Dark Trail Records. FFO: Noise Trail Immersion, Hellkeeper, Frontierer What I Like:So was the megaton bomb that was Harm Remissions not enough for Fawn ...

Saprophytic Divinations Dec. 5, 2019

Saprophytic Divinations
by Helleborus

The Pitch: Colorado black metal duo Helleborus drop arguably their finest material on this new album via Redefining Darkness. FFO: Aoratos, Nightbringer, Akhenaten What I Like: Now THIS is a black metal release. Out of the hundreds of albums I've covered this year, there are maybe a handful of trad...

Tragediens Trone, Estuarine, & More (Video) Dec. 4, 2019

Recommendation Roundup 12/4/19
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus runs down 4 more albums that you will not want to miss from the last few weeks: Tragediens Trone, Estuarine, Dawn Ray'd, Together in Tragedy. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social media of your c...

Raffy Reviews - Carnifliate: 'Disgusting Festivities' Dec. 3, 2019

Disgusting Festivities
by Carnifliate

Background The deathgrind genre is always great for heaviness and such, as the substance is consistently chaotic and brutal as ever.Carnifliateis one subtle, yet somewhat effective example of this formula. The riffs are fast and brutal death-inspired, the vocals all over the place, blast beats on p...

Sole Impulse Dec. 3, 2019

Sole Impulse
by Vatican

The Pitch: Georgia metalcore group Vatican bring unrivaled heaviness to the genre with this new album via 1126 Records. FFO: Zao, Vein, Harms Way What I Like: This is one of the heaviest metalcore albums of the year. While I've greatly enjoyed comeback releases from catchier, more melodic groups li...

Scissorgod Dec. 3, 2019

Scissorgod
by Reveal!

Reveal! started off as a band that pulled from the earlier strains of black and death metal while still putting their own spin on things before completely flipping the script with 2016s Flystrips. This album came after a five-year gap and found the band going in unpredictable directions with rhythms...

Raffy Reviews - Avslut: 'Tyranni' Dec. 2, 2019

Tyranni
by Avslut

Background Avslutis one of those so-called Swedish black metal bands that we've covered on the site before with the delectableDeceptisdebut full-length album from 2018. Now now, although they brand themselves as black metal, this is not entirely the case, as the melodic death metal and OSDM influen...

Cycle of Violence Dec. 2, 2019

Cycle of Violence
by Seventh Circle

The Pitch: Vicious sludge demo from California's Seventh Circle via Caligari Records. FFO: Primitive Man, Northless, Mantar What I Like: Seventh Circle is a sledgehammer of sludge complimented by various elements of other genres from death and doom to crust and alternative. It's like the ominous at...

Lese Majesty Dec. 2, 2019

Lese Majesty
by Bölzer

Blzer has blazed their own path since their formation in 2008, with the duo channeling a furious sound that put bands with double the number of members to shame. Over the years theyve continued to move away from some of the more traditional black and death metal conventions towards a stylistic path ...

Raffy Reviews - Blood Incantation: 'Hidden History of the Human Race' Nov. 29, 2019

Hidden History of the Human Race
by Blood Incantation

Background In following the running theme of Rocky Mountain state-based bands having unorthodox or slightly "out there" elements in their brand of extreme metal (which is just that in its own right but I digress), this band highlights some fairly stellar stuff that is usually lacking in the genre. ...

Death Atlas Nov. 29, 2019

Death Atlas
by Cattle Decapitation

The Pitch: Environmentalist deathgrind legend Cattle Decpatitation take on the dark side of catastrophic climate change with this new album via Metal Blade Records. FFO: Aborted, Benighted, Slugdde What I Like: One comes to a Cattle Decapitation record with one expectation above all else: it's goin...

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Dec. 13, 2019
Dead Hour Noise "Remorse" Track Premiere
Dec. 12, 2019
Blackened Extreme Metal from Natura Morta
Dec. 11, 2019
Psych Rock Meets Post-Black Metal with PERIHELION
Dec. 10, 2019
Feel The Vast Emptiness Of Space with Poland's THANATONAUT
Dec. 9, 2019
Truly bizarre avant garde metal from Abstruse
Dec. 5, 2019
Raw, Punk-Infused Black Metal from Poland's CZERNINA
Dec. 4, 2019
Brutal Death Metal from South African Band HOLO
Dec. 3, 2019
Symphonic Black Metal from Arizona's VAMPIRIC
Dec. 2, 2019
Alternative/Nü Metal from 9 STITCH METHOD
Nov. 29, 2019
Dutch Doom Metal from FACADE
Nov. 28, 2019
Groove and Thrash Metal from Hungary's NEEDLESS
Nov. 27, 2019
Blackened Industrial Noise from Ändlös Otukt
Nov. 25, 2019
Atmospheric/Progressive/Post-Metal from LAPSARIAN
Nov. 22, 2019
Melodic Death Metal from ASTRALBORNE
Nov. 22, 2019
STREAM: Noisey Blackened Post-Metal from STILL
Nov. 21, 2019
Bulgarian Black Metal from DIMHOLT
Nov. 20, 2019
Melodic Death Metal From Argentina's PLAGUESTORM
Nov. 20, 2019
French Occult Black Metal from AIN
Nov. 19, 2019
Puerto Rican Progressive Metal from PARECIA'S PATIENCE
Nov. 18, 2019
Stunning Instrumental Progressive Metal from NICK LENT
Nov. 15, 2019
STREAM: Instrumental Violin Prog Metal from THE NIGHT WATCH
Nov. 14, 2019
Sweltering Death Doom from PESTILENGTH
Nov. 11, 2019
STREAM: Death obsessed, dissonant black metal from Kostnatění via Bile Noire (FFO Deathspell Omega)
Nov. 8, 2019
STREAM: Frost-Bitten Black Metal from TRVESOVEREIGN
Nov. 8, 2019
TRACK PREMIERE: Septa - Golem