Wallowing, The Ritual Aura, Guilt Trip Sept. 11, 2019

Recommendation Roundup 9/16/19
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus shares three more albums that you should not miss out on this year. The music... it never ends. Included are blackened sludge band Wallowing, progressive death metal band The Ritual Aura, and metallic hardcore band Guilt Trip. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox...

Raffy Reviews - Omophagia: '646965' Sept. 10, 2019

646965
by Omophagia

Background Omophagia(named after the Greek term for "consuming raw flesh") is embellished as a quintet of horrors from Zurich. With their insane, chaotic riffage, abrasive mid vocals and destructive, yet slightly humorous vibes all around, the question that lies ahead for them is...do they have wha...

Planet Loss Sept. 10, 2019

Planet Loss
by Wallowing

The Pitch:UK sci-fi themed blackened sludgeband Wallowing ruin your week with a soul crushing new album viaSludgelord Records Black Voodoo Records.FFO: Indian, Lord Mantis, Primitive Man What I Like: If you like Indian, you'll love Wallowing. These two bands are very much twins in their bleak, bla...

Age of Excuse Sept. 9, 2019

Age of Excuse
by Mgła

Mgła swept up listeners with their sprawling and utterly bleak black metal across their previous two full-lengths With Hearts Towards None and Exercises in Futility. While the group had quite a few other releases to their discography by this point, it was these two records that broke through and put...

Doug Moore (Pyrrhon) on WEEPING SORES Sept. 9, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 47
by Weeping Sores

FlightOfIcarus chats with Doug Moore of Pyrrhon, Seputus, and Glorious Depravity about his latest outing with emotive, violin-infused doom project WEEPING SORES. We discuss his need to stay busy with multiple projects, Henry Rollins, inspirations for this new album, sifting through the swathes of me...

Raffy Recommends #3: Putridity (Brutal-technical death metal) Sept. 6, 2019

Background The recommendation for this week is an artist coming out of the brutal death scene that's been dominating the genre and taking the online/underground metal community by storm with a blend of techy (sometimes proggy) riffs and a ton of brutal ambiance. The Italian stallions I'm talking ab...

As I Lay Dying Album Tier List Sept. 6, 2019

Ranking As I Lay Dying v2
by Metal Trenches

In anticipation of the new album, FlightOfIcarus ranks and reminisces about the band's discography thus far. Make your own with the same template HERE. 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 choice...

Voice of Opprobrium Sept. 6, 2019

Voice of Opprobrium
by Runespell

Runespell has maintained a steady release pace since debuting in 2017 with the Aeons of Ancient Blood demo, releasing a full length each year without there being any dip in quality. This year project founder Nightwolf has continued this trend with Voice of Opprobrium which takes the heroic sounding ...

Decay Sept. 5, 2019

Decay
by Drugs of Faith

Drugs of Faith has been an integral part of the DC/Northern Virginia grind scene since 2002 but compared to some of the other bands in the genre theyve remained a lot quieter when it comes to recorded releases. Where some grind and powerviolence opts for split after split and unleashes a steady infl...

Dawn of Infinite Fire Sept. 5, 2019

Dawn of Infinite Fire
by Asagraum

The Pitch: "The witches coven returns with their second spell of Darkness." Black metal band Asagraum deliver serious gains viaEdged Circle Productions. FFO:Blaze of Perdition,UADA,Pale Chalice What I Like: It's been two years since Asagraum droppedPotestas Magicum Diaboli,and what a difference jus...

Lamb of God Changed My Life (Video) Sept. 4, 2019

Bands That Changed My Life VI
by Lamb of God

FlightOfIcarus once again gets nostalgic talking about the bands that expanded his avenues as a metalhead; this time diving into groove metal giants Lamb Of God. Thanks as always for listening. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and fo...

Blasphemy Sept. 4, 2019

Blasphemy
by Kayo Dot

Kayo Dot remain shapeshifters with each release, changing styles and members frequently enough that you might not realize some of their discography is from the same band. Sometimes you might be met with heavy and dense instrumentation, while more recently youre likely to have experienced keyboard do...

Raffy Reviews - Trench Warfare: 'Hatred Prayer' Sept. 3, 2019

Hatred Prayer
by Trench Warfare

Background Trench Warfarestands tall as a fairly new and innovative blackened death metal project coming straight out of Austin, Texas that has caught our attention for a few different reasons. For one thing, their DIY production quality and mysanthropic lyricism is more than enough to catch my own...

Panacea Sept. 3, 2019

Panacea
by Surface of The Sun

The Pitch: One man progressive metal project Surface Of The Sun pulling heavily from the style of Tool. Also FFO:A Perfect Circle, Chevelle What I Like: If someone gave me these tracks blind and told me that they were outtakes from 10,000 Days, I would 100% believe them. Not only isDevon Eggers' vo...

Raffy Reviews - Stillbirth: 'Back To The Stoned Age' Sept. 2, 2019

Back To The Stoned Age
by Stillbirth

Background Stillbirthis a band that we've covered on the site before a while back. With their corny, but heavy and great albumAnnihilation of Mankindbehind them, they're taking their sweet time to look back on their musical career. With that, a retrospective remastered release is upon us now...and ...

When We Are Forgotten Sept. 2, 2019

When We Are Forgotten
by Imperium Dekadenz

The Pitch:German atmospheric black metal duoImperium Dekadenz deliver a"truly absorbing" sixth full-length albumvia Napalm Records. FFO: Cult Of Fire, Mgla, Blut Aus Nord What I Like: I gotta tell you, I've been absolutely slammed for August and September. That said, I'm glad that I was encouraged ...

3TEETH Interview Sept. 2, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 46
by 3TEETH

FlightOfIcaris chats with frontman and moustache connoisseur Alexis of LA industrial metal band 3Teeth. We cover a lot of ground including changes in songwriting approach from earbuds to arenas, how a chance meeting with Adam Jones led to friendship and touring with Tool, and the importance of defyi...

Cenotaph of Defectuous Creation Aug. 30, 2019

Cenotaph of Defectuous Creation
by Sempiternal Dusk

Sempiternal Dusk has hardly been quiet in the years since 2014s self-titled full length, as theyve released lengthy tracks on splits with bands like Encoffination and Cauldron Black Ram. But with each release the anticipation for a new album has increased, and finally this year the Portland death me...

River Of Lies Aug. 30, 2019

River Of Lies
by Guilt Trip

The Pitch: Manchester band Guilt Trip let loose some serious beatdown hardcore with a touch of thrash via Beatdown Hardware Recordings. FFO: Code Orange, Knocked Loose, Employed To Serve What I Like: Guilt Trip bring it hard on this album. Combining the old school flair of groups like Power Trip al...

Raffy Reviews - Pathology: 'Reborn To Kill' Aug. 29, 2019

Reborn To Kill
by Pathology

Background Pathologyarose in the mid-to-late 2000s to prominence as one of San Diego, CA's most technically well-versed and structurally sound brutal death bands (with toilet vocals, no less). Oddly enough, these longtime slammers went through countless line-up changes, especially within their voca...
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