Unhinged Feb. 28, 2017

War Metal Massacre
by Holocausto

The Pitch: Old school blackened thrash and war metal from Brazil. FFO Sarcfago What I Like: Fast, furious, and f@$king angry. The vocal performance is completely unhinged. "Massacre" is a wrecking ball of raging riffs that conjures imagery of classics from both OSDM and first wave BM. The drumming ...

The Furor (Exclusive Track and Review) Feb. 28, 2017

Cavalries of the Occult
by The Furor

The Pitch: Australian blackened thrash band, featuring the drummer from Impeity, shares an exclusive track to their upcoming album. What I Like: Cavalries of the Occult helps exemplify why I keep the 3 rating scale system. Even though I havesome of thequalms below, respect needs to be paid to howTh...

Convention Cancelled Feb. 27, 2017

Tenebrific
by Cancelled

The Pitch: Experimental recording project of Marc Bourgon (Greber).Written during long tour drives, mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge) and mastered Ryan Butler of Arcane Digital What I Like: This is something different. It's like Radiohead meets The Lion's Daughter. Funky, laid back bass grooves and h...

Thrown To The Fire Feb. 27, 2017

Atonement
by Immolation

The Pitch: New York death metal band Immolation, around since I was just an itty bitty metal baby, release their latest LP through Nuclear Blast. FFO: Incantation, Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Dethklok What I Like: "The Distorting Light" isa massive way to start off the album. I love how this track mixe...

Necrotic Feb. 24, 2017

Necrobreed
by Benighted

The Pitch: French gore-grinders Benighted destroy the opposition with their latest album through Season of Mist. FFO: Aborted, The Black Dahlia Murder, Gloom, Cattle Decapitation What I Like: Goddam, those vocals do pack a punch. Much like Sven of Aborted, they are a split personality nightmare wit...

Chicago Sludge Rock Feb. 24, 2017

Goldsmith
by Escape Is Not Freedom

The Pitch: Chicago band combines 90's Helmet with sludge and noise to bring you some worthwhile alternative music. What I Like: Grungy, dirty, 90's vibe with some crunchy riffs and plenty of attitude. The production fits the music well and contributes to the grittiness. But what I love more than th...

Swing of the Axe! Feb. 24, 2017

Nightmare Logic
by Power Trip

The Pitch: Out of Dallas and sporting a truly bad attitude, this is the crossover thrash of Power Trip. FFO Exodus, Iron Reagan, Cro-Mags. What I Like: Unless I'm just not in the loop, I feel like crossover is a genre we don't hear a lot from these days. Regardless, it has been a pleasure to get tw...

Technical Singularity Feb. 24, 2017

Urraca
by Sunless

The Pitch: Minnesota avant-garde technical death metal influencedby Gorguts, Ulcerate, and Deathspell Omega What I Like: Man oh man, more fodder for the masochistic musicians in the audience. The musicianship on this albumis acrushing singularity of technical prowess that threatens to implode in on...

Slave Revolt Feb. 23, 2017

Devil is Fine
by Zeal and Ardor

The Pitch: Swiss-American songwriter Manuel Gagneux's highly lauded experimental black metal project Zeal and Ardor recieves a new release through MVKA. Set in an alternate history where slaves rebel against their Christian slavers through Satanic rituals, Devil is Fine combines the unlikely (but eq...

Aversion to Sound Feb. 23, 2017

Hyperakusi
by Resonance Cascade/Järnbörd

The Pitch: Hyperakusi(Swedish word that means "hypersensitivity to everyday sounds") is an insane splitof Swedish grindfor fans ofNapalm Death, Insect Warfare, and Brutal Truth, What I Like: The real meat of this split is right in the middle. Resonance Cascade steals the show with some truly violen...

Tee Hees on Trial Feb. 22, 2017

Suicide Silence
by Suicide Silence

The Pitch: California deathcore darlings Suicide Silence ruffle some feathers with their latest self titled release through Nuclear Blast. Summary: Let me start by saying that I was one of the few who defended "Doris." I credited the band for trying something different instead of taking the easy ro...

Ritual of Awesomeness Feb. 22, 2017

Impuritize
by Reaping Asmodeia

The Pitch: Minneapolis technical death metal band Reaping Asmodeia gets some much deserved major label love with Impuritize through Prosthetic Records. FFO Aborted, Within The Ruins, Abnormality, The Overmind What I Like: These Minnesotan's don't say "eh" or "dontchaknow." They're too busy sandblas...

The 80's Strikes Back Feb. 22, 2017

Triumph of Gloom
by Rebel Wizard

Rebel Wizard has been picked up by Prosthetic Records for a re-release of their latest album now on CD and limited Vinyl. Melbourne, Australia's Rebel Wizard is a band I have been hoping to hear from again for some time now. Their last EP, Invocation of the Miserable Ones, was the perfect clash of ...

Cut His Throat Feb. 21, 2017

Irwell
by Cold Crypt

The Pitch: Argento Records presents the release of Irwell, the debut album from this Manchester, UK-based black metal outfit. FFO Murg, Taake, Corpus Christii What I Like: "Kill the pig! Cut his throat!" I love when black metal vocals are incomprehensibly vile; but become clear just long enough to ...

Also A New Track Feb. 21, 2017

And Everything Was Beautiful
by 156/Silence

The Pitch: Mathcore Index yet again turns me onto a group that needed to be passed along. Pittsburg's 156/Silence bring crushing hardcore and thoughtful post-hardcore alike with their2016 LP and a new single complete with Music Video. FFO: Touche Amore, The Chariot What I Like:I freakin' love The C...

Beast from Beneath Feb. 21, 2017

Titanomachy
by Imperium

The Pitch: "Brutal, unrelenting death metal" from the UK with Middle Easternand Greekand Roman mythological influences,featuring ex-members of Bloodshot Dawn. FFO Behemoth, Hate Eternal, Cannibal Corpse What I Like: This album is above all else intensely heavy. I could draw some pretty strong paral...

What a Climb! Feb. 21, 2017

Ascendacy
by Kadinja

The Pitch: Three years following the release of their critically lauded debut EP, French progressive technical metalcore group Kadinja bring their djenty debut LP via Klonosphere Records/Season of Mist. FFO Textures, Periphery What I Like: I hear some mega strides forward in the time that has passe...

Preach! Feb. 20, 2017

Sermon ov Wrath
by Antropomorphia

The Pitch: More than two decades since AntropomorphiA's debut EP, Dutch death metal band return with a crushing LP via Metal Blade Records. FFO Cannibal Corpse What I Like: That first track hits like a damn freight train. Between theoverpowering guitars and that spectacularly combative bass rumble,...

Nasty Feb. 20, 2017

Exhumation Requiem
by Nasty Surgeons

The Pitch: Pure death metal from Xtreem Music and Spanish band Nasty Surgeons. FFO: Exhumed, Carcass, Impaled What I Like: There are some solid riffs to be found on here. In particular, "Antemortem Dissection" has killer hooks in a number of different approaches from punchy chords andblackened trem...

Columbian Blackened Thrash (Lucifera Exclusive Track) Feb. 20, 2017

Preludio Del Mal
by Lucifera

The Pitch: Columbian, female-fronted blackened thrash metal band tear through the scene like a bat out of hell. Hear an exclusive stream of the title track. FFO Rebel Wizard, Kreator, early Sepultura What I Like: The f#$king RIFFS, my man! So righteous. If you desire fast and furious hooks with ple...
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