Getting There Oct. 24, 2016

Isolation Poetry
by Derealized

The Pitch: French group Derealized toss themselves into a competetive yearwhen it comes toprogressive death metal. Can they hack it? What I Like: As with any even moderately good release in this genre, the riffs are solid. There are some really great hooks and transitions that keep compositions flo...

Yield To Naught Oct. 24, 2016

Shrines of Paralysis
by Ulcerate

New Zealand death metal trio Ulcerate are back! After touring in support of 2013's most excellentVermis,this year sees the technical calisthenics bound ever onwards withShrines Of Paralysis. The band has also announced a headlining North American Fall tour with Icelandic blackened death band Zhrine ...

Probably Deaf Too After This Oct. 24, 2016

Mute Books
by Auroch

The Pitch: Vancouver, British Columbia-based death metal faction Auroch continue to grow and mature with seven more slices of technical extreme metal madness in the vein of Imperial Triumphant, Mitochondrion, and Ulcerate. What I Like: Mad music student skills on display here. These guys are dedica...

The Downward Spiral Redux Oct. 21, 2016

Soft Tissue
by Lament Cityscape / Theologian

The Pitch: Sludge/post-metal CaliforniansLament Cityscape join forces with New York"blackened synth death" project Theologian to create a despairing, largely instrumental descent into madness. Not a split, this is a full collaboration. What I Like: Pretty engaging, even during the more ambient port...

Unadulterated Technical Horror Oct. 21, 2016

Man Does Not Give
by Seputus

Seputus was founded in 2005but went quiet about 4 years laterafter a few recrodings. Steve Schwegler revivedthe projectin 2013, inspired thematically by his time with the military. With members of Pyrrhon, it should be no surprise that the works of Seputus are highly technical in nature. Man Does No...

Oh the Irony Oct. 21, 2016

The Way of the Voice
by Ophidius

The Pitch: New Jersey symphonic progressive metal band don't need any lyrics to express themselves on their latest unsigned album inspired by The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. What I Like: I hope the irony in naming an instrumental album The Way Of The Voice is not lost on the band. In all seriousness t...

Industrial Brainwashing Oct. 20, 2016

Totalitarian Industrial Oppression
by N.K.V.D.

The Pitch: French multi-instrumentalist and mastermind L.F.(also of Autokrator) returns with a compilation album consisting of the Diktatura EP (2007) and Vlast (2011). It's another dark descent into blackened industrial madness. What I Like: I have been impressed with L.F. since I heard the first ...

A Flash Flood of Emotion Oct. 20, 2016

Kadath
by Ultar

Siberian post-black metal act Ultar is herewith the release of their debut albumunder this moniker,Kadath. The band has previously released an EP and full length under the name, Deafknife, having originally formed in Formed in 2011 in Krasnoyars. Kadath's material was inspired by theworks ofH. P. Lo...

Starving For More Oct. 19, 2016

Hunger
by Ilenkus

There are plenty of albums I have covered that were amazing despite having lousy album art. But it never hurts to put forth that extra effort. I'm not ashamed to say that I very much did judge this book by its cover. Something about this image was so enticing. I suppose it reminded me a bit of past ...

Haan! Oct. 19, 2016

Sing Praises
by Haan

The Pitch: NewYork sludge/hardcore/southern rock quartet Haan channel Clutch and Mike Patton for 4 song EP. What I Like: Haan takes everything I love the most about the above projects and streamlines it to perfection. Imagine a fusion of "Burning Beard" with Faith No More's "Jizzlobber." I love the...

Mini-Review Roundup: Wolfenstein, Horn Impaler, Neverlight Horizon Oct. 19, 2016

WLFENSTEIN is a four-piece hardcore band from Stuttgart Germany.Their new album, Staedter,is a concept album based on a poem by Alfred Wolfenstein. It deals with the perspectives of several different peoplelivingin a metropolis andtheir resultingfeelings of isolation, hopelessness and loneliness des...

Death Doom Dynamo Oct. 18, 2016

Anna
by Doomed

It's time again for more DOOMED! This german death/doom band was one of the earlier bands I reviewed for the site, and definitelyone to get me more interested in this genre. Their 2015 effort, Wrath Monolith persists at being one of my favorite doom albums of the year and perhaps even above all. But...

And This Shall Be... Oct. 18, 2016

The Whole of the Law
by Anaal Nathrakh

Anaal Nathrakh has been around since 1999, and over the course of this lengthy campaign against all thingssacred and good they have released eight albums and an EP while working with major figures like Attila Csihar (Mayhem), Shane Embury and Danny Herrera (Napalm Death), Nick Barker (Testament, Dim...

Down Under The Down Under Oct. 17, 2016

Failure, Subside
by Departe

The Pitch: Dparte may not (always) be as technical as Ulcerate, but it feels as if the Australian band have shared a tourbus with their New Zealand counterparts. Employing morefrom the atmospheric and blackenedspectrum, they create similarly desolate soundscapes What I Like: This album is black as ...

Cathartic Release Oct. 17, 2016

Ruinen
by Waldgefluster

Ruinen is the 4th full-length album by Germany's Waldgeflster. As put in the mailer, this atmospheric black metal bandis where"Falls of Rauros and Panopticon merges with the older doom/post-metal sounds of artists such as Anathema Katatonia."I don't know about all that, but I do have one word for t...

Another Prog Opus Oct. 14, 2016

Voice of the Void
by Anciients

The Pitch: Season of Mist's Anciients (Vancouver) deliver a stunning prog metal opus; joining elements of Mastodon, Opeth, and Between the Buried and Me. What I Like: It was a bit of a grower, but what a grower. Everyone playing on this album does a fantastic job, from the killer drumming to the wh...

Oslo's New Breed Oct. 14, 2016

Tenebris Deos
by Sons Of Balaur

The Pitch: Via Season of Mist, Oslo, Norwayrides forth with the latest from modern black metal band, Sons of Balaur. Is the new school as good as the old school? What I Like: Songs like "Van Helsing Must Die" are a f#%king hoot. What is better than throwing up the invisible orange while imagining e...

Leave A Legacy Oct. 14, 2016

Dissociation
by Dillinger Escape Plan

There lots of ways to classify bands, buttwo large categories continue to interest me above the rest: those that continue to vomit up album after album of mediocre material long past their prime, and those that know when to hang it up at the top of their game. If my choice of words wasn't obvious en...

The Future is Brass Oct. 13, 2016

Brain Tentacles
by Brain Tentacles

The Pitch: Trio plays groove-ridden metal music driven primarily by brass instruments and funky bass. What I Like: Brain Tentacles sport a sound that is very creative and steps outside of the norm. They have some pretty catchy hooks and I see a foundation of something really special here. What I D...

HC AOTY? Oct. 13, 2016

Once Love Was Lost
by Vorvan

Vorvaňis a hardcore band from Russia. They have been kicking in teeth since 2012, and now with Kurt Ballou helming production, they are ready to releaseOnce Love Was Lost. The band has shared the stage with such notable acts asNapalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror and Walls of Jericho. Will this album ...
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