Chris Hornbrook (Poison The Well) Interview June 10, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 34
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus spends some time with Chris Hornbrook, one of the fonding members of Poison The Well. We talk about new projects, getting famous young, self-determination, and never giving up.Thanks as always for listening!PleaseSUBSCRIBEand also listen viaiTunes,CastBox, andBitChute. SUBSCRIBE to...

Towards the Greyscale Aphorysm June 10, 2019

Towards the Greyscale Aphorysm
by Misanthropic Rage

Since their formation in 2015 Polish duo Misanthropic Rage has released material at a brisk pace, delivering an EP and three full lengths to date. Their most recent full length Towards the Greyscale Aphorysm comes a little over a year after its predecessor and finds the group continuing to twist ele...

Entity June 7, 2019

Entity
by Nucleus

The Pitch: Sci Fi themed Chicago technical death metal band Nucleus deliver their second full length album viaUnspeakable Axe Records. FFO: Gigan, Sepetus, Gorguts What I Like: We covered Nucleus' debut all the way back in 2016, and it's good to see these guys back 3 years later. In a year where te...

Cold Black Suns June 7, 2019

Cold Black Suns
by Enthroned

They may have started off with a sound that pulled heavily from the second-wave Norwegian template, but in recent years Belgian black metal band Enthroned has struck a fine balance between darker melodies and the genres usual violence and chaos. For full length number eleven, Cold Black Suns, the ba...

The Callous Daoboys Interview June 7, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 33
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus interviews charismatic frontman Carson Pace of Atlanta, Georgia mathcore band The Callous Daoboys (FFO: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, The Number 12 Looks Like You). We discuss their incredible, AOTY-worthy upcoming release Die On Mars and bond over our shared love of Th...

Eclipse June 6, 2019

Eclipse
by Buy Jupiter

The Pitch:Progressive metalcore bandBuy Jupiterfrom Lyon, France deliver another rock solid EP via Apathia Records. FFO:After The Burial, Tesseract,August Burns Red What I Like: Back in 2017, we covered Buy Jupiter's previous release, Crossworlds.And while that was a stellar EP in its own right, I ...

Sadness Rains June 6, 2019

Sadness Rains
by Violent Life Violent Death

The Pitch:North Carolina-based metallic/blackened hardcore bandViolent Life Violent Deathreturn with another vicious outing via Innerstrength Records. FFO:Young And In The Way,Zao,Wolf King What I Like: If ever a band deserved to have the word "violent" in their name twice, this is the one. I mean ...

3 Bands For FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Fans June 5, 2019

FFO Fleshgod Apocalypse
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus shares 3 symphonic death metal bands taht should appeal to fans of Fleshgod Apocalypse: Rapheumets Well, Xaon, and Gorgon. 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 with Faceboo...

Flub June 5, 2019

Flub
by Flub

The Pitch:Progressive technical death metal debut with a psychedelic twist from Sacramento's Flub via The Artisan Era. FFO: Inanimate Existence, The Ritual Aura, Alkaloid What I Like:I would think that smoking copious amounts of weed and doing mushrooms would impede one's ability to engage in intri...

Raffy Reviews - Decomposition of Entrails: 'Abnormality' June 4, 2019

Abnormality
by Decomposition of Entrails

Background To continue on with our marathon of reviewing brutal death releases, we come to our latest slam contenders straight out of Russia.Decomposition of Entrailsis a slamming brutal death band with tech influences that's been around for a little over six years now and has thus far three full-l...

Tyrannotophia June 4, 2019

Tyrannotophia
by Distant

The Pitch: Big, dumb, downtempo deathcore just the way you like it from Rotterdam's Distant via Unique Leader Records. FFO: Black Tongue, Traitors, Vulvodynia What I Like: That just about sums it up, actually. If you are part of the cult-level following of Traitors, then this is just what the docto...

Raffy Reviews - AngelMaker: 'AngelMaker' May 31, 2019

AngelMaker
by AngelMaker

Background Today's mainline act is one that's gotten some fair bit of attention around the interwebs as of late. One hellish six-piece act that originates from deep within Vancouver, western Canada and utilizes a brutal, yet melodic brand of deathcore:AngelMakeris its name...and heavy, chuggy tunes...

Union May 31, 2019

Union
by Ihlo

The Pitch: UK progressive metal (djent) band Ihlo deliver their debut album. FFO:Tesseract,Devin Townsend, Leprous What I Like: As Union opens, it's impossible to avoid certain comparisons. Think Periphery minus the harsh growls.In fact, the main guitar hook on "Reanimate" is VERY similar to one I ...

Legion May 31, 2019

Legion
by Malum

Malum may be a newer Finnish black metal band, having formed in 2013, but theyve been one of the more active ones with new Satanic hymns coming almost every year through splits and EPs in between full lengths. This years Legion is their third album and follows 2017s Night of the Luciferian Light. Co...

Interview: The Punk Rock MBA (Finn McKenty) May 31, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 32
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus and Finn McKenty, of the YouTube channel The Punk Rock MBAand URM Academy, go in deep on mental health within the scene and beyond covering such topics as locus of control, cognitive distortions, lower brain regulation, and more. Also listen to Finn explain what a "Veil of Maya" is an...

Two Dots May 30, 2019

Two Dots
by Pound

The Pitch:Seattle instrumental math metal duoPoundfollow up their debut with the simply-titled "" once more viaSilent Pendulum Records. FFO:MoRkObOt,Bangladeafy,Behold The Arctopus What I Like: These dang symbol-based titles. The system won't even allow me to list it that way. But whatever. Once mo...

Raffy Reviews - OHIO SLAMBOYS: 'ZOMBIE KILLING PROCESS' May 29, 2019

Zombie Killing Process
by OHIO SLAMBOYS

Background OHIO SLAMBOYSis one brutal death duo that arose out of France in 2017. And, while not too much is known about them, it is apparent that their brand of slam focuses on zombie outbreaks and other apocalyptic themes and, if their bio is anything to go by, they are here to save the day. Feat...

GastiR - Ghosts Invited (Video) May 29, 2019

GastiR - Ghosts Invited
by Gaahls Wyrd

FlightOfIcarus shares his opinion on the new project from Norwegian black metal vocalist Gaahl (ex-Gorgoroth). It's Gaahls Wyrd with their debut effort, 'GastiR - Ghosts Invited.' SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on t...

Nest May 27, 2019

Nest
by Brutus

The Pitch: Belgian alternative/post-metal band Brutus with easily the most heartsting-pulling album of 2019. FFO: Mr. Gnome,Bjrk, Russian Circles What I Like: There's a little female-fronted rock duo out of Ohio called Mr. Gnome that I used to catch live all the time. They mix minimalist alternativ...

Raffy Reviews - Ontborg: 'Within The Depths Of Oblivion' May 24, 2019

Within The Depths Of Oblivion
by Ontborg

Background Ontborgremains as one of those newly-formed death metal acts that encapsulates many of the tropes and formulas of a certain style (in this case of the melodic variety) in their music to seemingly make a callback to the glory days of the genre or make it their own. Formed just a couple of...
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