Petrichor Dec. 28, 2018

Petrichor
by KEOR

The Pitch: "Emotionally explosive, semi-orchestral, eclectic progressive music, recorded in a cave far inside the misty mountains" from French solo project KEOR. FFO: Opeth, Between The Buried And Me, Cryptodira What I Like: KEOR is a very impressive project in scope, especially when considering it...

Agronomicon Dec. 27, 2018

Agronomicon
by Beaten To Death

The Pitch: Oslo-based grindcore quartet Beaten To Death offer up a refreshingly inventive new album with a melodic twist via Mas-Kina Recordings. FFO: Burials, Fuck The Facts, Full Of Hell What I Like: Well this is just delightful. The first few seconds of "Grind Korn" had me thinking Agronomicon w...

A Sire To The Ghouls Of Lunacy Dec. 26, 2018

A Sire To The Ghouls Of Lunacy
by Veilburner

The Pitch: Pennsylvania-based black and death metal duo Veilburner drop another experimental new album via Transcending Obscurity Records. FFO: Schammasch, Aenaon, Entropia What I Like: I became a fan of Veilburner in a big way with their 2016 album The Obscure Rite. Here was a black metal band equ...

Revelations of the Red Sword Dec. 26, 2018

Revelations of the Red Sword
by Svartidauði

Svartidaui made a strong impression back in 2012 with their debut Flesh Cathedral, pushing the Icelandic black metal scene to wider notoriety. At that point the band had already been around for ten years, and with only a handful of smaller releases to their name beforehand it was clear that there wa...

Love, Lust and Greed Dec. 21, 2018

Love, Lust and Greed
by Great Grief

The Pitch: The first LP from Icelandic hardcore crew Great Grief, with lyrics about mental health, identity, the vices of touring, and dealing with shady record labels. Presented via No Sleep Records. FFO: Old Wounds, later Poison The Well, Letlive What I Like: Great Grief combine the aggression an...

Misery Fatigue Dec. 20, 2018

Misery Fatigue
by Stress

The Pitch: The debut EP from New Zealand-based hardcore/noise band Stress. FFO: Converge, Telos, Eglise What I Like:After the ominous, Converge-worthy build of "Decay," Stress get right down to business. While the band hails from a region many thousands of miles away, their style seems very much al...

Latest FREE Sampler Up Now! Dec. 20, 2018

Metal Trenches Volume VII
by Metal Trenches

Just in time for the holidays, our latest sampler is up on Bandcamp for streaming and download right now! Featuring incredible underground musicians like Estuarine, Giant Of The Mountain, Svartkonst and more; consider this your guide to the best music you're not going to find on the top 40. Black me...

The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos Dec. 19, 2018

The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos
by Sulphur Aeon

The Pitch: German blackened death metal band Sulphur Aeon explore the Lovecraftian depths once more with their third album viaVn Records. FFO: Behemoth, Schammasch, Hideous Divinity What I Like: Sulphur Aeon are a band that excite me greatly. So much so that their 2015 album Gateway To The Antisphe...

Yo Soy El Mar Dec. 18, 2018

Yo Soy El Mar
by Sudestada

The Pitch: The debut album from Madrid-based hardcore band Sudestada, "the cold winds that go through the Ro de la Plata just before the arrival of winter." From The Braves Records. FFO: Converge, Grieved, Meraine What I Like: Take the wailing riffs and energetic drumming of Converge, add Spanish l...

Why Did You Do It? Dec. 17, 2018

Why Did You Do It
by Kaonashi

The Pitch: Kaonashi, seemingly named after a character from Spirited Away, is a metalcore/post-hardcore band out of Philadelphia who just released an awesome new concept EP. What I Like: Well this is refreshing. While there's nothing wholly original about Why Did You Do It? or its underlying concep...

Altar of the Virgin Whore Dec. 17, 2018

Altar of the Virgin Whore
by Profanatica

Despite having a history that spans back to some of the earliest days of US black metal, Profanaticas resurgence in 2001 has seen the group be more active and blasphemous as ever. It may have taken seventeen years for the first proper full-length to emerge, but since that time Profanatica has been a...

Trench Talk Ep 9: 2018 Part Deux Dec. 14, 2018

Trench Talk
by Metal Trenches

LINKS BELOW! Flight closes out 2018 with his favorite metal releases from July to December. Be sure to check our LIST PAGE for more top picks based on all 3 of our rating scales, and listen to Part I HERE. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE, like, comment, rate, etc. If you enjoyed this article, be sure t...

2018 Part Deux: Innovation Dec. 14, 2018

PODCAST EPISODE. Avant-garde mindrape traversing post-hardcore, electronic, and industrial from Rhode Island's newly reunited Daughters. Tracks are at once deeply infectious and off-puttingly noisey. It's a work of intense imagery and Kubrickian levels of ambiguous, existential dread. Clamorous riff...

2018 Part Deux: Enjoyability Dec. 14, 2018

The latest slammer from metallic hardcore/mathcore underground darlings Frontierer out of Scotland, UK. Unloved is a glorious downpour of industrialized hardcore noise and dizzying mathcore song structures. It sounds like someone uploaded Will Haven's Carpe Diem and it got all glitched out in the pr...

2018 Part Deux: Musicianship Dec. 14, 2018

French technical, progressive death metal band Exocrine are back with their incredible sophomore effort, this time with the support of Unique Leader Records. Molten Giant is just as good if not better and more focused than its predecessor. And speaking of focus, Exocrine make the wise decision of pr...

Zos Vel Thagirion Dec. 14, 2018

Zos Vel Thagirion
by Inferno / Devathorn

The Pitch: A grand, atmospheric splt between black metal bands Inferno (Czech Republic) and Devathorn (Greece). FFO:Misyrming,Cult of Fire, Schammasch What I Like: While I was not previously familiar with Devathorn, seeing Inferno on the bill was reason enough for me to check this out. I became acq...

List Central 2018 Dec. 14, 2018

List Central 2018
by Metal Trenches

All of my 2018 lists are up now for your reading and listening pleasure. Get them in one place below. Be sure to shout at us on social media to let us know what you think. Who were your favorites? Who do you think I missed? Who are you most looking forward to in 2017? Also, join our mailing list to ...

Krew Za Krew Dec. 13, 2018

Krew Za Krew
by Adaestuo

The Pitch: The debut album from international, highly avant-garde black metal group Adaestuo via WTC Productions. FFO: Titaan, Heilung, Spektr What I Like:Krew Za Krew ("blood for blood") is a highly experimental, atmospheric album that is sure to challenge the casual listener. Every track offers s...

Ep 8: FOR I AM KING Dec. 8, 2018

Trench Talk
by Metal Trenches

A rundown of the intensely infectious album new album I from Dutch, female-fronted melodic death metal band For I Am King via Redfield Records (FFO: Arch Enemy, Darkest Hour, Bloodhunter). FlightOfIcarus waxes poetic about the album, killer riffs, and thoughts on female-fronted metal bands in genera...

I Let The Devil In Dec. 7, 2018

I Let The Devil In
by Currents

The Pitch: Rock solid metalcore EP from Connecticut's Currents via SharpTone Records. FFO: Make Them Suffer, Architects, Underoath What I Like: I generally only cover short releases that feel like a sure thing, and I Let The Devil In definitely falls into that category. Consistently delivering infe...
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