Raffy Reviews - Blossom & Burn: 'Blossom & Burn' EP Oct. 4, 2018

Blossom & Burn EP
by Blossom & Burn

Background The genre of beatdown is one of those underground subsects of the hardcore metal communities that is rather hit or miss in the sense that, while relentlessly heavy and edgy, can also quickly be lost in bland repetition. Despite this, the rise in popularity of such bands asNo Zodiacas we...

Vitrun Oct. 4, 2018

Vitrun
by Carpe Noctem

The Pitch: Icelandic black metal from Carpe Noctem filled with terror and suspense via code666. FFO: Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus Nord, Mgla What I Like: Vitrun is a cavernous album indeed; like the artwork, winding ever forwards into a hellish crevasse. Much time is spent building tension with slow,...

Raffy Reviews - Pyrexia: 'Unholy Requiem' Oct. 3, 2018

Unholy Requiem
by Pyrexia

Background The early 1990s gave way to several big names within the extreme metal world that would eventually gain recognition for spawning and pioneering the subgenre of brutal death. These included the greats such asSuffocation,Repudilation,Internal Bleeding,Devourment, and today's band, which is...

Metal Musings Oct. 3, 2018

Why Bandcamp Should Be Your #1 Metal Platform
by FlightOfIcarus

It boggles my mind that I can bring up Bandcamp anywhere and still get the response band what now? And yet it persists. Despite platforms that criminally underpay the musicians like Spotify and Apple Music becoming the norm, there are SO many reasons I can cite for making Bandcamp your new first sto...

The Wandering Daughter Oct. 3, 2018

The Wandering Daughter
by Piah Mater

The Pitch: Rio De Janeiro, Opethian progressive death metal band Piah Mater are back with a stunning new album via code666. FFO: Opeth, Ihsahn, Enslaved What I Like: It's been exciting to see a number of underground bands who previously reached out to me in 2015 pop up in my email once more with in...

Lower Canopy Oct. 3, 2018

Lower Canopy
by Don't Disturb My Circles

The Pitch: Portugal hardcore/post-hardcore band Don't Disturb My Circles tear it up with an energetic and diverse new EP. FFO: Every Time I Die, These Arms Are Snakes, The Chariot What I Like: I'll keep this one short and let the music speak for itself, but you know I can never resist sharing the l...

Beastland Oct. 2, 2018

Beastland
by Author & Punisher

The Pitch: The 6th album from machine-driven, forward-thinking industrial metal project Author Punisher presented by Relapse Records. FFO: Godflesh, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy What I Like: While I respected Tristan's return to more experimental territory on Pressure Mine, I definitely prefer th...

Heavy Mental Fuck-Up! Oct. 2, 2018

Heavy Mental Fuck-Up!
by 偏執症者 (Paranoid)

Swedens 偏執症者 (Paranoid) has been keeping busy since the release of their debut full length Satyagraha back in 2015, putting out EPs containing both original songs and Disclose covers to keep listeners hungry for more of their take on Japanese/Swedish d-beat/punk and Venom style black/speed metal. No...

The Divine Triumph Oct. 2, 2018

The Divine Triumph
by ACOD

The Pitch: Melodic/blackened death metal from France's ACOD viaJive Epic / Sony Music Entertainment. FFO: Devildriver, Amon Amarth, Dalkhu What I Like: ACOD largely toy with a combination of galloping Amon Amarth melodeath riffs and blackened tremolos with morose atmosphere and powerful symphonics....

Vacuum Oct. 1, 2018

Vacuum
by Entropia

The Pitch: Polish psychedelic black metal band Entropia follow up the excellent Ufonaut with a new opus via Arachnophobia Records. FFO: Schammasch, Tool, Bolzer What I Like: Entropia have really fallen down the rabbit hole with this one. Where Ufonaut still had some semblence of traditional structu...

Electric Messiah Oct. 1, 2018

Electric Messiah
by High On Fire

The Pitch: Massive sludge group High On Fire pay tribute to Lemmy and rock out as hard as ever in his name with a new album via Entertainment One. FFO: Mastodon, Crowbar,Motrhead. What I Like: Says frontman Matt Pike, "I had this dream where [Lemmy] got pissed at me. He gave me a bunch of shit, bas...

Raffy Reviews - Revocation: 'The Outer Ones' Sept. 28, 2018

The Outer Ones
by Revocation

Background Coming back to the headlines once more, Boston-based metal bandRevocationis at it yet again with their latest full length out now. As a little bit of a backstory, this is an extreme metal band that's been active since the early 2000s and is popular (as well as notorious in certain circle...

Children of the Atom Sept. 28, 2018

Children of the Atom
by Bonehunter

Finlands Bonehunter has released material at a steady pace since their formation in 2011, so it might not be that surprising that their third full length album Children of the Atom comes only a year after Sexual Human Panic Machine. For the uninitiated, this trio merges elements of punk and black/th...

No Hell Sept. 27, 2018

No Hell
by Sunflo'er

The Pitch: Experimental hardcore/mathcore from New York's very talented and somewhat irreverent Sunflo'er via Noise Salvation Records. FFO: Touche Amore, Bosse-De-Nage, Death Will Tremble What I Like: Alright, enough of this metallic stuff. It's time for something a little different. Sunflo'er repr...

Constellation Of The Black Light Sept. 27, 2018

Constellation Of The Black Light
by Wolfheart

The Pitch: "Wolfheart's music embraces the sheer force and beauty of Finnish nature with fiery passion. The four piece from Lahti labeled its epic and harsh sound Winter Metal which is indeed a thrilling score to nocturnal soul-searching in deep, snowy forests." Via Napalm Records. FFO: Insomnium, D...

Idol Sept. 26, 2018

Idol
by Horrendous

The Pitch: Philly-based proggy death metal machine Horrendous continue their hostile takeover of the genre with new album Idol via Season Of Mist. FFO: Death, Sarpanitum, Ur Draugr What I Like: Horrendous is another band that never quite clicked with me until now. While I respect how meteoric their...

Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes Sept. 26, 2018

Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes
by A Forest of Stars

The Pitch: UK avant-garde, progressive black metal band A Forest Of Stars time travel once more from the 1800's to take us on another incredible journey. FFO: Ihsahn, Schammasch, Moonsorrow What I Like: Beware The Sword You Cannot See was arguably the best album of 2015, and certainly the pinnacle ...

Fertile Descent Sept. 26, 2018

Fertile Descent
by Solar Temple

Solar Temple appeared out of thin air last year with the mesmerizing Rays of Brilliance demo. While its not clear when the duo started playing together, both have been involved in some of the strongest Dutch black metal bands in recent memory (Iskandr, Fluisteraars, Turia). A little over a year late...

Raffy Reviews - Terror: 'Total Retaliation' Sept. 26, 2018

Total Retaliation
by Terror

Background Today's band presents itself as another one of those west coast US hardcore punk artists that strive to create hard-hitting and swiftly heavy compositions. Since their early 2000s formation, California heavyweightsTerrorhave become rather noteworthy in the underground core scene and poss...

Hamkar Atonement Sept. 25, 2018

Hamkar Atonement
by Dakhma

Dakhmas take on cavernous, ritualistic death metal first came to my attention with the Astiwihad-Zohr EP in 2015, which merged all its layers together in as murky and noisy a way as possible. While there were a lot of other artists releasing similarly dense and impenetrable death metal around that t...
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