Autocatalytic Asphyxiation Jan. 11, 2017

Vicissitudes
by Autocatalytica

The Pitch: Crazy mathcore meets jazz-infused progressive music and avant-garde with thisOntario project. FFO TorrentialDownpour,Sikth, The Fall of Troy What I Like: There is so much going on here, it's hard to know where to begin. From the opening track, "Mondoslam," you get a pretty good summary o...

West Coast Extreme Prog Jan. 10, 2017

Burials/Exhausted Prayer Split
by Burials/Exhausted Prayer

The Pitch: Portland, Oregon's Burials and Los Angeles, CA natives Exhausted Prayer join forces to bring the best and brightest of the West Coast extreme progressive scene. What I Like: As some of you may know, I recently caught Burials at the Ulcerate show at The Raven. I'm not sure if it was the s...

Mothman Takes Flight Jan. 10, 2017

Answers To No One
by Mothman

The Pitch: Texasproject brings mathcore and grind in the vein of bands like Ed Gein. What I Like: This is some of that purely chaotic stuff with barks on par with Calculating Infinity or The Armed with some death growls thrown in for good measure. It's so noisy that it may take your ears a moment t...

Icelandic Invasion Jan. 9, 2017

Volaoa Land
by Draugsol

The Pitch: Signal Rexdelivers the debut album from Iceland's latestblack and death metal band,Draugsl. The country that brought us Zhrine is far from finished with us. What I Like: Power and presence. These tormentors have it in spades. If you ever wondered what Ethan McCarthy (Primitive Man, Vermi...

These Arms are Arms Jan. 9, 2017

BLACKOUT
by Arms

The Pitch: Name your price for pure, unrelenting, aggressive mathcore from Florida. What I Like: Once again, Mathcore Index let's me know what's up on something I almost missed last year. Ranked among their favorites of 2016, BLACKOUT is everything I love about this genre. It's loud, it sounds angr...

Rise Up Jan. 6, 2017

Uprising
by Uprising

The Pitch: Tridroid Records issues the debut release from German black metal project Uprising. "There is no bio information and none will be given if requested. The band solely wants to be known for their music and nothing else."FFO Immortal, Gorgoroth, Inquisition. What I Like: "Uprise" is a magni...

Sometimes The Masses Are Right Jan. 5, 2017

Terminal Redux
by Vektor

The Pitch: Philly Sci Fi,blackened, progressive thrash outfit Vektor dropped this beast back in May, I finally get around to reviewing it. What I Like: The guitars own this album. I adore the fusion of thrash speed and tone with the wonky, proggy arrangements. It sounds like Absu channeled through ...

Drum Bass and Strings Jan. 5, 2017

Lynch
by Le Maschere Di Clara

The Pitch: Groovy drum and bass meet strings ona short but sweet release from this uniqueVerona band. "Taking inspiration from the classical counterpoint, screening the emotionality of the progressive polyrhythm, developing the union between the arid sonority of the stoner and the Italian poetics, t...

No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition! Jan. 4, 2017

Upheaval
by Bloodrainbow

The Pitch: Hungarian melodic death metal featuring some epic Spanish guitar and horns. What I Like: The horn arrangments are spectacular. It's not the first time I have heard wind and/or brass instrumentsin metal, but Bloodrainbow have taken things in a different direction. This is like melodeath f...

Horse the other band Jan. 4, 2017

Horse​/​Bisect Split
by Horse/Bisect

The Pitch: Two gritty bands from Cork, Ireland face off on this 4-song split between Horse and Bisect. What I Like: More grungy, 90's ethos for us all on this one. Both bands have remnants of punk music in their veins, but the delivery is more in line with Nirvana's Bleach meets heavier bands like ...

MILF, GILF,...ZILF? Jan. 3, 2017

PrEPare YourZILF
by Zilf

The Pitch: "Pop-Sludge duo from an origin unknown..." UK experimental mathcore. What I Like: Biz-onkers. I was experiencing a bit of a drought with the holidays approaching in terms of releases that really turned my head. As such, Zilf nearly snapped my neck when I pressed play. True to the trippy ...

Always Be Evolving Jan. 2, 2017

Evolve
by Howling in the Fog

The Pitch: Italian one-man progressive post-black metal project that lives up to its album name. FFO Enslaved, Opeth, Beautality. What I Like: Evolve really does feel like a fitting title; it is the wordthat most aptlydescribes the music. Howling in the Fog is never content with staying in one plac...

Commune With Nature Dec. 30, 2016

Ols
by Ols

The Pitch: One-woman neofolk projectbased on multi-part vocal harmonies "of ritual and hypnotic atmosphere." Inspired by nature and atmospheric black metal like Drudkh andAgalloch. What I Like: So peaceful. The closest you'll get to connecting to the spirits of the earth through an electronic devic...

Doom From The Irish Fog Dec. 30, 2016

At This Great Depth
by Soothsayer

The Pitch: Ireland continues to prove its worth to the extreme metal lexicon with sophomore album from doom metallers Soothsayer. What I Like: Highly atmospheric and emotive. Rather than feeling like I'm trudging through endless sustains, Soothesayer really harness melody and reign it like a demoni...

Rasberry!? Dec. 29, 2016

Genesis
by Wormhole

The Pitch: Brutal, slamming death metal from Baltimore with guest vocals from Vulvodynia and Engorging the Autopsy. What I Like: Where else can you hear breakdowns prefaced by clips from Spaceballs and Spongebob? The production is fairly strong and there are plenty of grooves to nod your head to am...

These thoughts are too much for me Dec. 29, 2016

All Too Human
by Oskoreien

The Pitch: L.A.'s atmospheric black andprogressive project Oskoreien returns with more of that forward-thinking West Coast flair. All Too Human is a concept album about free will inspired by the story of Charles Whitman ("The Texas Tower Sniper"). FFO So Hideous, Anagnorosis, Archivist, Panopticon ...

Masks, Corpsepaint... whatever Dec. 28, 2016

Neurotic Mental Storm
by Insaniam

The Pitch: "Long time ago, five undiagnosed mental patients were admitted to a high-security psychiatric facility. After years of... quarantine, isolated from any human contact, they were selected to participate in an experiment that ultimately led to a pathological phenomenon called Insaniam" What...

Great New Melodeath Dec. 28, 2016

Order Of The Saviour
by Pave The Path

The Pitch: Oakville, Ontario unsigned melodeath band channel Be'lakor and others on latest outing. What I Like: Great mixture of atmosphere and heaviness. The reverb-laden keys and doomy chords elevate the mood to great heights similar to groups like Dark Tranquillity and Silence Lies Fear; while t...

Go Green...Metal Dec. 27, 2016

EP3: Green Metal / Deterministic Chaos
by Botanist

The Pitch: Split release between two Californiasolo, experimental black metal projects:guitarless, plant-themed Botanist and the doomierOskoreien. What I Like: Who says you need a guitar to make a metal song? Or even a synthesizer for that matter. I am in constant awe of the simultaneously bleak an...

It's Already Been A Year... Dec. 27, 2016

Stage Four
by Touché Amoré

The Pitch: A post-hardcore concept album that serves as an open letter to the singer's mother who died of cancer last year. What I Like: There are a lot of things I love about this record, but if I could only pick one it is simply how personal it is. Hollow Bones already pulled at my heartstrings w...
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