Daddy's Home Nov. 1, 2016

Atoma
by Dark Tranquillity

More fanboygasms incoming. This is it.Dark Tranquillity is my all time favorite melodic death metal band, if not my favorite metal band period. Ever since my friend in high school burned me a copy of Damage Done, I was a full on acolyte. And don't worry, I ended up buying a copy of my own...along wi...

LIVE RECAP: Taake at Dante's with Wolvhammer, UADA, and Winter in the Blood Nov. 1, 2016

Ranking Taake
by Taake

As a lame adult with growing responsibilities, I don't get out much for concerts anymore. As Danny Glover puts it in Lethal Weapon, "I'm too old for this shit." But that doesn't mean there aren't those circumstances where someone comes through who I am dying to scratch off the bucket list. Taake com...

Chilean Black Metal Oct. 31, 2016

Unfading Incorporeal Vacuum
by Sol Sistere

The Pitch: Atmospheric black metal from Chile's Sol Sistere brings about more melodic grimness not unlike UADA or Void Omnia What I Like: Emotive, expansive, energetic. These compositions are brimming with feeling, but never at the expense of aggression or heaviness. Many bands in this style think ...

LIVE RECAP: Cobalt with Mantar at Ash Street Saloon Oct. 31, 2016

LIVE RECAP: Cobalt with Mantar at Ash Street Saloon
by Cobalt

Ash Street Saloon is a bar and venue on 225 SW Ash St, Portland OR 97204. This is my second visit for a show, the first being Absu a few months back. It's been around since around 1994 and never fails toattract some interesting characters. My wife and I grab a beer and then share a table with two st...

Doom Classic Oct. 31, 2016

Hunted
by Khemmis

The Pitch: If you're a fan of this genre, you likely caught Khemmis' popular 2015 outing, Absolution. Now yet another album into their career, the Colorado band does a commendable job in reminding us of doom's roots in classic rock. What I Like: These guitars are just plain delicious. I don't think...

You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake Oct. 28, 2016

Decline
by Vermin Womb

With much anticipation, I share with you the debut LP from Colorado's Vermin Womb. After destroying my mind thoroughly with the EPPermanence, the trio has returned tobring us Decline. Fronted by ELM of Primitive Man, the group possesses an animalisticenergy and savagerythat captured my perverse litt...

Dread Doom Oct. 28, 2016

Remnants of Expansion
by Krypts

More Finnish metal here in the form of Krypts. This union of blackened death and doom is three years in the making, resulting in5 intense tracks titled Remnants of Expansion. It is a dominating experience that seems to be more about what it does to you than the music itself. The opening doomy melod...

Not Without Promise Oct. 28, 2016

Anathema
by Endemise

The Pitch: Ottawa-based melodic black and death metal band Endemise create dramatic terror that they recommend to fans of Watain, Abigail Williams, and Dissection. What I Like: The vocals. These blackened screeches and death metal overdubs are fantastic. They could use a touch more finesse and vari...

Synthetic Sci Fi Tech Death Oct. 28, 2016

The Digital Holocaust
by Eyexist

Eyexist is a brand new synthetic, technical death metal band formed bylongtime (25 years)friends, Francis Bouillon and Jean Beaulieu (ex-Gorelust). From Montreal,the duocreated the project to explore their diverse influences: jazz, film and gamescores, science-fiction, and rock. With the help of PRC...

Mini-Review Roundup: A Province of Thay, Profanal, Kyy Oct. 28, 2016

A Province of Thay is a Seattle post-metal band. They have seen some success in the past with the self release of their 2013 album, The Grieving. Now they are back with a 4 song release via Carrion Choir called Atonement. Fans of the chiller side of Deftones as well as Team Sleep should find enjoyme...

Lord Have Mercy Oct. 27, 2016

Kyrie Eleison
by Carved

The Pitch: Apuan melodic death quintet Carved employ epic melodies and plenty of strings to tell a story of facing one's faith to define theirfree will. What I Like: Love the strings. They are lovely and sound a little different from some of the other uses I have heard this year. Similarly I enjoy ...

Through The Eyes Of A Man Oct. 27, 2016

Peripeteia
by Anagnorisis

The Pitch: Kentucky post-black project Anagnorisis releases an autobiographical album centered around frontman Zachary Kerr. The cyclical concept includes recordings found with his father at the time of his death. Perfect for fans of Vattnet Viskar, Deadspace, and So Hideous. What I Like:In additio...

A Few Of My Favorite Things Oct. 27, 2016

Ascendance
by Teleport

The Pitch: Absu meets Opeth meets Emperor for this three-way of Slovenian sci-fi black metal magic. What I Like: Those first two bands are known for their riffs, and Teleport sounds as if they drank their blood to gain their powers. You get your racing black thrash as well as your proggy Blackwater...

Catch A Beast On Tour Oct. 26, 2016

Beast Of Light
by Surgeon

The Pitch: Philadelphia progressive blackened metal band maintain a unique sound and some truly vile vocals on their latest album, Beast of Light. What I Like: First and foremost, the harsh vocals on this album are excellent. They have this throaty,Gollum-esque quality that even when subdued comes ...

The Brutal Cosmos Oct. 26, 2016

On Strange Loops
by Mithras

The Pitch: 9 years later after the release of their critically lauded Behind The Shadows Lie Madness, avant-garde technical death metal band Mithras (members of Sarpanitum) return with a brutal new journey through the cosmos. What I Like: This album is schizo as f#$k. Controlled chaos performed in ...

Moar Boobs...and maybe Orcs Oct. 26, 2016

WOW is Dead
by Boobs of Doom

I'm sorry, but before we startI just can't get enough of this band's emails: Hauw! Here's a copy of our new album 'WOW IS DEAD'; you get it before everyone else because yr a special snowflake and seem to dig what weer doing. YAY! Weev come to the conclusion that our music is, in fact, FUCKIN GA...

Stranger Things Oct. 25, 2016

Stranger
by Kambodsja

Kambodsja are a band from Norway who have beena staple of the underground scenefor over a decade. The band recently signed to Mas-Kina Recordings for this, their fourth full length LP Stranger. This album caught my ear very quickly, as it is something I have not yet heard in 2016. Some will argue ho...

Genreswitch Engage Oct. 25, 2016

Serpentine Dominion
by Serpentine Dominion

I havent been a fan of Killswitch Engage for some time now. There have been some moments here and there, but Alive or Just Breathing is really all I need from those guys. That having been said, I have always appreciated Adam Ds approach to the guitar, and his work as a producer hasnt been too shabby...

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 ...
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