Fawn Limbs Podcast Jan. 13, 2020

Trench Talk Ep 59
by Fawn Limbs

FlightOfIcarus chats with Lee Fisher of Fawn Limbs about their chaotic collision of mathcore and grind from early influences to current directions.PleaseSUBSCRIBEand also listen viaiTunes,CastBox, andBitChute. ...

Raffy Reviews - Officium Triste: 'The Death of Gaia' Jan. 10, 2020

The Death of Gaia
by Officium Triste

Background Netherland'sOfficium Tristestands as somewhat of a surprisingly unconventional outfit in today's death metal arena. With their longwinded compositions comprised of abundant atmospheric energy, low pitched vocals, high strung melodies and doomy song structure, it is little wonder that thi...

This Is Called Survival Jan. 10, 2020

This Is Called Survival
by Pressure Cracks

The Pitch:The latest, highly aggressive hardcore EP from Pressure Cracks, featuring Jason Butler (Letlive, Fever 333) and ex members of Scars of Tomorrow. FFO: Stray From The Path, Letlive, Knocked Loose What I Like:I f#%king love Letlive's Fake History and Stray From The Path's Anonymous, so putti...

Sleeping Dogs Jan. 9, 2020

Sleeping Dogs
by Dead Hour Noise

The Pitch:Michigan mathcore band Dead Hour Noise drop a raucous banger via Silver Maple Kill Records. FFO: The Number 12, ETID, Noisays What I Like:Dead Hour Noise is the raw, DIY sound of Mongrel-era The Number 12 Looks Like You mixed with a solid helping of Southern-fried ETID riffs. Throw on a t...

Raffy Reviews - Verthebral: 'Abysmal Decay' Jan. 8, 2020

Abysmal Decay
by Verthebral

Background Another day, another death metal album to review. And what better way to follow up than to continue the theme of looking at and analyzing bands from other parts of the globe, namely in South America this time around. We've previously had Brazil's mystifyingDepressed, now put your hands t...

Divlja Vatra Jan. 8, 2020

Divlja Vatra
by Svartgren

The Pitch:Serbian band Svartgren close out 2019 with another solid black metal outing. FFO: Taake, Windir, Murg What I Like:From rolling, rock-infused death marches to folky jaunts, Divlja Vatra("Wild Fire") is a delightful romp through all things early 2nd wave. There are full steam ahead punk roc...

Snorlax II Jan. 7, 2020

Snorlax II
by Snorlax

The Pitch:One-man abysmal blackened grindcore from Australia's Snorlax viaBrilliant Emperor Records. FFO: Malthusian, Abyssal, What I Like:Tunneling ever deeper in into oblivion, Snorlax spends all 24 minutes of this release mining pure bitterness and despair. Deep, gutteral growls and shrill snarl...

Raffy Reviews - Depressed: 'Beyond The Putrid Fiction' Jan. 6, 2020

Beyond The Putrid Fiction
by Depressed

Background With the new year straight ahead, it's time to start it off right with a death metal review. And the subject of today is the Brazilian Occult-obsessed oldschool quintet known asDepressed. Having its origins in late 1990s Sao Paulo, theBlack Lion Recordsroster band dabbles in toying aroun...

Best Of The Decade Jan. 6, 2020

Best Of The Decade
by Metal Trenches

Hoh boy. This was a painful process and took a lot of work, so please be sure to like, comment, and share the video with others. ...

Empire of Bastards Jan. 3, 2020

Empire of Bastards
by Under The Pledge Of Secrecy

The Pitch:Technical grind and death metal from Germany's Under The Pledge Of Secrecy. What I Like:Empire of Bastards is an interesting amalgam of influences. The title track opens almost as if this is going to be some sort of mathcore outing before transitioning into decidedly death metal territory...

Nomen Nescio Jan. 2, 2020

Nomen Nescio
by Tod Huetet Uebel

The Pitch:Portugal's chaotic, atmospheric black metal groupTod Huetet Uebelkick off the new year withNomen Nescio. FFOMisyrming,Deathspell Omega,Veilburner What I Like: Tod Huetet Uebel are a bit of a black metal version of Ulcerate. They employ a similarly chaotic approach to songwriting that in t...

Elitism Is Good? (Video) Jan. 1, 2020

Flight Reacts 2
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus shares his thoughts on recent comments regarding the benefits of elitism in the metal scene. 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 Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and ...

Alone Dec. 31, 2019

Alone
by Oni

The Pitch:Plenty heavy, djenty progressive death metal EP from Oni via Metal Blade Records and Blacklight Media. FFO: Textures, The Human Abstract, Unprocessed What I Like:Don't let the opening track fool you. While "Alone" largely goes for a clean, Tesseract-y approach, Alone also gets pretty damn...

Ki Si Kil Ud Da Kar Ra Dec. 30, 2019

Ki Si Kil Ud Da Kar Ra
by Haxandraok

The Pitch:The debut black metal incantations from Haxandraok viaVn Records. FFO: Ascension, Schammasch, Inquisition What I Like:Haxandraok's bio lists influences of Draconian Current, Qliphothic Sorcery, and Hexcraft as well as Eastern, tribal, and classical approaches. What results is an appropria...

Age of Capricorn Dec. 27, 2019

Age of Capricorn
by Arkona (Poland)

Polands Arkona may not have hit the same level of notoriety as some of their black metal countrymates, but theyve been a regular fixture in the underground since their formation in 1993. Balancing second-wave and symphonic influences with a robust production, their more recent efforts have provided ...

Raffy Reviews - The Drowning: 'The Radiant Dark' Dec. 23, 2019

The Radiant Dark
by The Drowning

Background The fine line that divides doom-esque sludge and traditional death metal is one that countless bands these days, or so it seems, happen to be crossing, leading to a mixture of elements that's largely hit-or-miss in the world of extreme metal.The Drowningis a Cardiff, Wales-based quintet ...

Flight's Top 10 of 2019 Dec. 23, 2019

Best of 2019
by Metal Trenches

Flight narrows down his list to his favorite 10 albums from 2019 overall. It's painful work, but someone's got to do it. 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 Facebook, Twitter, and In...

The Unholy Grail Dec. 20, 2019

The Unholy Grail
by Crusadist

The Pitch: Chicago-based death tinged thrash metal band Crusadist tear it up on this unholy new quest. What I Like:It's that rare moment that only comes 2 or 3 times a year: Flight recommends a thrash metal band. Despite not being the biggest fan of the genre, every now and then a band strikes just...

Poppy Goes Metal? (Reaction Video) Dec. 20, 2019

Poppy Reaction
by Metal Trenches

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No One Goes To Heaven Dec. 19, 2019

No One Goes To Heaven
by Left Behind

The Pitch:Charleston sludge and death-infused hardcore bandLeft Behindare at it again withNo One Goes To Heaven via Pure Noise Records. FFO: EarlyHelmet,Wolf King,The Apex What I Like: Amidst my quest for all things unique and innovative, I often find myself also detouring to find the stupid-heavie...
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