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Album Review: Funeral Chant – Dawn Of Annihilation

Nary an intro or elongated buildup found on Dawn Of Annihilation, for none are needed! ‘Terrorspawn’ screams from the speakers guitars like so many mistles streaking across the sky, underpinned by the artillery of bass and drum, Voidbringer’s Angelripper/Araya-born commands barked sharp and undeniable across the field of battle. This is the sort of black/death hybrid upon which I thrive, and is needed after a day of work, perfect for a mental purge. Mind, not that all is Neanderthalic here, ‘Oneiric Perversion’ shot through with blatantly intricate passages, managing not to lose a blood drop of brutality in the process. […]

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Progressive Doom/Death Vets PSILOCYBE LARVAE Return with Where Silence Dwells in December

St. Petersburg (RU) – After nine years of silence and in celebration of the band’s 25th anniversary, progressive doom/death veterans PSILOCYBE LARVAE are proud to announce the forthcoming release of fifth full-length album Where Silence Dwells. The digital version will be self-released by the band on December 10. The CD version will be released by Fono Ltd. (Russia) and Red Rivet Records (Japan) on December 15, while the band will self-release a cassette version on the same day. The vinyl LP is targeted for a February 2022 release by the band. A music video for album track ‘Run To Nowhere’ […]

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Album Review: Worm – Foreverglade

From the Florida swamps comes WORM. I’m kinda partial to all things wormy. These guys have a logo that looks like an explosive diarrhea incident, but their sound is extremely cool and unique. It’s very icky sounding death/doom, but mixed with curious touches like psychedelic guitar freakouts, cavernous organ and synth detours…even some Gregorian chants. A name that comes to mind in comparison is Australia’s DISEMBOWELMENT, but these guys are more purely sick. Six tracks here, ranging from three and a half minutes to an 11 minute plus Magnum Opus. The title track starts with the twangy minor key guitar […]

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EXHORDER: New Orleans Thrash Icons To Kick Off US Headlining Tour Later This Month; Band To Perform Legendary Slaughter In The Vatican Debut In Full

New Orleans thrash icons EXHORDER will return to the road later this month on a US headlining tour. The journey runs from November 24th through December 19th and will see the band performing their classic 1990 debut, Slaughter In The Vatican, in its entirety! Comments vocalist Kyle Thomas, “It seems kind of crazy that EXHORDER is finally doing a proper US tour for Slaughter In The Vatican in 2021, thirty-one years after its release. The opportunities and possibilities didn’t line up for us back in the day, so we’ve decided to take this show on the road and give everyone […]

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Album Review: CONTRITION – Broken Mortal Coil

Sometimes I miss the days of buying albums blind because you had no choice, when often the only way you had of knowing who was in a new band was if there’d been a magazine article you stumbled across or the most reliable way, word of mouth. Looking at the lineup of Chicago’s CONTRITION, the now-familiar “current and former members of” tagline bearing such as NOVEMBERS DOOM, NACHTMYSTIUM, COBALT, YAKUZA and so forth, you almost feel set up for a fall. Can such a strange blend deliver? Haphazard, grotty and sordid in that basest, best of ways, ‘Diluted’ is unconcerned […]

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PLUM GREEN: Melbourne-Based Ambient Dream Folk Conjuror Unveils Chilling ‘Raspberry Vine’ Video Via The Spill, Somnambulistic Full-Length Out Now On Nefarious Industrious

Melbourne-based ambient dream folk conjuror PLUM GREEN has unveiled her latest in a series of stunning video clips with ‘Raspberry Vine’. Now playing at The Spill Magazine, the tracks comes off of her enchanting Somnambulistic full-length, released earlier this Fall via Nefarious Industries. Somnambulistic is a rousing collection of dark lullabies. Each of its nine stirring tracks ebb and flow with otherworldly grace manifesting one pulsing dream narrative. Guided by guitar, PLUM GREEN’s voice travels through walls of bowed soundscapes. Offers GREEN of the latest track, “A stranger lures you into the forest, following the wraith deeper and deeper until […]

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Album Review: Thyrfing – Vanagandr

My first exposure to THYRFING was around 2008 with Farsotstider. I loved it, but since then I had not delved too deeply, a song here and there. Vanagandr is my first full album since, and it was as much of an experience now as it was then. Vanagandr starts off hard hitting, as any Viking metal album should, with those sick riffs, choirs of Valkyries, and then those Viking blackened growls. ‘Dop dem I eld’ is the opener well chosen, the storm before the calm before the even bigger storm. Those headbanging riffs and backing keys will have you headbanging […]

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REDEMPTOR: Polish Death Metal Band With Current/Ex-Members Of Decapitated, Vader, Hate, Banisher, And More To Release Agonia Through Selfmadegod Records; ‘Potion Of The Skies’ Video Playing

Selfmadegod Records presents Agonia, the destructive new album from Krakow, Poland-based death metal outfit REDEMPTOR – uniting current and former members of Decapitated, Vader, Hate, Sceptic, Sothoth, Banisher, Deivos, and more – now confirmed for early December release. The album’s cover art, track listing, preorders, and more have been issued, including a video for the lead single, ‘Potion Of The Skies’. REDEMPTOR is back with their first new full-length in four years, the successor to their well-received Arthaneum album. Agonia delivers nine new tracks of technical, heavy, and atmospheric death metal heavily influenced by Gorguts, Morbid Angel, Immolation, and Death. […]

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Album Review: HATE – Rugia

Poland’s HATE has been at it for over three decades now, in many incarnations, but always helmed by Adam “The First Sinner” Buszko, so, to put it bluntly, the praise or blame has always rested on his shoulders when it comes to the quality of the death/black outfit. For myself, HATE has sort of just been “there”, no great opinion one way or the other, in that I can see why someone may enjoy it, but I’ve also never been in the mood for the band specifically. Featuring a new rhythm section (again), and joined once more by Domin, who’s […]

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THY WORSHIPER return with Bajki o Staruchu

Originating from Poland, Dublin-based pagan black folk metal act THY WORSHIPER will release their fifth studio album Bajki o Staruchu (translates to “Fairytales About An Old Man” from Polish) via Pagan Records on 17 November 2021. Ahead of the album’s release, a music video to the track ‘Baba Jaga’ is available to watch at the locations below: Nine Circles (USA) Musick Magazine (PL) Friedhof Magazine (ESP) Rocking (GR) Coming six years after the release of Klechdy, Bajki o Staruchu is a concept with eight new tracks based on fairy tales that are held together by the main character of the […]

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