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Album Review: King Parrot – A Young Person’s Guide To King Parrot

The PARROT squawks again! I thought this bird had almost ceased to exist (there’s a comedy sketch in here somewhere!) but it’s just too mean to die! Not only that, but A Young Person’s Guide To King Parrot shows that they are angrier, louder and more vitriolic than ever. If there was ever such a thing as a bird that could get rabies, KING PARROT would be that bird! The band has always been manic and violent, but this new one pushes them further than ever. I would still call them grindcore, but there’s no band that sounds quite like […]

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NEFAS Bring Psycosmic Death-Grind on Debut EP, Oblation Ov Obliteration

Prepare for an onslaught of psycosmic deathgrind! NEFAS, an American cross-country collaboration, bring exactly that on debut EP, Oblation Ov Obliteration. Featuring members of Cryptic Gallbladder Splatter, Bedlam of Cacophony, Teeth, and Wax People, the band is primed and ready to release the EP on June 27. The EP’s first single, ‘Spiral Degradation’, is available now. Click HERE to stream on your platform of choice. With seasoned experience across the technical, dissonant, and mathematical landscapes of metal, the band’s sonic statement of malicious intent, Oblation Ov Obliteration, is a unique offering composed of churning death metal inspired riffs; ever shifting […]

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Album Review: King Witch – III

‘Cross the misted moors and moonlit eventides cometh Scotland’s KING WITCH, now trimmed to a trio and releasing its third album – aptly titled III – like hound’s breath at thine heels. Eventually I’ll get around to sharing in detail my Third Album Hypothesis, which has served me well since the late ‘80s, and will hopefully prove true here. 2025 also marks the ten-year anniversary of the band, making III doubly (triply?) important. With a natural, anticipatory build to the song itself, ‘Suffer In Life’ moves from a regal entrance to a self-assured, mid-paced stride, vocalist Laura Donnelly shrugging off […]

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VIOGRESSION To Release Thaumaturgic Veil On July 11 / New Song Streaming

U.S. Death Metal veterans VIOGRESSION, will self release new album, Thaumaturgic Veil, on July 11. The album’s first single, ‘Renumeration’, is out now and available at THIS LOCATION Thaumaturgic Veil is a metaphysical sonic construct, weaving intricate threads of human consciousness, vibrational frequency, and esoteric intent into a tapestry that transcends the boundaries of death metal. This work explores the interplay of awareness, magic, and the latent potential encoded within humanity’s neurocognitive framework. Thaumaturgic Veil explores the interplay of consciousness, subconsciousness, and materiality, viewing existence as a binary system shaped by vibrational frequencies—the core medium molded by individual intent. These […]

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Album Review: Walking Bombs – Blessings Bestrewn Part 1

While being extremely new to shapeshifter(s) WALKING BOMBS, courtesy of the January 2025 mixtape Bong Hits For The Death Of Imperialism, I quickly realized there was something possibly fantastic to be discovered. I mined the Brave Hours record of 2017, surprised to find more of a “true” band setup (whatever that is anymore), and found the indie-folk of ‘Loveislove’ childlike that best way, simple and strong enough to be. ‘Flower Punx 4ever’ became a memory trip through my own days of coming up in that glorious era of skaters/BMXers who jammed RUN DMC, CIRCLE JERKS and HUSKER DU on the […]

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WHEN THE DEADBOLT BREAKS: Lovecraftian Sludge Metal Trio Marks Twentieth Anniversary With Tenth LP, In The Glow Of The Vatican Fire, Out June 27th On Argonauta Records; Track Posted

When the soul dies, the animated meat is left behind to walk the earth in blind circles, mechanical life awaiting decay, feathered beings in the dark eating clay. In this space, WHEN THE DEADBOLT BREAKS lurks, a paper-thin sheet of ice covering a blackwater lake, salivating for the weight of the unsuspecting. With a doom style both psychedelic and unsettling – in a word, Lovecraftian – WHEN THE DEADBOLT BREAKS is singer and guitarist Aaron Lewis’ nightmarish vision, the current lineup fleshed out with experimental vocalist Amber Leigh and bassist Steve Wieda. Since 2005, the band has resisted classification, having […]

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Album Review: The Medea Project – Kharon

THE MEDEA PROJECT lists its beginning as 2003, however, the UK duo’s first long-player didn’t arrive until 2020’s Sisyphus. Enjoyable, succinct, thinking neither too highly of itself, nor too headily about the sound it was crafting, the band – while not going leagues beyond in a search for a singular sound – used economy to its advantage on the debut. EPs Southern Echoes (2021) and Reflections (2023) acted as sonic travelogues, showing that THE MEDEA PROJECT was beginning to search its own heart to discover what blood flowed through. Anguished vocals submerged in a wet fog moan/cry from behind the […]

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RAVINE: new track, ‘Conjure’, available now, new album coming on Ripple Music

Portland, Oregon’s new masters of sludge metal RAVINE share the punishing second track off their forthcoming debut album, Chaos And Catastrophes, due out June 20th on Ripple Music. Get punched in the guts by the sludge power of ‘Conjure’ With a lineup of scene veterans that punches well above its weight, this hard-charging quintet delivers a whiplash-inducing blend of hardcore sludge metal and swampy doom blues packed with swagger, sinister grooves, brilliant sorrowful twin guitar harmonies, and gritty Bourbon-soaked vocals, which should comes as an absolute must-hear for fans of Down, Crowbar and Corrosion Of Conformity. Don’t miss RAVINE’s previous […]

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Album Review: Employed To Serve – Fallen Star

Energy…it’s the one thing that keeps EMPLOYED TO SERVE afloat and not sinking into a sea of modern metal mediocrity. I noted the same thing in my review of their last record, Conquering. You could tell they put a lot of genuine fire into their playing and so you could forgive moments of banal cliché. The same thing goes for Fallen Star, except this record sounds somewhat bigger and more ambitious. But in terms of style, ETS is still trying to be a bit of everything to everybody. Within the grooves of this record, you’ll find balls-out modern thrash, touches […]

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BIND TORTURE KILL Unleash Harrowing Visual For ‘Fétide’

High-octane hardcore unit BIND TORTURE KILL have unleashed the music video for their track ‘Fétide’ a searing cut from their latest full-length album, Sauvagerie. True to its name, ‘Fétide’ is a festering blast of sonic brutality – an ever-evolving composition where no riff is played more than twice, save for the crushing final passage. The track refuses to settle, instead spiraling through dissonance and controlled chaos with surgical precision. Lyrically, the band plunges listeners into the grotesque mindscape of a deformed man imprisoned and paraded as a sideshow attraction, exposing humanity’s darkest voyeuristic instincts. The accompanying video amplifies this narrative […]

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