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-(16)- Shares ‘Sadlands’ Music Video; Dream Squasher Full-Length Nears Release Via Relapse Records

Godfathers of sludge -(16)- share their official video for ‘Sadlands’. The track comes off the band’s forthcoming eighth full-length Dream Squasher, set for release next month via Relapse Records. The unsettling clip was directed by Michael Panduro (Devourment, Dead Cross, Job For A Cowboy). Comments guitarist/vocalist Bobby Ferry, “I wrote this song about witnessing an all too common injustice perpetrated by those who are supposed to care for the vulnerable but end up being the root cause of the suffering, where the victim’s only revenge is to escape the perpetrator’s clutches and leave them to self-destruct.” View ‘Sadlands’ at THIS […]

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AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet Full-Length Out Now And Streaming Via Prosthetic Records

All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet, the latest full-length from Dutch atmospheric black metal unit AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN, is out now and streaming via their new label home of Prosthetic Records. A ten-track chronology of the human condition that heaves under the weight of both distortion and emotion, All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet seamlessly defies all genre constraints as vivid melody provides a counterpoint to dismal soundscapes and harsh vocals. Embracing an insular approach to their output, the stunning offering was recorded, engineered, mixed, and mastered by the band. The cover art was also created by the […]

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HELLRIPPER REVEAL DETAILS OF THEIR NEW STUDIO ALBUM, THE AFFAIR OF THE POISONS

Having recently announced their signing to Peaceville Records, HELLRIPPER have revealed details and the cover artwork of their upcoming new studio album The Affair Of The Poisons scheduled for release on 9th October 2020. HELLRIPPER, aka James McBain, based in the Scottish Highlands, says of their forthcoming epic “The Affair Of The Poisons contains the mixture of thrash/black/speed metal and punk that HELLRIPPER has become known for, but this time I feel that the end result is more cohesive. Some of the tracks are more straight-forward while others contain some twists and parts that are new to the HELLRIPPER sound. […]

Album Reviews

Album Review: Cadaver – D. G. A. F.

Norway’s CADAVER has always been, is, and looks to forever be Neddo. It also seems to foul the ears so sporadically as to almost be forgotten in the interim, despite cranking out some morbidly grotesque death under the name CADAVER. And so, 16 years after the flesh-covered wrecking ball that was Necrosis, Neddo surfaces again, journeyman skinbasher Dirk Verbeuren behind the kit, to deliver D. G. A. F. At just over 10 minutes long, the duo has neither the time (nor thankfully) the inclination to fuck around, Jeff Walker lending his rasp to the title track. Luddite as all Hell, […]

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German Death Metal Giants DEFEATED SANITY Releasing The Sanguinary Impetus July 24 on Willowtip

Berlin (Germany) – Progressive/Brutal Death Metal luminaries DEFEATED SANITY return July 24 with The Sanguinary Impetus on Willowtip Records. Album cut ‘Propelled Into Sacrilege’ is streaming HERE The Sanguinary Impetus is perhaps the ultimate expression of DEFEATED SANITY’s signature blend of the brutal with the technical, performed in a manner largely unparalleled in the world of extreme metal. At once comfortably recognizable and awe-inspiring, the forthcoming album is sure to be a lock for many year-end lists. Sickening riff crunch, hammering beats, and technical wizardry combine to create a level of sonic violence that won’t soon be forgotten. The band […]

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Album Review: Winterfylleth – The Reckoning Dawn

It’s been six long years since WINTERFYLLETH released an all out black metal album. 2018 saw an acoustic/folk based effort entitled The Hallowing Of Heirdom. The result of this time off has been nothing less than a complete reinvigoration of the band; The Reckoning Dawn is the best album WINTERFYLLETH has ever done. This is blurry, high speed black metal at its absolute peak. The pace is relentless, but the songs are full of emotion and majesty. Listening to this album, I experienced shades of rage, sadness, defiance and pride. The riffing reaches back to the dawn times of Albion […]

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FELLWARDEN set release date for new EISENWALD album – features members of FEN

Eisenwald announces June 26 as the North American release date for FELLWARDEN’s highly anticipated second album, Wreathed In Mourncloud, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The genesis of FELLWARDEN began in 2014: inspired by the rearing landscapes and quiet, understated majesty of the fells of North-Western England, Fen frontman The Watcher embarked on a quest to embody the ambience of the region through soaring, epic black metal. Envisaged from the outset as a studio-only project, FELLWARDEN permits The Watcher to truly push the limits of creative expression, adding layer upon layer to each piece and building vast textures within extreme […]

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BELL WITCH AND AERIAL RUIN ANNOUNCE COLLABORATIVE RECORD STYGIAN BOUGH VOLUME I – OUT JUNE 26 ON PROFOUND LORE

On Stygian Bough: Volume I, members Dylan Desmond and Jesse Shreibman of renowned doom duo, BELL WITCH fully integrate themselves with dark folk elegist, Erik Moggridge of AERIAL RUIN. Genuine collaborations are rare yet these two found a way to become one, resulting in a hauntingly beautiful record. Today the trio have revealed details of the highly anticipated album alongside its ethereal first single, ‘Heaven Torn Low II (The Toll)’. Listen + Share ‘Heaven Torn Low II (The Toll)’ Official Audio on YouTube Also available to listen to on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music While Moggridge has been a part […]

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Album Review: Tombs – Monarchy Of Shadows

TOMBS is for sure one of the most reliable bands in American black metal. I haven’t heard a bad album by them yet, and the latest, Monarchy Of Shadows, stands as one of their best. They are laser focused here, and don’t mess around for a second. It’s a compact album of six songs, but you get plenty of bang for the buck. I like how TOMBS subtly shift the approach on each song, bringing in slightly different influences, but yet the album is a unified whole. The title track starts things off with gloomy synth until hard riffs come […]

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO RELEASES SURPRISE LIVE ALBUM

JEFF SCOTT SOTO has released a surprise live album, Live At Frontiers Rock Festival 2019 on all digital platforms. Today marks the one year anniversary of the performance captured in Milan, Italy on April 27, 2019 at the Frontiers Rock Festival. Stream or download it HERE Listen to a performance of ‘Eyes Of Love’ HERE The performance will be released later this year in physical format as a bonus disc on Jeff’s upcoming solo album, Wide Awake (In My Dreamland), which he has co-written and co-produced with producer Alessandro Del Vecchio. On April 27, 2019, the one and only JEFF […]

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