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Besotten + Funerelic – Abyssal Synodality

Damn, the older I get the more I’m loving these little one-off split releases. Maybe it’s memories of mixtapes traded that almost made shit sound nastier once you went down to 8th gen. There two Pacific pummelers seem to thrive in such realms, BESOTTEN early on locking into a mid-‘00s GRAVE groove in ‘Anothered’. ‘Subterranean Realms Of Excrutiation’ lives up to its name, plodding and pain-inducing. FUNERELIC’s ‘Tomb Of The Necrolith’ follows the same path, but adding good many sonic convulsions along the way, all welcome, all ominous in their love of the stench-ridden. Ending with ‘Devoured In Obsidian Flame’, […]

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ISENORDAL: Rendition Of His Hero Is Gone’s ‘Headless/Heartless’ Now Playing At Metal Injection; Monuments To Arson… Tribute Compilation Nears Release Via Satanik Royalty Records

Seattle-based blackened funeral doom/neofolk ensemble ISENORDAL today uncloaks their rendition of ‘Headless/Heartless’. Now playing exclusively at Metal Injection, the track comes off the Monuments To Arson – A Tribute To His Hero Is Gone compilation, set for release via Satanik Royalty Records. A compilation honoring Memphis, Tennessee quintessential cult neo-crust act His Hero Is Gone, the collection features ISENORDAL alongside Many Blessings, Open Veins, deathCave, Heiress, Nightmare Fuel, Old Iron, Githyanki, HEEL, Blast Cells, Impulse Noise, Nuclear Dudes, Wretched Fuck, and Plaguestate. All digital and vinyl proceeds (minus shipping costs) from the Monuments To Arson… collection will be donated to […]

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Monuments To Arson – A Tribute To His Hero Is Gone Compilation To See Release September 30th Via Satanik Royalty Records

Satanik Royalty Records will release Monuments To Arson – A Tribute To His Hero Is Gone digitally on September 30th with a limited edition vinyl edition to follow. A compilation honoring Memphis, Tennessee quintessential cult neo-crust act HIS HERO IS GONE, the collection features Many Blessings, deathCAVE, Open Veins, Isenordal, Heiress, Nightmare Fuel, Old Iron, Githyanki, HEEL, Blast Cells, Impulse Noise, Nuclear Dudes, Wretched Fuck, and Plaguestate. Comments Satanik Royalty Records owner and deathCave bassist Freiburger, “HIS HERO IS GONE has always been a band that has been special to me from their lyrics which always tackled problems with capitalism, […]

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Album Review: IZTHMI – Leaving This World, Leaving It All Behind

IZTHMI’s been practicing the dark arts for just over five years now, and yes, they’re from Washington state, but don’t let that mislead you into writing the quintet off as some WITR clone of the “Cascadian” black metal “scene”. After the whispered delivery of ‘Ever Beneath His Gaze (He Will Drown The World In His Tears)’, ‘The Shadows Of Our Disillusionment’ begins Leaving This World, Leaving It All Behind proper. The guitar tone immediately sets apart IZTHMI, being almost mechanical at times, yet shot through with super-clean lead phrases. While it’ll make a good many BM purists cringe or grouse, […]

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Album Review: Dark Meditation – Polluted Temples

With a PR sheet name-dropping everyone from VENOM to PRIEST to DANZIG and mentioning the members’ previous “punk ethos” Polluted Temples could’ve gone either way. Shiver-inducing images of early ‘00s CRADLE OF FILTH or any DANZIG after III: How The Gods Kill plagued my mind, but on a ridiculous bright and sunny Monday morning in February, 2022, I gathered my courage and… After the mercifully short ‘Prelude’, ‘Babalon.Money.Magick’ is…oh, yes, now I see where the DANZIG influence comes from, but it’s not even good DANZIG, instead sloughing forward with all the energy of a greasy devilock and half the passion. […]

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SANDRIDER: Satanik Royalty Records To Reissue Self-Titled Debut From Seattle Grunge Titans On Limited Edition Vinyl; Preorders Available

Satanik Royalty Records will reissue the eponymous debut full-length from Seattle grunge titans SANDRIDER on limited edition vinyl May 6th! Initially released in 2011 on Good To Die Records, Sandrider was recorded at The Red Room by Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Isis, Mono, The Sword) and is a “simmering, brooding masterpiece that gives way throughout to massive eruptions of oozing fire and fury” (The Sleeping Shaman). While they drop the name of influences such as Pacific Northwest icons Mudhoney and Soundgarden, as well as such indie favorites like The Jesus Lizard and Drive Like Jehu, SANDRIDER hits on a sound […]

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DEATHCAVE: Seattle Doom/Sludge Trio Announces December Tour With Heiress And More

Seattle-based doom/sludge trio DEATHCAVE will return to the stage this Winter for a two-week run of live dates beginning December 2nd in Seattle, Washington and concluding December 15th in Sacramento, California. Support will be provided by labelmates Heiress as well as Worship, Duhkha and Ugly on select shows. See all confirmed dates below. DEATHCAVE: 12/02/2021 Bar House – Seattle, WA w/ Heiress 12/03/2021 Kenton Club – Portland, OR w/ Heiress 12/04/2021 Elbo Room Jack London – Oakland, CA w/ Heiress, Worship 12/05/2021 The Blue Lagoon – Santa Cruz, CA w/ Heiress, Worship 12/06/2021 Programme Skate Shop – Fullerton, CA w/ […]