2022
Roundup: June Jollies
Written by Melinda, Barlovv, Kep and Ellis Heasley A mix of fresh mini reviews mixed with excerpts from larger reviews the team did of June releases. Underground metal and hardcore big and small. Pick and […]
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Album Review: Conjurer – Páthos (Metal)
Written by Ellis Heasley >Conjurer – Páthos>Metal>Rugby, UK>Releases July 1st>Nuclear Blast Records There’s a sizable corner of the metal world (present company included) for whom Páthos by Conjurer is likely their most anticipated album of […]
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Kep’s Mid-year Top 10 Albums, 2022
Written by Kep Six months of 2022 are down for the count and lots of great metal has already hit our ears. Below are my top 10 album of the first half of the year, […]
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Split Review: Penance Stare/ATVM (Black/Death/Screamo)
Written by Iōhannēs >Penance Stare/Atvm – The Split w/ Atvm>Blackened Death / Screamo>United Kingdom>Releases July 11th >Bandcamp Link “As glamour fades with age/we soften and rot” As a fan of dark and dissonant music, The […]
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Album Review: Knoll – “Metempiric” (Death/Grind)
Written by Kep >Knoll – Metempiric>Deathgrind >Tennessee, US>Released independently June 24, 2022 It’s hard to find words to suitably describe Knoll, and I mean that as a compliment. The sheer amount of shit going on at any moment […]
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Album Review: Kardashev – “Liminal Rite” (Deathgaze)
Written by Ellis Heasley >Kardashev – Liminal Rite>Deathgaze>Arizona, US>Released June 10th >Metal Blade Records “I am a pilgrim and oh, I am lost The past that I loved has been molded and mossed A ghost […]
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Split Review: A Rose Dying in the Rain / Moongazer – “sky of fading lights”
Written by Kep >A Rose Dying in the Rain / Moongazer – sky of fading lights>Post-black metal / blackgaze from Mexico / US>Released June 24, 2022>Bandcamp Link There’s this cool thing that happens with splits sometimes, […]
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EP Review: Hulder – “The Eternal Fanfare” (Black Metal)
Written by Kep >Hulder – The Eternal Fanfare>Black metal>Washington, US>Releasing July 1>Via 20 Buck Spin There have been few young projects in the black metal underground over the last few years that have inspired the amount of […]
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Album Review: Morkera – Entangled Excavations (Black Metal)
Written by Barlovv >Morkera – Entangled Excavations>Black Metal>Released June 6, 2022>Bandcamp Link Wake up my muse, my divine assistant, rewrite my memory and tailor my immortal mind. Slay the given empire and open your journey […]
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Album Review: Light Dweller – “Lucid Offering” (Black/Death)
Written by Kep >Light Dweller – Lucid Offering>Blackened dissonant death metal>Arizona, US>Released June 21, 2022>Bandcamp Link Look, lots of metal is ugly by design, and that’s part of its twisted charm. Gorguts gave us the blueprint back in 1998 […]