2022
Melinda’s Mid Year Selections
We made it to the halfway point of another fucked up year, woo. For those who enjoy these kinds of lists, here’s the coolest shit I (Melinda aka Carcassbomb) has heard this year. 20 albums, […]
Metal
2022
Album Review: Predatory Light – “Death and the Twilight Hours” (Black Metal)
Written by Kep >Predatory Light – Death and the Twilight Hours>Black metal>New Mexico/Washington, USA>Released May 20, 2022>via 20 Buck Spin Here’s what makes Predatory Light such an interesting black metal outfit, in my opinion: I don’t find their sound […]
2022
Album Review: Assumption – “Hadean Tides”
Written by Kep Assumption – Hadean TidesDeath/doom from ItalyReleasing May 20 via Everlasting Spew Records Here’s a question I’ve addressed on Twitter before: what exactly is death/doom? It’s more than just slow death metal, after all. Obviously […]
2022
Album Review: Tzompantli – “Tlazcaltiliztli”
Written by Kep Tzompantli – TlazcaltiliztliDeath/doom from California, USReleasing May 5 via 20 Buck Spin There’s a movement of indigenous metal happening in the underground right before our very eyes, and not a moment too soon if […]
2022
Album Review: Suppression – “The Sorrow of Soul Through Flesh”
Written by Kep Suppression – The Sorrow of Soul Through FleshDeath metal from ChileReleasing April 25 via Unspeakable Axe Records From Unspeakable Axe Records, the label that brought us last year’s most unexpected killer death metal release—Malformity’s Monumental […]
2022
Split Review: Dimwind / Breaths – “Seasons”
Written by Kep Dimwind / Breaths – Seasons (split)Post-metal / blackgaze/post-metal from Sweden / USReleasing April 15 via Trepanation Recordings Last year in June I reviewed Slow Wave Violence, the debut album from Swedish post-metal instrumental duo Dimwind. I was […]
2021
Homeskin: An Unexpected Journey
Written by Kep Oh to be a fly on the wall of Garry Brents’ studio. At any given moment he could be wrangling guest spots for the next Gonemage album out of the Abysmal Specters and Sarah Allen Reeds of […]
2022
Album Review: Cabinet – “Claustrophobic Dysentery” (Blackened Death)
Cabinet – Claustrophobic DysenteryBlackened death metal from the inside of a rotting coffin (and also California, US)Releasing March 30 via Bloody Mountain Records Some people like their metal lively and uplifting, with plaintive melodies, driving riffs, and […]
2022
Album Review: Phasma – “Epiales”
Written by Kep Phasma – EpialesDeath metal/deathcore from the US / GreeceReleasing March 26 via independent/self-release If I know one thing about metalheads it’s that most of us are gigantic nerds. High fantasy? We love […]
2022
Album Review: Kvaen – “The Great Below”
Written by Kep Kvaen – The Great BelowBlack/speed/pagan metal from SwedenReleasing March 25 via Black Lion Records Let me take you back almost exactly two years, to late February 2020. The 28th and penultimate day of the […]