Guest Writers
Westin’s 2022 Mid-Year Review
Written by Westin We’re halfway through another year of global society collapsing all around us, good job making it this far. So far 2022 is shaping up to be just as impactful in music as […]
Metal
2022
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 […]
Barlovv
Barlovv’s Best of 2022 (so far)
Written by Barlovv It’s June, which means we are half way through 2022 – so lets talk best albums of the year. The albums are not listed in any particular order, but – because this […]
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, […]
Interviews
Interview: Consecration from the UK (Death Doom)
Over the past couple of years I have become friends with Liam Houseago, through his awesome VCLT YouTube channel, The Death Doom Metalhead. He has even featured some of my band’s music (Aeons Abyss) amongst […]
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 […]
2022
EP Review: Crown Magnetar – “Alone in Death”
Written by Kep Crown Magnetar – Alone in DeathDeathcore from Colorado, USReleasing March 25 via Unique Leader Records Seventeen seconds. That’s as long as Crown Magnetar can be bothered to wait before they commence pummeling the listener with the […]
2022
Album Review: Telluric Effluvium – “Voyage of Sentient Decay”
Written by Kep Telluric Effluvium – Voyage of Sentient DecayFuneral death/doom from Colorado, USReleasing March 4 via Transylvanian Recordings In case you haven’t noticed, Denver is a hotbed of extreme metal right now. It’s the home of Blood […]