Hailing from Los Angeles, the self dubbed ‘ecstatic black metal’ band Agriculture releases their self titled debut album. Its certainly quite the experience and produces some sort of emotion, though I don’t know if ecstatic would be it. But the album certainly does capture quite the beautiful sound with some creative songwriting to boot. Certainly…
The much anticipated release of the legendary Kommodus’ second album, Wreath of Bleeding Snowfall, is a sign of new beginnings for the band. While the raw ferocity of previous releases are still present, there’s more of a somber and colder approach that is more, as the album liner puts it, ‘meditative and more spiritually attuned’,…
Ts’Ono’Ot is the title of the latest release from the rather mysterious act Ch’Ahom, an ancient death cult of Germanic origins, who interestingly enough reference a lot of ancient Aztec gods in their music. Regardless, they present some punishing blackend death metal of celestial origins. This one track EP is just but a taste of…
After a 5 year long wait, Alpha Strategy returns with their latest release, Staple My Hand to Yours, a mind bending, noisy jam of an EP with simplistic instrumentation, intense vocals, and a raw production. Others have tried to compare this band with other acts such as The Jesus Lizard or The Birthday Party, but…
Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee comes the sophomore release of Ghost Gore titled Death Transfixion. This release showcases their combination of intense brutality and highly skilled technicality that blows many others out of the water. To be quite honest, typically death metal acts with a horror movie aesthetic I always write off as gimmicky and simple…