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…
A heinous and Vile Ritual is being conjured within the underground here in the US. This one man maniac has brought upon us their debut album Caverns of Occultic Hatred. This is some powerful blackened death metal with dissonant riffs, brutal vocals, and an occult approach that creates a daunting atmosphere that overwhelms the listener…
Hailing from my home town of Miami, FL, comesthe debut EP of Ejecutador a blackend thrash metal assault that’s just about as hot as the weather down here. With members of the legendary underground Caveman Cult and the incredibly crushing thrash/death metal occultists Charred coming together to create a primitive headbanging thrash assault that sounds…
The latest cultist joining the Kolkata Inner Order is Kaal Nagini presenting themselves with their latest EP Refracted Lights of a Blind God. This is a continuation of the coming assault from the Indian subcontinent, these hellish ghouls produce some crushingly devastating death metal that is continuing to carve away at the small but rapidly…
The infamous Kūka’ilimoku with a short demo, featuring his iconic raw black metal style that has become all but well known over the years. This demo almost feels like a fun throwaway, a quick and easy release that doesn’t change too far from the norm and just sorta bangs out those always catchy riffs. Jumping…
Returning after a two year hiatus, людоед, comes back with their fifth EP release titled, Monument of Human Cruelty. For those unfamiliar, they bring their own unique mixture of black metal and punk to create an all around groovy yet aggressive audial attack that goes straight to the throat. Compared to their last release Death…
Rising from the ashes of legendary black metal band Forgotten Woods comes Joyless forming back in 1996 with their debut album Unlimited Hate which even shared a few tracks from Forgotten Woods. To me, that wasn’t Joyless’ true debut,its with their second album, Wisdom & Arrogance does the band truly come to form. Having a…