Hailing from the Budapest underground comes Naqoy, a two piece noisy, industrial outfit who brings us their third release titled Art Brut. According to the artist, this album is an expression and meditation of the last couple years of the band and their struggles and hardships, but ultimately overcoming said hardships and creating something new…
Hailing from deep within the underground of the ancient city of Kolkata come a group of Aghoric Gnostics who have declared war on the greater spiritual world. These mystic militants have started their musical jihad in 2012 under the banner of Tetragrammacide, a total affront and annihilation of the so called ‘mighty’ tetragrammaton of kabalistic…
Coming from the Texas underground are your favorite Noisy Neighbors. Putting forth the rawest, dirtiest, ugliest d-beat hardcore this side of the southwest. Grinding and slamming away these guys don’t let up throughout the album and punish those who doubt their superiority. This is their second release titled Derailing the Hype Train, this is coming…
Hailing from the Amsterdam underground returns Labasheeda, an art rock group based around multiinstrumentalist Saskia van der Giessen and guitarist Arne Wolfswinkel. Forming almost 20 years ago, Labasheeda has undergone a handful of line up changes, experimenting with different sounds and approaches, and extensive tours all across Europe. They’re known for their stripped back, noisy…
This is the second release from Vermont based black metal cult Strix Akesis. A two year wait coming off the back of their first self titled album, which held a spot on my best of 2021 list. Their unique riffs and punkish attitude is still here, though it’s been expanded upon and given a new…
This is the 13th release from the legendary Finnish black metal act Clandestine Blaze. Mikko Aspa returns with this incredibly hard hitting and crushing album in true Clandestine fashion. Continuing on the new sounds that was heard on the last release, Secrets of Laceration, Mikko continues on the path of melodic black metal with that…
O.W.G.A. adds onto his prolific library of mystical black metal with this latest release under the name of Auld Ridge, and with it, is the mighty banner of The Hermetic Order of Ytene. Starting his project in the United Kingdom, he has since moved to mainland Europe, somewhere in France, to continue his ritualistic and…
The creeping guitars and ambient instruments start this album off, with a very minimal approach in terms of production, the growing wall of noise builds up this looming sense of celestial anxiety that can only be brought forth from a dedicated shaman deep in a trance. Much like the name of the group suggests this…
Hailing from the US comes Lucifixion, a black metal duo who’s rituals have conjured up a nearly fifty minute spell titled Trisect Joys of Pierced Hearts. Taking influence from the old Scandinavian guard of the 90s, and a handful of bands from the early 00s, Lucifixion is able to create a timeless sound that keeps…
Hailing from USA comes the return of Uranium, a one-man nuclear industrial death cult presenting us with their second full length assault Pure Nuclear Death. This is an intense and dense album with many layers and intricate production details that can be hard to miss for those not listening. There’s a lot packed into this…