Hailing from the mountainous region of Portugal comes Lacrau who present us with their debut full length titled Axioma. This is a beautifully written conceptual piece based around the old Scandinavian senicide ritual. For those unfamiliar, it was an old tradition where the elderly of the village or clan who were unable to take care…
Coming from the pulsating London underground is an elusive collective known as Anti-Social Kultur England, who harbor some of the more notorious and mysterious noise conjurers. From hard pulsing gabber beats to whirling occult noisescapes, there’s a lot to offer from these anti-socialites. The latest offering under the English Kultural banner are two splits. One…
This has quickly become one of my all time favorite bands. Translating to Gautam Buddha, this mysterious raw black metal cult is a meditation on death and reincarnation. Continuing from where they left off on their first release, they touch upon the eight reasons why we must reincarnate until we reach enlightenment much like the…
The latest release from this mysterious Russian black metal cult ‘Chernovstvo’. Coming off of their previous demo releases, this their longest release to date. That sort of style they’re harbored is still there. Raw, melodic, and atmospheric black metal that creates a foggy and decrepit atmosphere that draws the listener into its hypnotic gaze. After…
Hailing from the outbacks of Australia comes the extreme death thrash assault of Milopkl. For years now Milo has been making waves across the underground, with plenty of hard hitting releases under his belt. This latest one titled, Extreme Order of Existence is just another masterful addition to his already strong line up. This latest…
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…