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Dødheimsgard - A Umbra Omega
Avant-garde black with an industrial touch
Apr 16, 2015
If you haven't heard it yet, you're missing out. Dødheimsgard raise the creativity bar for experimental bands everywhere. Call it avant-garde, call it black, call it industrial, or call it post. This is a musical milestone that combines Dødheimsgard's unique extreme sound with a wide variety of influences and an unequalled vocalist duo. If metal is more for you than melodic riffs and blast beats, this is your album.
Santo Rostro - II: The Bleed
Spanish Stoner/Sludge
Apr 13, 2015
Santo Rostro's sophomore effort is more riff-driven, mostly mid-paced stonerrific jams with power and just a dash of groove. Worthy of checking out? My advice, "Hunt It Down."
Judicator - At The Expense Of Humanity
US Power
Apr 03, 2015
Def PM AOTY material right here
Half from 2014, half from 1988/89, all ugly as a whole.
Vocals are the highlight.
Vocals are the highlight.
Some pretty bitchin' deathcore. Imagine good deathcore, kinda down-tempo, with some old school bm-style production.
Ethereal Shroud - They Became The Falling Ash
Black Metal
Mar 12, 2015
"They Became The Falling Ash", the product of a one man project, is a great album. Not only worthy of checking out, possibly a brilliant soundtrack for nocturnal explorations for the creepier parts of town or country near you.
A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See
Gentlemen music!
Mar 04, 2015
The gentlemen's club of A Forest Of Stars came again from the 1890's to bring us their fourth album of their unique take on atmospheric black metal.
If you prefer videos, then ckeck this and this!
If you prefer videos, then ckeck this and this!
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Endorsed by: X-Ray Rod, Auntie Sahar, wormdrink414, R'Vannith, Ag Fox, Deadsoulman, Dream Taster, ScreamingSteelUS, Introspekrieg
Endorsed by: X-Ray Rod, Auntie Sahar, wormdrink414, R'Vannith, Ag Fox, Deadsoulman, Dream Taster, ScreamingSteelUS, Introspekrieg
Death Karma - The History Of Death & Burial Rituals Part I
Transcendental black/death
Feb 22, 2015
Infernal Vlad seems to like death. A lot. Death Karma is a new band that sees the Cult Of Fire front man teaming up with the band's drummer for a musical spectacle that can only be described as stunning. Black and death metal combine seamlessly, in a way that is both thundering and bang-able, but also eerily hypnotic and surprisingly catchy with its sense of groove and enhancement from Vlad's distinct sense of melody. If these guys needed any further proof that they're incredibly skilled composers, this is it. Early AOTY contender.
Shepherd - Stereolithic Riffalocalypse
Stoner/Sludge
Feb 10, 2015
It's always weird listening to the tunes of an MS user. You are afraid they'll suck and then you'll have to let a cool dude know his tunes suck. No worries here, just crunchy riffs and tasty tunes. Really solid album. How solid? The best thing to come from India since chicken Tikka Masala.
Iron Fist - Boneshaker
punk/metal
Feb 08, 2015
It's kinda like Midnight with a bigger beer gut.
Beardfish - +4626-COMFORTZONE
Prog
Jan 30, 2015
Beardfish excel with their new album. It is an exercise in rhythms but it's also so much more. It will take you places because it's a bloody fantastic prog album. It is truly exciting music.
What would happen if Genghis Khan traveled in time to our current era, stole Fredrik Thordendal's guitar, and then played an electronic symphony for himself back in the 1200s with it and his own little folk instruments while his hordes swept across the steppes of Russia? Why, Senmuth's Dakhmas would happen, of course.
Kowai - Dissonance
symphonic metal
Jan 09, 2015
Like leaves that fall between two trees grown together in the majestic beauty that is the chance and fate of nature, Kowai's Dissonance covers the listener in poetic sorrow and somber symphonic metal melodies. Lush keyboards, calming guitars, and vocals with lyrics that plead for escape, Kowai's debut offers a wintry embrace that warms the shivering soul with a cathartic sense of pride.
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Born From Ruins - Falling From Grace
Alternametal
Jan 05, 2015
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No sophomore slump here... Tort are back with more ugly, gritty music that mixes some doomy vibes with crunchy thrash riffing and a swell mix of growls and shrieks. Oh, and even more soundclips from B-grade Spanish horror flicks to introduce the tunes. Good times.