Atmospheric black metal band from the Netherlands. I find it really nice, good atmosphere to the music!

This is interesting. Mix of slam and djent with some electronics. It's all done by a guy who goes by the name of Big Chocolate.

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 08.11.2012 at 10:35

Awesome cover.

Written by [user id=4365] on 04.11.2012 at 17:57

Fantastic avant-experimental industrial black metal. Also on Spotify:

That was really good sounding, i'll have to check out the whole thing

Another Travis Ryan special this year...

Fans of melodic, raw, symphonic, theatrical, doomy and progressive??

Presenting Warnot's new album His Blood is Yours.



Streaming here.

Technically not out yet, but I cannot stop listening to this...over and over and over. Brilliant start to finish. Virtually flawless.

List of albums in recent weeks that have me returning to them often. Love every one of them.

Aeon - Aeon's Black
Malignancy - Eugenics
Pathology - The Time Of Great Purification
Beheaded - Never To Dawn
Ataraxy - Revelations of the Ethereal
Sinister - The Carnage Ending
Unfathomable Ruiniation - Misshapen Congenital Entropy

Djenters, mathers, proggers... just follow this link.
http://rxyzyxr.bandcamp.com/

Definitely not trend-followers, these guys made something really interesting with the prime matter.

I encourage anybody who isn't really into metalcore to check out Parkway Drive's latest album. I went into it expecting dull Killswtich Engagecore that I'd turn off after a couple songs, but instead got what it likely the best modern metalcore album I've hard.



The new Early Graves is really good grind/crust/hardcore/whateverthefuckyoucallit
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/10/early_graves_re_1.html

Gothic doom metallers hailing from Ukraine came up with brand new album To All In Graves which is the correct voice of THE REAL VOICE of your pristine soul.

Get just crushed.



Bandcamp.

Crap, it's when I randomly stumble on stuff like this I wish I hadn't lost my drive to hunt down new music this year. Makes me wonder about all the gems I've missed out on.

Nice stuff that

Written by [user id=4365] on 15.11.2012 at 02:41
LvxCælis

I'm not really a patriotic guy or anything... But I still get a huge grin on my face everytime I see someone who isn't from Chile praysing a chilean band. They are also from Santiago, cool...
It's nice to see how Chile is slowly but steady getting more and more great bands. Black and doom seems to be the specialities now.

Don't know if you'll like this but I'm really enjoying this other chilean band called Wrathprayer (they have a little profile here now). They released their debut a while ago and I'm really digging it. Discovered it thanks to Jup who gave it a +1. It fits in the category of War Metal although I don't find it too caothic. Reminds me sometimes of Portal (although it's closer to the side project, Impetuous Ritual).

It's just some fine evil shit. In Visceribus Bestiæ is probably the best track but it's all good to me.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.11.2012 at 00:49


I'm not really a patriotic guy or anything... But I still get a huge grin on my face everytime I see someone who isn't from Chile praises a chilean band. They are also from Santiago, cool...
It's nice to see how Chile is slowly but steady getting more and more great bands. Black and doom seems to be the specialities now.

Don't know if you'll like this but I'm really enjoying this other chilean band called Wrathprayer (they have a little profile here now). They released their debut a while ago and I'm really digging it. Discovered it thanks to Jup who gave it a +1. It fits in the category of War Metal although I don't find it too caothic. Reminds me sometimes of Portal (although it's closer to the side project, Impetuous Ritual).

It's just some fine evil shit. In Visceribus Bestiæ is probably the best track but it's all good to me.

What's not to like? This shit is good. Goes nicely with the doomy black/death of Hellvetron and Muknal that both blew me away this year.

Written by [user id=4365] on 16.11.2012 at 01:04
What's not to like? This shit is good.

Glad you like it! I guess I just thought the War Metal tag would put you off. I also remember you didn't like Teitanblood although I know it's not the same thing.
But yeah, I really like this shit. Wicked artwork too.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.11.2012 at 01:09

Written by [user id=4365] on 16.11.2012 at 01:04
What's not to like? This shit is good.

Glad you like it! I guess I just thought the War Metal tag would put you off. I also remember you didn't like Teitanblood although I know it's not the same thing.
But yeah, I really like this shit. Wicked artwork too.

Yeah the artwork is fantastic. For some reason it made me think of the famous burning monk picture. To be honest I don't mind Teitanblood that much, I like this stuff more though for sure.

Written by [user id=4365] on 16.11.2012 at 01:14
Yeah the artwork is fantastic. For some reason it made me think of the famous burning monk picture. To be honest I don't mind Teitanblood that much, I like this stuff more though for sure.

One of those albums I wouldn't mind buying in vinyl just because of the artwork... Since it doesn't seem like the dudes released any cds. Damn.
Oh well, at least I found that I can get the LvxCælis cd (and a kvlt tape) from the label which turns out to be a swedish label. Nice.... I guess I should start getting more active in the chilean scene.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.11.2012 at 01:24


One of those albums I wouldn't buy buying in vinyl just because of the artwork... Since it doesn't seem like the dudes released any cds. Damn.
Oh well, at least I found that I can get the LvxCælis cd (and a kvlt tape) from the label which turns out to be a swedish label. Nice.... I guess I should start getting more active in the chilean scene.

Nice. Yeah you should become an arbiter of all things Chilean and awesome

Written by [user id=4365] on 16.11.2012 at 01:27
Nice. Yeah you should become an arbiter of all things Chilean and awesome

So it shall be... The black metal scene down there seems to be of the more chaotic and so-called orthodox kind which is great.
Also, crazy typo on the comment about the vinyl. It should say "wouldn't mind buying" XP

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.11.2012 at 00:49

Don't know if you'll like this but I'm really enjoying this other chilean band called Wrathprayer (they have a little profile here now). They released their debut a while ago and I'm really digging it. Discovered it thanks to Jup who gave it a +1. It fits in the category of War Metal although I don't find it too caothic. Reminds me sometimes of Portal (although it's closer to the side project, Impetuous Ritual).

It's just some fine evil shit. In Visceribus Bestiæ is probably the best track but it's all good to me.

Well I'm just finding all sorts of good music today, this is absolutely wonderufl

Fallen Empire is a real great label specializing in releasing black metal, particularly of the raw variety, on analog formats. Quite a bit of great releases on there this year, including some from well-respected acts such as Trist, Vrolok, and the Black Twilight Circle-related Kuxan Suum. I really enjoy the Death Fortress recording "Pulling Ancient Stone." Sounds a lot like Hate Forest and the production and songwriting certainly achieve the atmosphere they were going for. Check it out here and check out some of the other great releases. It's free music... win-win for everyone, really, if you dig this sort of thing.

Written by Misfit74 on 17.11.2012 at 09:01

Grand Supreme Blood Court - Bow Down Before the Blood Court

Really stoked about this one. Didn't listen to it yet, but this can not be bad!

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.11.2012 at 00:49

It's just some fine evil shit. In Visceribus Bestiæ is probably the best track but it's all good to me.

Wrathprayer are cool, nothing that much distinct or anything but it's really enjoyable for what it is : evil blackened death.
I actually downloaded them because I saw that they were from Chile

Really starting to think this is the album of the year for me:

^ I wasn't aware of the existance of such awesomeness.

Written by Vombatus on 19.11.2012 at 15:08

^ I wasn't aware of the existance of such awesomeness.

I knew of its existence for a while but ignored at as I was never particularly enamored with their older stuff. Listening to it now in the bus; sounds so fucking good on headphones.

I've been listening to this album quite a bit lately.

Written by [user id=4365] on 19.11.2012 at 00:49

Really starting to think this is the album of the year for me:

I won't go that far, but it's really grown on me too. It's a bit too long to wrap your head around completely, but they do their thing incredibly well.