Fans of actual avantgarde black metal (like... different stuff and not just another DsO or Arcturus clone) should listen to this:

Bvdk - Religare

There's this new Colombian band called Axe Steeler who play Traditional Heavy Metal. They already have an EP out, but in 2018 they have their debut full length album coming out. I've heard a few songs thus far, sounds fun.

Kickass Sargeist-ian black metal with ultra-compelling, immediate songwriting with a nice Cascadian feel.

Some heard Verberis debut which was good, it was a bit DsO but more death. This sounds a bit more black than the debut and its great. The first link is a preview as the second song isnt released on their bc yet.

https://www.nocleansinging.com/2018/05/16/an-ncs-ep-premiere-and-a-review-verberis-vorant-gnosis/

Curious and frantic psychedelic, kraut-ish black metal from Japan, Russia and the US. 3 of 6 tracks available for streaming on the very decent Sentient Ruin label.

Wicked super-old school speed black metal with hellish vocals. Lots of nice leads and riffs in this and the production couldn't sound more authentic.

Written by Mercurial on 22.05.2018 at 18:06

Wicked super-old school speed black metal with hellish vocals. Lots of nice leads and riffs in this and the production couldn't sound more authentic.

Plaguestorm - Eternal Throne

Good, nice leads.
I reced 夢遊病者 in the shoutbox but I dont think anyone clicked that link. Good to see that someone else is liking it. Keep posting recs, and a 2018 list? We need more lists. So dead here.

Cult Of a Dying SUn- Uada. Such a headbanger.

Https://bastardofficialband.bandcamp.com/album/slamming-rampage-official-debut-ep

Stoner/doom metal from Israel. Love the production and vocals on this one a lot.

Finally, a proper quality drone / funeral doom album for this year. This somehow combines the ethereal ambient, shoegazing haze of Nadja with some of the more traditional hyper-heavy doom of the genre, along with some fitting funeral doom deathly vocals along with it (and some elysian female vocals too). The sound is absolutely massive and all encompassing. I wish it was longer than half an hour but they do so much with it it's hard to care.




Didn't think these guys could get any heavier, but apparently they can. Absolutely blundgeoning mathcore with some grind influence. Nasty.




If Vildhjarta joined the technical post-death metal scene. Pretty terrifying, uncompromisingly heavy record with a blackened edge.




Boss Keloid pretty much went on to become the de facto best sludge / stoner band with Herb Your Enthusiasm and now they've nailed it with this year's follow up. This time round they've adopted a much more proggy sludge sound which oozes quality, even if I do prefer the heavier previous one. Can't wait to see them live again in August.




No one reported on this here, but here's Ommadon's follow up. Ommadon took up the mantle of Sunn O))) with the previous release, and did it unbelievably well, so expect more classic ultra-heavy drone doom in that vein. Not sure this is as good as the first though for some reason. Feels cleaner and lacks much of the delicious feedback, but it's still leagues ahead of most bands doing this sound.




The guy reviewing this on Bandcamp, who calls him/herself "DeathspellOmega" thinks this sounds like Deathspell Omega. I can see where they're coming from but this doesn't sound like a clone at all. Sounds like DsO if they became a DSBM-tinged urban, post-black metal outfit. Then again maybe they do just sound like Dso.

Written by Mercurial on 08.06.2018 at 12:04

The guy reviewing this on Bandcamp, who calls him/herself "DeathspellOmega" thinks this sounds like Deathspell Omega. I can see where they're coming from but this doesn't sound like a clone at all. Sounds like DsO if they became a DSBM-tinged urban, post-black metal outfit. Then again maybe they do just sound like Dso.

Wesenwille - I : Wesenwille

Saw Wesenwille live last Sunday together with Grafjammer, Terzij De Horde and Laster. They opened that day, but live they sounded nothing like DsO. Haven't heard their album, btw. Might be different there.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.06.2018 at 14:57

Saw Wesenwille live last Sunday together with Grafjammer, Terzij De Horde and Laster. They opened that day, but live they sounded nothing like DsO. Haven't heard their album, btw. Might be different there.

Yeah I don't think they do on record either after properly listening to it. Just a few sounds here and there which sound like something DsO might do, but pretty different otherwise.

Progressive metal.

Written by Mercurial on 08.06.2018 at 12:04

bunch of albums

Choose two of those for me to review

Written by RaduP on 10.06.2018 at 23:04

Choose two of those for me to review

The pressure

Probably Cone Forest and Boss Keloid I would say.

So I heard you like Swedish-style death metal.



To shreds you say...


And this time from the UK, Wales of all places (no Tom Jones vocal cameo though sadly), more death but distinctly more nasty and dirty.




And as if not to be outdone by Deus Vermin, Hexeth released this ridiculous slab of wall-of-sound, ultra hellish from-the-depths death / black metal which will appeal to the few.

Written by 3rdWorld on 14.03.2018 at 22:37

New album from swiss post-hardcore/sludge band Abraham on the The Ocean Collective's home label Pelagic Records.

[url]Abraham - Look, Here Comes The Dark![/url]

This is really interesting and expansive stuff. Kinda wish it wasn't nearly 2 hours long though.

Written by [user id=173045] on 16.04.2018 at 19:25

TAPHOS - Plenty of solos and riffing in this old-school death metal. It sounds like this band is gonna follow up their good demos with another splendid thing. Denmark seems to have quite a scene in death metal at the moment.

This out now. It's also quite good, sounds a bit like At The Gates doing death metal (again).

This is extremely cool. Fairly raw black / death metal with plenty of twisted, off-kilter riffs and drum work, but with each track separated by eerie dark ambient songs.

Written by Mercurial on 12.06.2018 at 12:26

Written by [user id=173045] on 16.04.2018 at 19:25

TAPHOS - Plenty of solos and riffing in this old-school death metal. It sounds like this band is gonna follow up their good demos with another splendid thing. Denmark seems to have quite a scene in death metal at the moment.

This out now. It's also quite good, sounds a bit like At The Gates doing death metal (again).

Thanks, Its ok, but tbh I was expecting something better. Ive been listening a bit to Tomb Mold instead as it came out the same day.

Written by Mercurial on 12.06.2018 at 13:22

This is extremely cool. Fairly raw black / death metal with plenty of twisted, off-kilter riffs and drum work, but with each track separated by eerie dark ambient songs.

Void Eater - II

this is seriously choice

ZÖN - Is a bit like taking a trip through music. Its mostly very calm psychedelia that moves a bit drony. Not sure if its a one man project, doesnt sound like it as there are some layers here.

Written by [user id=173045] on 12.06.2018 at 23:04

ZÖN - Is a bit like taking a trip through music. Its mostly very calm psychedelia that moves a bit drony. Not sure if its a one man project, doesnt sound like it as there are some layers here.

Zon is a one man project by Zon, the guy you were speaking with in the shoutbox.

He is also the guy behind Ququmatz. Check out the '18 Ququmatz album, personally I prefer Ququmatz than Zon

Written by Karlabos on 12.06.2018 at 23:23

Written by [user id=173045] on 12.06.2018 at 23:04

ZÖN - Is a bit like taking a trip through music. Its mostly very calm psychedelia that moves a bit drony. Not sure if its a one man project, doesnt sound like it as there are some layers here.

Zon is a one man project by Zon, the guy you were speaking with in the shoutbox.

He is also the guy behind Ququmatz. Check out the '18 Ququmatz album, personally I prefer Ququmatz than Zon

Yeah, I just wanted him to confirm that this album is completly a one man project. And everyone should listen to this, great stuff.

You guys are too kind

anyway, this here is some more dusty, atmospheric black metal with very satisfying Drudkhish production. It has that desert dynamic, full of windswept tumbleweed builds.
A thick haze blows in from the west and enrobes the plains in dusk.



https://wayfarercolorado.bandcamp.com/album/worlds-blood-2

Since today is a music day

this is like avant-prog for a new generation, with lots of explosive tendencies and psychedelic madness

https://protoplasmaprotoplasma.bandcamp.com/releases

Top of the line, don't fuck around deathgrind


https://whoresnation.bandcamp.com/album/mephitism

I'll follow World's End Girlfriend to the world's end with my girlfriend (not that I have one) and it'll always be such a blissful ride. Glitched out post-rock with the usual touches of modern classical but more noise. He manages to deliver melodies and tones that I can feel with my very soul.



Swarrrm are just going further and further into the ether with each new album. Lovable crafters of post-art grind


https://longlegslongarms.bandcamp.com/album/beginning-to-break

Absolutey cracking grind from Brazil. They make grind exactly how I like it, a bit gritty, punky, galloping but with a very songwriting focussed sensibility. Apparently this record and band is totally impervious to Google searches too fsr.




I recall a few people on here liking Spaceslug, the archnemesis of the Slugdge collective, so here's a new track. Cosmic, psychedelic stoner. That artwork too.




Couple of new Lurk songs listenable. I recall this band were a bit of talked about thing on here during their debut many years ago. Sounds liike solid atmospheric doom.




Weirdly upbeat and interesting proggy tech death. Quite melodic, dig this for the genre.




Surprised nobody mentioned this as it's on Iron Bonehead. Much of a classic "evil" sounding funeral doom number, with plenty of those great atmospheric, atonal cleans throughout.




A rare Ajna Offensive release. Raw yet modern black metal, seems good, though you'll need nearly two hours to spare to get through it all, lel.




New Ill Omen song. Sadly it seems to have lost most of what made Æ​.​Thy​.​Rift so special and is more of a straight up black metal track, albeit not a bad one.

^Thanks a lot for reviving this. Wanted to find some good new releases to check out but really couldn't find any time to sift through.

And that Wesenwille cover is really awesome.

New Sear Bliss, bit of a surprise. Haven't listened to it but it's probably pretty good trombone black metal.

Written by Mercurial on 15.06.2018 at 17:28

New Sear Bliss, bit of a surprise.

Tell me about it
Last week or so they were like "the album is tba and nothing is confirmed yet"

Nice album anyway