Most slam acts neither make any attempt at actually sounding good nor serve up anything listenable on purpose, aiming to induce cringe in the listener. Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship sticks out from the crowd by actually making not only listenable, but enjoyable Slam and doing it in a way where the irony enhances the experience, injecting Japanese Idol music and Anime samples into their Brutal Death Blend. Goat can’t tell you where the samples come from though… at least that’s what he says…
Read moreTombstalker – Age of Darkness Review
Need to stalk smaller tombs before they can reach the big leagues.
Read moreCattle Decapitation – Terrasite Review
A human-sized bug in my crater-sized soup.
Read moreVexing – Grand Reproach Review
Come, read about Scuttlegoat’s grand reproach of Vexings new album.
Read moreEsoctrilihum – Astraal Constellations of the Majickal Zodiac Review
Esoctrilihum return with another exhausting opus through the cosmos, and intriguing our resident bat, Cosmo. Is this enough to slake his thirsts, or will he be trapped in the cosmos for eternity?
Read moreAngelic Desolation – Orchestrionic Abortion Review
Here is a fun game for a party: Put on “Shake the Baby” off Angelic Desolation’s new album and take a shot each time the vocals or lyrics make you laugh. It takes one look at the song titles on Orchestrionic Abortion to discover that the band has a sense of humor that recalls that of a grindcore band.
Read moreGorod – The Orb Review
Riffs are in their essence circular, a series of chords repeated over the course of a piece of music to make it feel more coherent or to carry a theme. On The Orb, Gorod ask themselves the scientific question of “What if the riffs were even MOAR circular?”, maybe even spherical? Get a load of this jawbreaker!
Read moreUlthar – Helionomicon Review
Ulthar impressed me mightily with the release of Providence in 2020, an album that felt unhinged and slightly chaotic but that still kept the momentum up with plenty of ideas. Fast forward to the current year and Ulthar announces that they are releasing not one, but two follow-ups to their sophomore album. Was this bold decision worth the wait?
Read moreUlthar – Anthronomicon
Ulthar embrace chaos in their songwriting, which can manifest as a sound that’s creatively unhinged or a sound that’s flailing without direction – sometimes all at once. Anthronomicon follows the same path as its sister album Helionomicon, only in shorter segments.
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