Interference arrives after a mildly interesting covers album and six years of Anubis Gate-less space, leaving Metalligator apprehensive. Yet the new songs sees them trying some new things and puts a finger on how unique they are in the overly polished progressive metal scene. Polished, but perfect?
Read moreTorture Rack – Primeval Onslaught
Torture Rack are in the lineage of bands like Undergang for sure. Their music has a slight hardcore bent and ultimately just revolves around beating people up aurally. Itching for a good beating?
Read moreGaroted – Bewitchment of the Dark Ages Review
Garoted was a completely unknown band to me prior to listening to their newest album, and I’m glad I picked this up. Featured prominently on […]
Read moreVide – The Parish Review
An anonymous one person black metal band (haven’t seen one of these before) from Louisiana, Vide self-describes their style as “Raw Post Black Metal”. Normally […]
Read moreSpectral Voice / Undergang – Spectral Voice / Undergang Split Review
Caveman Death Metal feels dime-a-dozen nowadays, with many up and coming bands deciding to pursue this filth-encrusted style. But none of them do it quite as well as the filthy Danish kings themselves, Undergang. Here they’ve teamed up with American Death Doom cave-dwellers Spectral Voice in a surprise shadow-dropped split release—crouching caveman, hidden riff.
Read moreDehumanizing Itatrain Worship – Otakuslam♡Animecide Review
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 moreThy Catafalque – Alföld Review
Meant to be played from top to bottom, Alföld is like a charred sandwich with savory middle, sticking its most intense moments at the bookends while leaving space for the Progressive and Folk aspects of Thy Catafalque’s sound to shine in the middle. Jó étvágyat!
Read moreBurial Hordes – Ruins Review
A pummeled Cosmo lives to tell the tale of these blackened deadly greeks.
Read moreAodon – Portraits Review
Portrait of a disintrested Gator.
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