The severely titled Total Destruction of the Entire Universe approaches the genre with a metal mindset somewhat divorced from the industrial metal scene, meaning Death Killer do not sound like an industrial band wanting to do monotone metal, rather a metal band wanting to do weird industrial. Missing out on this album would be a grave mistake.
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This Week In Metal, 2023 Week 47
Another week, another round of metal reviews in the bag. Words are tough, so we assembled the highlights. And if you want to read the latest reviews for the new offerings from Embrace Your Punishment, Laurel Halo, Demoncy, Walking Corpse, and Dead Times, you can do that too!
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Dead Times – Dead Times Review
This self titled release is decidedly mood based, as it makes use of droning beats and looping synths that sound like calm organ-led melodies to evoke a facsimile of Devotional music. Industrialized devotion.
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Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter – SAVED! Review
Hayter’s name change to Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter is about switching focus toward healing rather than pain, and supplies ample reason for that change even if the music is a stone’s throw away from the Lingua Ingota project. The Christian Hater returns!
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Ixias – Compulsive Trance Review
Compulsive Trance, after all, is a god damn mess. But in this frenzy of mouth noises that might have lyrical poignance, Ixias manages to find a careful, if not readily obvious, flow between tension and release. Our Being of Extreme Punctiation tells us about his love for trance. Wait what?
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Locrian – New Catastrophism Review
On first glance New Catastophism could look like a very one note dredging drone release, but if you descend below the surface you’ll find a beautifully textured album with a lot to discover.
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Crypts of the Unknown: Bound and Gagged – Fornicate the Gutted
