Filth. Filth is to the modern Death Metal fan what atmosphere is to the Black Metal Fan. Often, the sales pitch I get from non-reviewers is that an album is “seriously filthy”. As a descriptor, this helps very little in describing an albums sound, but it is even less conductive in referring to the writing of an album, which I ultimately put more emphasis on as a reviewer than sound. Don’t take a shower yet, you still have to read the review!!
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This Week In Metal, 2023 Week 48
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 Undulation, Sublation, and Varathron, you can do that too!
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Varathron – The Crimson Temple Review
The factor that sets Varathron apart from other bands playing a similar style is the catchy, fun sound they give the listener. It’s hard not to pump your fist at “Immortalis Regnum Diaboli”. The Crimson Temple has opened its doors for the faithful. It’s up to you if you choose to worship at this altar or not. The Varathron Witnesses are knocking at your door.
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Sublation – On the Advancement of Decay Review
The guitar solos in “Born Out of a Whim” and “Like a Fire That Consumes All Before It” are very fun and inject an extra bit of “oomph” into the songs that would be devoid of substance without them. On the advancement of OOMPH!
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Undulation – An Unhealthy Interest in Suffering Review
Undulation got cred from the hipster-ish side of the metal internet, and they frankly do check out all the boxes. For a Death Metal Band, they are more emotionally driven and the female vocalist does a lot to sell it. Scuttlegoat has an unhealthy interest in Death Metal.
Read moreThis 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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Walking Corpse – Our Hands, Your Throat Review
When people say Deathgrind, they can mean many different things. It is a hybrid genre, after all, and it can run the gamut from what is basically punk with growls to relentless, chaotic blasting. Walking Corpse however fit into a third category. Relentlessly supplying riff after riff after riff, they take no prisoners. Their Arms, Our Hearse.
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Demoncy – Black Star Gnosis Review
A new challenger for “most boring black metal act in 2023” has entered the arena, however, and its name is Demoncy. An old school Black Metal band from the USA, Demoncy had a brief period of activity in the 1990s before vanishing for the better part of a decade until the early 2010s. Black Star Gnosis is their first outing on the modern juggernaut label of the underground, Dark Descent Records. Why won’t they reply to our asks for a victory speech?
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Crypts of the Unknown: Incubator – McGillroy the Housefly
