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Ixias – Compulsive Trance Review

July 1, 2023January 14, 2024 Reviewed by Trans-dimensional Being of Extreme Punctuation No comments

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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Oromet – Oromet Review

June 28, 2023October 23, 2023 Reviewed by Metalligator No comments

Running along to canon-ball the already big pile of Doom albums is Oromet, with their grand debut that seemingly came out of nowhere. Starting things off with a 22 minute song that sounds like an expanded version of Pallbearer’s style on their debut album Sorrow and Extinction, this band show that they are equally adapt at making such long songs. Slow motion cannon-balled.

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Sarmat – Determined to Strike Review

June 16, 2023December 26, 2023 Reviewed by Scuttlegoat No comments

After Sarmat’s debut EP surprisingly contained a Pokémon theme cover (and low-key blew my mind in the process), I had high hopes that the full-length would repeat this in a similarly sneaky way. Would other video game themes be covered, possibly similarly obscure ones? Gotta strike ’em all?

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Nithing – Agonal Hymns Review

June 13, 2023December 23, 2023 Reviewed by Scuttlegoat No comments

Nithing are a side and solo project by Vitriol’s drummer, Matt Kilner. Nithing could fall into a similar category as that band. That’s it. There’s Nithing more to say.

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Garoted – Bewitchment of the Dark Ages Review

June 11, 2023April 21, 2024 Reviewed by Cosmo No comments

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 […]

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Vide – The Parish Review

June 11, 2023April 21, 2024 Reviewed by Cosmo No comments

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 […]

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Spectral Voice / Undergang – Spectral Voice / Undergang Split Review

June 10, 2023December 30, 2023 Reviewed by Cosmo No comments

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.