"Black Hole" is the first full-length outing from Young Adults (compliments of AMDISCS), and this LP went on one of my "best of 2010" lists before I even got around to covering it here. I absolutely loved their demo when I wrote about it early last year, and "Black Hole" contains re-recorded versions of all [...]
I've been running pretty far behind for a couple of months now, so I'm still sitting on a few intriguing releases from the excellent Paradigms Recordings label. This self-titled outing from peculiar French act Murmuüre (which is unfortunately said to be both the first and last release from the project) was originally issued on cassette, [...]
I really haven't been keeping up with much black metal lately 'cause there's just so much out there and I haven't stumbled upon anything that hits the mark for me in awhile, but "The Opening of the Primordial Whirl", from Italian act Near (and released by De Tenebrarum Principio), caught my attention right off the [...]
Originally released on LP in 2009 by Six Weeks Records, "Lines in the Sand" is the debut full-length from Washington, DC straightedge band Coke Bust. This new CD pressing includes the LP's 17 tracks as well as the "Fuck Bar Culture" 7" and their 2006 demo as a bonus (with a handful of songs from [...]
Decibel Magazine (pretty much the only metal magazine that matters, at this point) was kind enough to ask me for some "best of the year" picks for their blog, so of course I agreed. Here are my six picks, and they had some very kind words about my efforts as well (which I truly appreciate). [...]
Again released by a label I've never heard of and can't find any information about (Long Way Records), "From Beneath You it Devours" is the debut full-length outing from Seattle duo Same-Sex Dictator. Apparently having only heard one of the band's songs before on the split 7" with Requin was but a partial representation of [...]
This self-titled affair is the first recorded output from UK hardcore act Cease to Exist (released on cassette by Disposable Culture Records), and its four tracks in less than eight minutes are delivered through one of the most intentionally raw, grimy recordings I've heard in quite some time. Expect short, furious bursts of unexpectedly blackened [...]
"Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes" is the first recorded output from UK hardcore act Cease to Exist (released on cassette by Disposable Culture Records), and its four tracks in less than eight minutes are delivered through one of the most intentionally raw, grimy recordings I've heard in quite some time. Expect short, furious bursts of unexpectedly [...]
Decibel Magazine (pretty much the only metal magazine that matters, at this point) was kind enough to ask me for some "best of the year" picks for their blog, so of course I agreed. Here are my six picks, and they had some very kind words about my efforts as well (which I truly appreciate). [...]
The latest from Arlington, VA's experimental "black metal 'cause there's nowhere else to put it" troupe Wrnlrd (once more via Flingco Sound System), the "Death Drive" EP was largely formed using outtakes from last year's "Myrmidon" album. That being said, like all other Wrnlrd outings to date, there's evident shape-shifting growth and progression here, and [...]
"Terror Plots" is the self-released debut full-length from This Time it's War, from right here in Richmond, VA. I'm scarcely into this form of contemporary "metalcore" that does the whole screaming/growling/singing thing, but I wrote about This Time it's War's rather impressive demo back in 2007 and this material displays quite a bit of growth [...]
Another keeper from Flingco Sound System's ever-expanding musical palette, I believe "The King" is the first proper physical release from San Francisco trio Dead Meat, and it comes with the nine-song, download-only EP "Early Recordings" (which is also available separately) - containing all of the band's recordings to date. The label states that Dead Meat [...]
"The Darkest of Grays" (released by Per Koro Records) sees Germany's Planks taking their hard-hitting brand of surging, sludgy metallic hardcore in a few slightly new directions. Each side of the LP acts as one portion of the concept as a whole ("Passages" and "Fatalities"), both introduced by light washes of ambient drones and samples. [...]
Basically my favorite visual artist ever, I've been a friend and fan of Stephen Kasner's for more than a decade now, so there's so much more I could say here, but I want to keep it short and straight to the point. As mentioned on Invisible Oranges earlier today, artist Stephen Kasner is in the [...]
Los Angeles' Low Places wrote me awhile back and asked if I'd be interested in writing about their "Violent Hunger" cassette. However, when I finally got around to doing so, I realized they'd already released a brand new self-titled EP that includes re-recorded versions of all the songs from that tape (plus three new tracks), [...]
Another intriguing release from Polish label We are All Pacinos, this three-way split CD sees Polish acts Echoes of Yul, Guantanamo Party Program, and Sun for Miles teaming up for an hour's worth of damn fine material. Echoes of Yul gets things started with four new tracks of their top-notch doom/drone/sludge, and this material is [...]
Released by French label Trendkill Recordings, "The Drought (Ov Salt and Sorrow)" is the debut full-length from Connecticut's Pristina. And don't be misled by the fact that there are only five tracks herein, because the total running time clocks in at just over 45 minutes of dark, schizophrenic insanity. The vocals alone range from scathing [...]
More UK hardcore in the form of the "Baphomet" split 7" between Alaska and End Reign comes co-released by UK labels Fist in the Air Records and Worthless Nights Records. Alaska kicks things off with an absolutely excellent sample over feedback and subtly sludgy riffing before breaking into some straightforward, no bullshit metallic hardcore driven [...]
More UK hardcore in the form of the "Baphomet" split 7" between Alaska and End Reign comes co-released by UK labels Fist in the Air Records and Worthless Nights Records. Alaska kicks things off with an absolutely excellent sample over feedback and subtly sludgy riffing before breaking into some straightforward, no bullshit metallic hardcore driven [...]
Released earlier this year through Aesthetic Death, "Entering Darkness" is the absolutely superb debut full-length from French act Eibon, and pretty much everything that I said about the band's self-titled EP still stands. Expect six tracks that add up to an hour's worth of crushing, pulsing doom - loaded with everything from your standard doses [...]
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