Trépas comes from Quebec Canada and gives us their first release with, “l’Héritage Du Monde”. Trepas combines old school raw black metal elements with atmospheric sections. The first track 'Rivages Sombres' has killer fast drumming and lead guitar. The record starts out quite driving with the relentless drumming and aggressive vocals. The riffs...

04/02/2020

Imagine you and your partner in crime are cruising down the strip towards Vegas in a vintage convertible with the top down and the wind blowing in your face. It’s an hour away from the casino and you both drop a couple blotters from your old Dead Head buddies and start to blast off. Upon entering the casino, which at this point looks more like some...

25/02/2016

Hailing from the miserable Nations Capital of Washing DC we have a power black / death metal trio, Sickdeer. Here they bring forth their debut self titled Demo. The drummer is originally from Wisteria who also had the current bassist Alex Weber of Exist / Jeff Loomis Band (Live). So this is the drummers new project and it’s a lot more grim and stri...

15/02/2016

The magnificent Lycus from Oakland, California brings forth their second full length release entitled, “Chasms”. Ever since they released their second Demo, “MMXI” with the upper half of a decaying horse corpse on the cover, they’ve caught our attention. In a time where everyone had similar aesthetics with certain symbols or the continuous use of t...

10/02/2016

Kampfar is by far one of the best black metal bands to ever come out. Their entire discography is amazing. It would be awesome to see them do a split with Deathspell Omega or Austere. Kampfar hails from the motherland of black metal… Norway. They’ve just recently released their seventh full length release which they won a Spellman for their album P...

06/02/2016

Undergang brings us their third full length, "Doden Laeger Alle Sar". I never thought Denmark could produce such bone crunching music. The bar has just been raised in death metal. The cover is a great representation of the vibe of the record. This record captures the sonic quality of being completely and utterly decimated by the struggles of societ...

11/10/2015

Void Paradigm hails all the way from France and here they give us their second full length, “Earth’s Disease”. They have lyrical themes based on the Universe, the Void, Emptiness, and Philosophy. The band dubs their style as, “hypnotic dodecatonic black metal”. Dodecaphony, also known as twelve-tone technique, is a method of musical composition dev...

02/07/2015

Hateful, demonic, primitive and all of the above is what sums up Aasgard’s sound. Here we are given their third full-length offering all the way from Greece, entitled “Obscurantist Purification”. Aasgard is comprised of two souls by the names of Marrok and Aethyr. Marrok takes on the drums while Aethyr takes care of the guitars and vocals. Their ly...

11/06/2015

Another…. Dimension…. Of…. Pain. This is what we’re given here all the way from Poland by none other than Oktor. This is their first full length and also their first release in ten years. Oktor started out in 2003 and put their first release out which was an EP. Now this full length has been released on Solitude Productions. This label is full of g...

07/05/2015

We all know by the time were adults that we should never judge a book by its cover. Although at times it seems harder than others not to. Sometimes things seem a bit to simplistic or juvenile. Maybe based off prior clichés or just simply deviating from the norm. Doomed gives us what seemed to be at first a more childish display of what the genre of...

14/03/2015

Onheil brings hails from the Netherlands and is primarily comprised of ex-Martyr members. Well without even listening you know they are talented musicians. Martyr is no walk in the park. With "Storm Is Coming", Onheil brings us the perfect combination of power metal and black metal. The album starts off with a whirlwind of blast beats and tremol...

14/03/2015

Human Bodies hails out of Boston, Massachusetts and brings us their first full length, entitled, “No Life.“ This release is limited to only two hundred cassettes on Caligari Records. This is twelve minutes of the most short and sweet this side of the East Coast you’ll ever get. Ruthless… just straight up ruthless. The whole record that is…. From...

14/03/2015