Tag: BLACK METAL
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Asteriæ – Miejsce, które nazywam sobą CD EP (D.I.Y. Kolo Records)
Let’s be honest, Poland has always been a special place for heavy music. It’s a country that has always produced some of the finest European bands, but while the world usually looks to the Polish scene for pure death metal and black metal, there is a bleeding-heart underground that is currently redefining what heavy actually…
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Discure – Soundtrack For People Who Hate Music LP (Grazil Records)
Let’s be honest, when an album is titled Soundtrack For People Who Hate Music LP, you know exactly what you’re getting into. You’re not getting easy listening. You’re not getting background noise for a chill Sunday brunch. You’re getting a declaration of war against convention, a 1000-watt sonic assault designed to rearrange your way of…
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Dispyt Unleashed Third Single “Men sist och slutligen handlar ju ändå allting om döden” With Music Video
As the world teeters on the brink of collapse, Finnish crust punk & black metal extremists Dispyt return to remind us of the only certainty: death. The third single, “Men sist och slutligen handlar ju ändå allting om döden” (“But in the end, everything is about death anyway”) drops today on all digital platforms, dragging…
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Cradle Of Filth Release New Single “To Live Deliciously”
GRAMMY Award-nominated extreme metal institution CRADLE OF FILTH is thrilled to unveil their upcoming 14th studio album, The Screaming Of The Valkyries, out March 21, 2025 via Napalm Records. Available for pre-order now, the album excels as a succinct summation of the ghosts of Cradle’s past, while taking bold new steps into the future. CRADLE OF FILTH reigns…
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Obsidian Mantra – As We All Will CD (Keep It A Secret Records)
Obsidian Mantra’s As We All Will is an absolute banger, an uncompromising masterpiece in the death metal landscape that carves out its own space with a crushing blend of technical mastery, relentless intensity, and brooding atmosphere. This album captures what makes death metal timeless while defying its conventions, refusing to indulge in easy hooks or…
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Thosar – Built On Bodies 12″ EP (Grazil Records)
Austrian duo Thosar has released their latest recording, “Built on Bodies,” a five-track EP that showcases a tasteful blend of underground music genres. Released by Grazil Records this year, “Built on Bodies” marks a significant entry into the modern sludge scene, with influences spanning from stoner and doom to black metal and grindcore. This combination…
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Tired. – The Cost Of Holding On 12″ EP (Grazil Records)
Earlier this year, the prolific Australian label Grazil Records released “The Cost Of Holding On,” a debut 12″ EP by Tired. Originating from Graz, this quintet embraces all the vital qualities of several underground music genres to depict rich and luxurious sonic imagery. Perhaps hardcore punk comes to mind first, but you’ll notice some other…
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Thosar – Elementa LP (Grazil Records)
It has been a while since the Austrian duo Thosar released “Elementa,” their second full-length carrying five hard-hitting tracks, and now this record arrived at our headquarters for review. Released by Grazil Records in 2022, “Elementa” explores the expansive universe built upon a comprehensive collection of underground music genres. Perhaps sludge comes to mind first,…
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Maridia – Mouth Of Ruin LP (Geenger Records)
Maridia’s debut full-length album, “Mouth Of Ruin,” emerges as a powerful display of diverse influences and a raw, unyielding commitment to their craft. Released this year through a collaborative effort from various record labels, including the esteemed Geenger Records, this album stands as a beacon of creativity and innovation in the dark hardcore realm. From…
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Deafheaven Released “Sunbather” 10th Anniversary Remix/Remaster
One of the most important and original rock bands of the past fifteen years, Deafheaven have released the long-awaited reissue of their monumental sophomore album Sunbather. Sunbather was not only a massive success upon its release in 2013, it also created a radical shift in heavy music culture, an acceptance of the genre by previous outsiders, and a trailblazing…
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Desolat – Elegance Is An Attitude…To Shit On LP (Bloodshed666 Records / Santa Diabla)
After two outstanding extended play releases, such as Shareholder Of Shit and Songs of Love In The Age Of Anarchy, Austrian sludge/hardcore/crust group Desolat returns with a proper demonstration of power. Elegance Is An Attitude…To Shit On is their debut full-length album due for release on December 9th via Bloodshed666 Records and Santa Diabla Records.…
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Drowse Streams “Three Faces (Cyanoacrylate)”
On Wane into It (out this Friday on The Flenser), Kyle Bates’s songwriting and production have never been more lucid; sounds flicker as he sings with fragile intensity. The record impressionistically distills loss, distance, mystery, prescription drugs, the preservation of memory via recording, and ambient anxiety through its titular act: to Wane into It, to disappear awaiting the next moon phase,…
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