EP Review: Occult Blood – The Room in the Ground

Occult Blood - The Room in the GroundAugust 18th, 2023Blackened Punk / Black MetalIndependently ReleasedEugene, Oregon, USA I first happened upon Occult Blood when I was listening to some other band that falls within the purview of blackened punk and blackened heavy metal. It may have been Darkthrone. It may have been Devil Master. I …

EP Review: Divine Bloodline – Kings of the Night

Divine Bloodline - Kings of the NightMarch 20th, 2024Folk Metal / Melodic Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Montreal seems to be a never-ending font of awesome bands that just keep getting churned up out of the underground to deliver badass riffery unto the masses. Divine Bloodline is the latest offering that I've been privy to …

Album Review: Omnivide – A Tale of Fire

"Tearing my own flesh down to the bone, such pain to erase all I’ve ever known." Omnivide - A Tale of FireMarch 22nd, 2024Progressive / Technical / Symphonic Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada Moncton is perhaps an unlikely place to expect to hear the brand of music represented in the mainstream by such bands …

EP Review: Paratomb – Nocturnal Spirit Rituals

Paratomb - Nocturnal Spirit RitualsMarch 1st, 2024Blackened Death MetalIndependently ReleasedCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada When I covered the first Paratomb EP earlier this year, Ways of the Forlorn, I found it to be a release full of great riffage and ideas but also perhaps underwhelming in a few ways, mixing a few more elements of …

Album Review: meth. – Shame

“I am the weight of my hands, I am the knots in your voice, I am shame.” meth. - ShameFebruary 2nd, 2024Sludge Metal / Experimental / Noisecore / Post-MetalProsthetic RecordsChicago, Illinois, USA meth. is a hard band to pin in terms of genre. Pulling inspiration from mathcore and noise, post-metal, sludge, grind, scramz and hardcore, …

Album Review: Spectral Voice – Sparagmos

"Swallowed into sleep of unknown deaths." Spectral Voice - SparagmosFebruary 9th, 2024Death / Doom MetalDark Descent RecordsDenver, Colorado, USA Spectral Voice are a name I've been aware of in the metal sphere for quite some time. Those from all across metal fandom's various corners have spoken highly of them to me, both the hipsters who …

Demo Review: Lobotomite – Anatomy is Violence!

Lobotomite - Anatomy is Violence!January 26th, 2024Powerviolence / GrindcoreIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Lobotomite is a brand new project from bassist, vocalist, and audio engineer Julien Levesque and Øbelisk drummer Ousamah Yassin. Consisting of only bass, vocals, and drums, along with noise ambiance interspersed throughout, one might initially expect this initial offering from the project to …

Album Review: Cave Sermon – Divine Laughter

"My grotesque identity heals, some parts are cauterized, other parts are sewn together for the first time." Cave Sermon - Divine LaughterJanuary 18th, 2024Post Metal / Progressive / Dissonant Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMelbourne, Australia Cave Sermon is the one person extreme metal project of one Charlie Park from Melbourne, Australia, and its a project I only …

An Interview with Braindown

Photo credit: Alexandre Bibeau Braindown is an old school death metal band originally based in Delson, Quebec, Canada, that is now based in Montreal. They have been active since 2016 and have released one full length album, 'A World to Forget'. First off, can you let our readers know who we’re talking to? We are …

Album Review: Ihsahn – Ihsahn

"And I could have stayed there, within the confines of order." Ihsahn - IhsahnFebruary 16th, 2024Progressive / Symphonic Black MetalCandlelight RecordsNotodden, Norway Despite being a huge fan of Ihsahn I have actually yet to talk about the Norwegian black metal alumnus' solo career in depth on this here blog as of yet. That is, until …