Music Reviews
Anarcheon – Scary Tale
Vancouver’s vampiric valets to the heavy and musically macabre, Anarcheon have released their new story-telling EP Scary Tale A three-song effort narrating the blood lust fueled tale of a familiar waiting for her dark lover to turn her with horrific, violent results. The creepy, groovy brood, take their lyrics describing the change from luring lady to savage beast. Seduced by the idea/fantasy of s...[Read More]
Derision Cult – Charlatans Inc.
Charlatans Inc. is the 15th release from Derision Cult. Chicago’s answer to what scientifically could musically happen if Ministry, The Butthole Surfers, Rob Zombie and Skinny Puppy were melted together and diabolically merged in Frankenstein’s lab. The newest Molotov concoction is masterminded by Chicago’s Dave McAnally. The material was conceived in 2020, a year that will remain infamous in worl...[Read More]
Bonded – Into Blackness
Germany’s known for cranking out mass amounts of loud, thrashing metal bands each with head cranking, vertebrae challenging offerings. Recently Dortmund cranked out the sophomore ritual by thrashers Bonded. The Eurosphere along with the rest of the world is prepping to enter Into Blackness with 11 gnarly numbers and extra bonus tracks November 12. If you’re not familiar with the name, metalheads ...[Read More]
Noa Gruman – From Scars to Dust to Hellscore
When one thinks of Israel, rich religious history and sacred locations come to mind while visitors come for the culture and educational reasons. Musically speaking, the last thing you might expect to hear from The Holy Land is metal. Though, according to singer and composer Noa Gruman Israel has a modest but very dedicated and united metal scene. Though, most metalhead’s might know the country as ...[Read More]
Nader Sadek – The Serapeum EP
Nader Sadek is known for cranking out seriously, loud brutal music, fueled by the ancient history and mystery’s yet to be discovered under his home soil. Carrying the lyrical weight of the gods can only result in one kind of sound. His newest offering The Serapeum is the blistering product of collaborations with members of Nile, Serpents Rise, Perversion, and a guest list of extreme elite. The new...[Read More]
Kissing Candice Release Tapeworm Single
While certain parts of Long Island are known for haunted houses the members of Kissing Candice have been leaving their horror inspired, blood splattered touch on heavy metal for eight years and counting. They’ve incorporated horror elements giving their on camera masks stries and histories, fictional and otherwise enhancing the music and visuals. With new video “Tapeworm” the five me...[Read More]
Lykantropi – Tales To Be Told
Swedish psychedelic folk rockers Lykantropi have released their new experience Tales To Be Told, their first record of all new material, written together based on classic forest folklore and traditional stories. It’s a Swedish, trippy time warp back to the late shadows of the ‘60s and early ‘70s, when the last bits of the hippy trip could still be tongue tied into induced, enhanced inspirations. T...[Read More]
Gaia Guarda – Anatomy of Fear
From the great white north, Montreal pianist, harpist, and singer Gaia Guarda releases her Anatomy of Fear. Paving and playing new steps in the neoclassical dark wave sound. Tip toeing and spicing together her favorite parts creating a distinguished sound off classical, haunting sophistication with shoes in the pop world and part hove in dark industrial. The classically-trained artist has spent ne...[Read More]
Onslaught – Generation Antichrist
U.K. thrash veterans Onslaught have returned with another ear-ripping endeavor christening the youth of the nation as Generation Antichrist. Though, in today’s hot-bed climate of unrest, anger and protests, the children of the beast may have a new broader definition. The records a harsh, menacing, mud stomp to the face and ears. Like the guitar and drum version of Fight Club except everyone knows...[Read More]
Places Around The Sun
Portuguese heavy rock four-piece Places Around The Sun release album three this summer. The self-titled effort spreads their eclectic sound further across the globe into new and familiar ears with a mixed caldron of Urge Overkill and Opeth featuring ‘70s psychedelic sludge with a bit of ‘60s hippie trippin’. They released debut Still Here in 2016, producing sophomore serving Pluto in 2018 from th...[Read More]
Close The Hatch – Modern Witchcraft
Dayton Ohio’s Close The Hatch has spent the last decade making unclassifiable noise reminiscent of the best and worst parts of a prolonged acid trip. They’ve conjoined the dark morphing soul of Pink Floyd with the darker composing creativity and personalities of the four inhabitants. Creating a mesmerizing opus of atmosphere, doom, experimental noise and ideas conjured by perverse influences. Sin...[Read More]
Raider – Guardian of the Fire
Canada has unleashed the newest thrash onslaught in Waterloo Ontario’s five-piece Raider. Their new full-length “Guardian of The Fire” is eight tracks of raw, old-school thrash modernized for today’s hungry headbanging youth holding the ingredients of their ‘80s and ‘90s forefathers. Perpetual speed, noise and a nuclear assault on the ears and senses was the goal attained. With first single “Boun...[Read More]