Slog – Divination
Death-doom is a genre known for its sense of fierce despair and brute misery, however, Slog seeks to add a strange and powerful mysticism to that sound. Consider Slog to be death-doom shamans – taking raw, dark, extreme metal and weaving in esoteric melodies that defy mortal comprehension. This arcane savagery is the combined effort of Jared Moran (drums and vocals) and Nicholas Turner (guitars and bass), both of whom have a daunting list of credits in other musical projects.…
Nighnacht – Asking To Be Killed
Nighnacht represents nothing but unhinged and horrific heavy metal insanity! Featuring Nunslaughter frontman Don Of The Dead at the helm, Nighnacht tears through speakers and eardrums alike with their deranged style of extreme metal. In 2019 the band released their debut EP Christophilia and quickly followed it up the next year with their second EP Murder Myself. Now the four-piece has returned to deliver even more maniacal musical mutilation with their third EP Asking To Be Killed. With seven tracks…
Demona – Dirty Speed Metal
15 years have passed since Demona first started ripping holes through the airwaves and tearing through speakers like a knife. It was 2007 when a 17-year-old Tanza Speed started laying the foundations for the manic metal madness of her solo project. Although Demona began in Tanza’s home of Chile the pursuit of heavy metal mania would eventually drive her to relocate to Canada and then once again to the United States. However, regardless of the location, Tanza always kept it…
Pythian – Understanding In Light
Prior to the Second Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the northwestern portion of the state of Ohio was occupied by the Great Black Swamp – a nearly impenetrable mire of filth and disease. Over the course of 150 years the land was rehabilitated, rose to prominence as a manufacturing mainstay, and then plunged into a typical Rust Belt depression. Today, this region, which includes the Toledo metropolitan area, is haunted by ghosts of both eras – empty fields of…
Lord Of Confusion – Evil Mystery
Lord of Confusion hails from Portugal and has been creating psychedelic stoner-doom nightmares since 2018. After their terrifying debut EP Burnin’ Valley and the epic 19 minute single Witchmantia the band has doubled down on the amount of horror they can bring with their first full-length album Evil Mystery! Featuring off-kilter keyboards, mournful moans, and a sea of filthy riffs this album takes everything great about the first two Lord Of Confusion releases and amplifies it! It is a heavy…
Bugfight – Demo 2022
Throughout various parts of Asia, there exist communities centered around insect fighting. Two bugs of various species are pitted against each other in combat – often to the death – while spectators cheer and gamble on the results. This is the strange, frantic energy that feeds the Canadian band Bugfight – a powerviolence / hardcore trio with a frenzied sound. After recording their last raw and noisy demo in 2019, the band was lying in wait for the perfect moment…
Warcoe – The Giant’s Dream
Warcoe is a band that hails from Italy and is well-versed in the most ancient ways of doom metal. That is to say: much like Black Sabbath, although they dwell in the darkness, they aren’t afraid to kick into a hard rocking groove when the situation calls for it! Influenced by a variety of heavy metal progenitors, the three-piece got together in 2021and dubbed their sound “groovy doom from the abyss” for reasons that become apparent upon hearing it. After…
Geisterfaust – Servile Mirrors of Animosity
In a dimly lit cellar somewhere in southwest Germany a storm of agony was brewing. A trio calling themselves Geisterfaust had tapped into a primal sense of anguish and manifested it into sound. Combining equal parts black metal and sludge the band had cultivated something brooding, violent, and deeply immersive. On November 5, 2021 these experiments in auditory tribulation were recorded live and raw, the way they were meant to be experienced. The result was Servile Mirrors of Animosity –…
Crimson Tower – Aeternal Abyss
The dungeon seems a bit darker under the shadow of Crimson Tower — a doom metal trio hailing from São Paulo, Brazil. Getting their start in 2018 using the name Eternal Abyss the band quickly found their sordid style, but after a handful of demos they took up the new mantle of Crimson Tower. Drawing inspiration from both old-school doom and classic heavy metal the three-piece has created a dusky treasure in their first full-length release Aeternal Abyss. This is…
Bifid Corpse / Surfer James / Pythian – Bifid Corpse / Surfer James / Pythian
The atmosphere of the Midwestern United States gives rise to a variety of horrifying amalgamations of extreme music. On occasion, artists will even band together to mash their particular style of sonic disorder against another’s resulting in an absolute mess of noise and heavy sound. This is one such occurrence, as three bands – Bifid Corpse, Surfer James, and Pythian – have come together with their distinct methods of mayhem to create an album that screams with chaos. Bifid Corpse…