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…
Slog – Graves
Dark, brutish, and mystic is the mood that saturates the sound of Slog. Their intentions are cryptic, but their individual reputations give some insight into the mystery. Slog is the latest in a cavalcade of musical projects from a pair of relentless heavy metal fiends: Jared Moran and Nicholas Turner. Each of them has lent mind, body, and soul to the extreme underground across numerous bands and subgenres of metal. Moran is the terrifying force behind Yzordderrex, Filtheater, 54R, and…
Soreeyes – Sleep Waves
When reflecting on past sorrows, solitude can have an amplifying effect – allowing memories that would normally fade away quietly to instead roar across an empty void and echo indefinitely in the mind. These echoes are the energy that fuels Sleep Waves the debut album from Soreeyes. Based out of Toledo, Ohio Soreeyes is a new one-person blackgaze/post-metal project that melts black metal, shoegaze, and post-hardcore influences into an emotional maelstrom. Sleep Waves comes following the release of the non-album…
Fake Muslims – Delusions of Grandeur
Somewhere in the Cleveland underground there exists a pile of rubble and broken glass from which Fake Muslims has slithered out. This trio of sinister savages has spent the last few years reveling in sonic disorder, carefully planning disturbances of sound waves and established musical practices. Armed only with blistering, chaotic drum beats, furiously fast bass lines, and unhinged screams of agony Fake Muslims has forged a type of sludged up grindcore mayhem that will drive listeners to embrace the…
Bone Folder – Death//Destiny
Fireballs, machetes, bloody moshpits, and amplifiers with guitars rammed straight through them – all small parts of the growing legend of Bone Folder – Toledo’s self-proclaimed apocalyptic death punks. For years they’ve been wreaking havoc across Ohio and the surrounding areas on a rampage, mixing hardcore punk and heavy metal to create an explosively violent sound that drives fans into a wanton frenzy! Stampeding rhythms and diabolical guitar tones set the backdrop for screeching solos and savage roars – every…
Canens Carcer – Canens Carcer
Born of the same unhinged brilliance behind the bands SHC and Misleading comes Canens Carcer – a wild mashup of psychedelic doom and punk rock that will leave you delightfully dazed and confused! As a follow-up to their 2018 demo, the band has released their self-titled full-length album showcasing terrifying sounds much in the same vein. Featuring wailing organs fit for a horror movie soundtrack, dingy riffs that sound like they escaped from a dungeon, and rambunctious rhythms spinning out…
Poisoned Speed – Quick and Dirty
In the year 2020, in dying heat at the end of the summer, two German men – Tobster and Fredneck – decided to put the pedal to the metal and make a wild and dangerous expression of their love of heavy music. Combining their passion for Motörhead, Midnight, and fried chicken they formed Poisoned Speed and dubbed their style “low life high speed rock n roll”. In the months that followed they recorded three demos that showcased their sleazy prowess…