Category: Music
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Norwegian black metal outfit Mannkvern are preparing to release their debut full-length, The Harlot’s Wake. Masterminded by Orkana V (Man Gremmes Kan, Nattsol, ex-Ragnarok live), the project took six years to materialise following his move from Norway to Poland, turning what started as a solo studio effort into a proper studio-bound group. Spanning seven tracks…
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Kotka-based progressive death metal outfit Of Spite have returned with a new three-track short-length titled Raisu, offering an unfiltered slice of what the five-piece self-describe as “stumble-gore.” Free from studio trickery, modern pitch-correction, or sleek over-production, the release focuses on raw execution, blending stuttering progressive rock, old-school death metal, and unvarnished rock-and-roll ferocity. The short-length…
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San Diego five-piece Cascade Effect have released a video for their new single, Rogue Wave, marking the first preview of their upcoming full-length, The Weight of Nothingness. Fresh off a spot at Wacken Open Air via the festival’s Metal Battle USA contest, the band’s latest offering attempts to bridge modern deathcore, groove metal, and big…
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Milan-based solo project Inqvisitor, the brainchild of Cliff Scott, best known for his work in Meursault Omega and Sorrowtale, has surfaced with a new single, The Azoth Ritual, ahead of an upcoming seven-track album titled Sublunar Attunement. Operating out of Vespertine Studios where Scott produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered the entire effort himself, Inqvisitor trades…
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Belgian death metallers Carnation are back, trading standard-issue gore tropes for a bit of existential dread with their new single, Boundless Pathways. Serving as the gateway track to their upcoming full-length Symphony in Flesh, the new song acts as a sonic blueprint for the record while dragging lyrical themes into heavier philosophical territory. Instead of…
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Swiss death metallers Nihilo have spent over two decades quietly putting in the hard yards. Spearheaded by vocalist Ragulan Vivekananthan, the band have churned out a steady stream of EPs, four full-length records, and last year’s live outing Chaos Unleashed without ever chasing fleeting trends or pretending to reinvent the wheel. Now, they’ve joined forces…
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If you’ve been paying attention to the German underground over the last decade and a half, you’ll know Hamburg trio Shakhtyor don’t do things in a hurry. Formed back in 2009, they’ve spent the best part of sixteen years systematically ignoring the unwritten rules of instrumental doom, throwing black metal outbursts, spacey synth textures, and…
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If you thought UK sludge-doom outfit Sea Bastard were dead and buried, you’d almost have been right. Formed back in 2011, the band dropped their self-titled debut in 2012, followed hot on its heels by 2013’s Scabrous, earned their stripes touring alongside the likes of Primitive Man and Witchsorrow, and then vanished into the void…
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Cuban-formed, Swiss-based death-doom outfit Sectarium have released their second studio album, Mud Teeth. Originating in Cuba’s underground extreme metal scene in the early 1990s before relocating to Switzerland, the band is led by founding member Oliva alongside vocalist and guitarist Doomslayer. Across nine tracks, the record delivers an organic brand of death-doom that entirely bypasses…
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Norwegian death metal outfit Oskaal have released a lyric video for Refused, taken from their album (A)live, out now via Wormholedeath. The track deals with violence, isolation and exploitation, focusing on the lasting damage caused by abuse and the alienation that follows. Musically, Oskaal pair technical death metal with a more measured, unsettling approach, letting…