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Featuring especially-long tracks, rapidly-changing rhythms, scattered violins and saxophones, wildly-heavy political lyrics citing the inequality of the capitalist world, Ashenspire’s Hostile Architecture is an in-your-face post-metal offering that takes on societal problems, fascism, free-market anarchy, while excellently creating a sonic atmosphere to match the angst which is intended … MoreAshenspire – Hostile Architecture
Ascetic Reflection is a complex,, but rewarding listen, never getting cliche or boring, always giving the listener a little more to look forward to on the next track, whether it’s a doomy, sludgy breakdown, or a screeching, noise/death onslaught … MoreAltars – Ascetic Reflection
For many fans, this will be an atmospheric death metal experience that leans heavily on the song structure and “tone” of black metal with the chunkier, grittier detritus of OSDM, adding slow, doom metal pieces to split up track sequences … MoreANTICREATION – The Dust of Embers
Even though, the vocals can become a little repetitive, they don’t distract from the overall intended tone of the album, lending credence to the notion that, overall, Coagulating Mirth is a fun EP that can easily be played on repeat, each track having impressive and thoughtfully-written melodic death metal components which point to great technique as well as clever production … MoreThe Atrophic – Coagulating Mirth
These guys really have captured that essence of OSDM without deviating too much from the winning formula. The guitars are blistering and riff-worthy. Drums are fabulously recorded and mixed. Original tracks leave the listener wanting more; and the covers show that Perdition Temple absolutely have their collective act together … MorePerdition Temple – Merciless Upheaval
It is safe to say that Paganizer is once again, raising the bar for bands in the death/thrash/swedish death genres with Beyond the Macabre, a punishing, musically-satisfying, and highly-listenable addition to their library that does not disappoint on virtually any level … MorePaganizer – Beyond The Macabre
Un-aggressive, somber, and misanthropic, Grey Everlasting is 11 tracks of coherent, musically-heavy post-death that engages in existential and societal commentary while being totally listenable, but sometimes repetitive and maybe even flat in places … MoreDeathwhite – Grey Everlasting
Noisy, dissonant, dreadful in its thematic elements, continuously-brilliant, and faithfully-conveying of Justin Volus’ artistic merit with ease, it might be one of the better blackened death albums of 2022 … MoreVølus – Thrown To the Abyss
A refreshing addition to the gritty death metal scene, much-evolved power trio Yatra’s recent release, Born Into Chaos, stimulates and entertains with boomy guitars, melodic leads, and raucous higher-pitched vocals that blend exceptionally-well … MoreYatra – Born Into Chaos
While certainly not going to appear to all metal fans, Antediluvian Dreamscapes entertains, provokes, and stimulates with its “fuck it” attitude and purposefully-unrefined presentation of heavy music … MoreAnte-Inferno – Antediluvian Dreamscapes