Mimo iż
Postmortal działalność swoją zapoczątkował niemal dekadę temu, o jego istnieniu
dowiedziałem się dopiero z chwilą wydania przez nich debiutanckiej płyty o
widocznym powyżej tytule. Z drugiej strony żadna to dziwota, skoro dotychczas
Krakowiaki zarejestrowali jedynie EP-kę i split. Najwyraźniej jednak w chwili,
kiedy członkowie Rites of Daathrozjechali
się po świecie, Michał, czyli człowiek odpowiedzialny w tamtym zespole za
obsługę gitary, mógł skupić się na Postmortal właśnie. (Czytaj dalej... / Read Here)
Versatile to kwartet z
Genewy, który powstał w 2019 roku i po wydaniu epki i singla w wersji digital
postanowił zaprezentować światu swój fizyczny debiut. Płyta ta to dziesięć numerów,
które łącznie dają ponad czterdzieści minut muzyki o industrialno-black
metalowym sznycie. Jednakże zanim sympatycy tego nurtu rozlecą się z
podniecenia muszą wiedzieć, że ujęcie to w wykonaniu Szwajcarów jest totalnie
pompatyczne. (Czytaj dalej...)
Today, French black metallers Abyssal Vacuum reveal the new track "17°07'42.1"N 88°51'02.5"W." The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Abyssal Vacuum, set for international release on May 2nd via Signal Rex. Hear Abyssal Vacuum's "17°07'42.1"N 88°51'02.5"W" in its entirety HERE at Signal Rex's Bandcamp.
Keys to understanding Abyssal Vacuum are contained in the six component track titles to Abyssal Vacuum, each one pinpointing a particular locale doubtlessly portending considerable occult energy. Whether one's soul has the fortitude to venture forth...well, such is the Rubicon one must dare to cross.
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "17°07'42.1"N 88°51'02.5"W" HERE at Signal Rex's Bandcamp. Also hear the previously revealed "37°11'18.4"N 86°06'10.3"W" HERE at Signal Rex's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Today, symphonic black metallers Belnejoum stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Dark Tales of Zarathustra, at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Set for international release on April 4th via Antiq, hear Belnejoum's Dark Tales of Zarathustra in its entirety exclusively HERE.
"I I", the aptly-titled and comprehensively majestic second album from BLOOD ABSCISSION, fortifies the veiled project as a major new player in the increasingly overcrowded field of contemporary Black Metal. A week before official release, the mysterious entity has teamed up with Black Metal Promotion to unveil the full album stream.
Listen here:
While the sense of perpetual forward motion and cascades of opulent melodies from outstanding 2023 debut "I" remain, the band here raise the bar: combining surges of raw intensity with stretches of otherworldly calm, all enveloped by tighter songwriting that hits with greater emotional force. Veiled in enigma and incorporating a Brutalist visual identity, BLOOD ABSCISSION's "I I" is a breathtakingly powerful and visionary journey through epic, transcendent Black Metal.
"I I" is set for an April 11th release on CD and vinyl - including an exclusive DMP vinyl edition - and will be accompanied by band merchandise. Having never before received a physical release, the band's essential debut "I" will simultaneously be issued in the same formats. Vinyl and CD bundle options for both albums are available.
Listen here to the full stream of "I" via Bandcamp!
Zacząłem
się już pomału zastanawiać, czy aby Sandbreaker nie poszedł do, nomen omen,
piachu. Cztery lata minęły bowiem od ostatniego sygnału z ich pustynnego obozu,
w postaci EP-ki „Children of the Erg”. Zdaje się, że czerw faktycznie na jakiś
czas przysnął, ale dobrą wiadomością niech będzie to, że właśnie się poruszył i
wypluł z siebie kolejny materiał. (Czytaj dalej...)
Historia tej fińskiej
kapeli jest długa, ponieważ istnieje ona już od 1989 roku, ale dzięki szeregu
niefortunnych zdarzeń i zmian składu, nigdy nie wychyliła swojego łba.
Pozostała na długie lata w krajowym podziemiu, aby nagrać zaledwie kilka
demosów, które nie pamiętam, żeby odbiły się jakimś szerszym echem. (Czytaj dalej...)
Założone w 1985 roku Sacred Reich było integralną częścią przypadającego na lata 80. i 90. thrashowego ruchu w Stanach Zdjednoczonych. Do 2000 roku grupa wydała 4 albumy - “Ignorance” (1987), “The American Way” (1990), “Independent” (1993) oraz “Heal” (1996), po czym zawiesiła swoją działalność. Powróciła w 2006 jako skład koncertowy, a w styczniu 2018 podpisała kontrakt z wytwórnią Metal Blade, pod skrzydłami której rok później ukazał się pierwszy od 23 lat i piąty w jej dorobku album “Awakening”. Sacred Reich nikogo nie udają, nie starają się wymyślić koła na nowo, tylko robią to, co potrafią najlepiej - grają klasyczny, naładowany miażdżącym groovem i zabójczymi solówkami thrash, urozmaicony społecznie świadomymi tekstami. Amerykanie serwują kapitalne koncerty, a zobaczenie ich na żywo powinno być pozycją obowiązkową na liście każdego fana gatunku!
MURDER RECORDS is honored to present GOMOLD, a horde from the coldest caves of the Hungarian underworld, where their perverse melodies echoes in the eternal chaotic hatred from darkness...
GOMOLD was formed in 2024 and they presents us chaotic hymns from the occult arts of Black Metal, where we can be abruptly immersed in the abysses of infernal depths and where the Luciferian demons will make a filthy feast with our mortal flesh...
GOMOLD's debut demo is titled "Demo-MMXXIV" where you can be swallowed by three hymns of impure agony, where perverse melodies vomited with blasphemous blood on the filthy altars of the profane ceremonies of death. GOMOLD's debut demo will be released soon on Cassette format by Murder Records with a edition limited to 50 hand-numbered copies...
Sunkindling: Feversea’s Hymn for a World in Collapse
Man was meant to replace God as the universal measure. The events of the 20th and 21st centuries, however, have brutalized the creature once known as Man beyond recognition. There is no going back. We are left with an erased image, a misnomer—a sacred animal wasting away in a profane world. Man is both insufficient and irreplaceable.
“Man Under Erasure”, the debut album from the Oslo-based band Feversea will be released on May the 23rd, and the first song to be unveiled from the album is “Sunkindling”, out on April the 4th. It can be streamed and downloaded here:
Feversea is a post-metal band from Oslo, Norway drawing on influences from black metal, sludge metal and shoegaze. Their music lies in the intersection where the ferocity of black metal meets with ritualistic and ethereal soundscapes. Musically, their debut album “Man Under Erasure” draws from various forms of metal while incorporating influences from neofolk and post-punk. The album is melancholic, despairing, and cathartic. Haunting and melodic while maintaining a strong sense of structure with recognizable riffs—an element often lacking in atmosphere-driven music.
Fluctuating between song and scream, the voice is both from beyond and from below. Lyrically, it is deeply personal but delivered through impersonal images, parables, and riddles—like a spiritualist or Orphic medium carrying messages from beyond. A muffled scream buried under several inches of ice. The album begins in sardonic despair and ends with uneasy, desperate acceptance.
The band’s lineup of Ada Lønne Emberland on vocals, Isak Lønne Emberland on guitars and synthesizers, Alexander Fossen Lange on guitars, Aleksander Johnsen Solberg on bass guitar and Jeremie Malezieux on drums recorded the album at Evil Octopus Studios with Isak Lønne Emberland as producer, mixer and mastering engineer, with cover and sleeve design by Isak Lønne Emberland. “Man Under Erasure” has the following track list:
On April 18th internationally, NoEvDia proudly presents Serpentes' Desert Psalms.
Spewed forth by a collective of serpents from the scorching south and sulphurous north of the Old World, Desert Psalms is an act of defiance – an offering to the lawless, the unruly, and the bright star rising in the eastern dawn.
A descent beyond the pale. Across its seven abominations, Desert Psalms drags the listener into howling darkness, where transgression and purification are one.
This is black metal in its most primal and adversarial form: venomous, unrepentant, seared in the flames of desolation. Both scourge and scripture, Desert Psalms is a baptism in bile and blood, stripping away all pretense until nothing remains but raw nerve and burning truth.
Envisioned by A.Ara of Angrenost, Desert Psalms is now manifested with the contribution of Misþyrming members Dagur Gíslason and Magnús Skúlason, Erdsaf of Angrenost, and Ólöf Rún Benediktsdóttir of Svartþoka.
Full stream to be revealed on the day of release. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Hammerheart proudly presents pre-orders, artwork and details from Sun After Dark's debut album "Tatkraft"!
The cover artwork, together with all paintings in the beautyful CD and LP layout are all painted by Sun After Dark mastermind Benjamin König! "Tatkraft" is produced by Victor Bullok (Triptykon) in the Woodshed Studio! "Tatkraft" is set for release on June 13th via Hammerheart Records.
Sun After Dark release their brand new track 'Näbe', which blends modern elements, dark tones, Black Metal and powerful moods.
For fans of: Rammstein, Celtic Frost, The Vision Bleak and Empyrium!
Swedish Death Metal masters Imperishable unleashes a new wave of darkness with "Riding Demons"! "Riding Demons" tells the tale of someone who consciously gives in to temptation, lust and sloth, while wallowing in self-pity over the situation inflicted on himself. Musically, the band is treading down a different path this time, maintaining their sound but setting a darker, almost gothic feel. Hail, fires of frustration!
Video by Andreas Sandberg.
Taken from the upcoming album "Swallowing the World", out in april on CD, LP and digital!
Ciężko
było oczekiwać, by po tak rewelacyjnym materiale, jaki zaserwowali nam na
debiutanckim „Descent into Madness” Francuzi z Corrupted, ich kolejny materiał
był jeszcze lepszy. Miałem jednak cichą nadzieję, że tak się stanie, albo
przynajmniej, że otrzymam od nich nagrania na przynajmniej zbliżonym poziomie. (Czytaj dalej...)
Kalifornijski kwintet Insineratehymn choć działa na
deathmetalowym poletku od ponad dekady raczej nie zaskarbił sobie szerszej
uwagi gatunkowego podziemia swoimi dwoma poprzednimi albumami. Choć w żaden
sposób nie były one złe, to chyba miały za mało asów w rękawie, aby muzycy
mieli siłę przebicia na tej dość prężnej ostatnimi lat niszy. (Czytaj dalej...)
Today, atmospheric black metallers Karg reveal the new track "Annapurna." The track is the third to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated ninth album, Marodeur, set for international release on April 18th via AOP Records. Featuring Firtan's Klara, hear Karg's "Annapurna" in its entirety HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel.
On May 26th internationally, Antiq is proud to present Enterré Vivant's highly anticipated third album, Akuzaï.
Enterré Vivant was born in 2019 around Erroiak (Hrad, Stellar Forest, Outland Hill) and Sakrifiss (Peurbleue). They released their first album in 2021 with compositions that pay homage to their influences: Summoning, Angantyr, Woods of Infinity, Moonsorrow, and Mystic Forest. Two years later, the band joined the Antiq label and released 四元素 (Shigenso), an album on which they asserted their identity, highlighting their ties to Japan, the country where Sakrifiss has lived for over 25 years.
In 2025, Enterré Vivant return with Akuzaï, their third album, that presents itself as a logical continuation of its Antiq predecessor. Akuzaï contains 10 compositions centered around 10 Buddhist sins, all linked to a common theme - the Second World War as experienced by Japanese civilians and victims - making for 50 minutes which are by turns atmospheric, epic, and moving.
Antiq is a label dedicated to the fully coherent concept of making music through sound, image, video, and attitude. They have been putting their entire existence into it since 2009. Over the years, Antiq have been identified as producers of not only perfectly coherent lyrics and themes through music, but also conceptual art and, of course, the manufacturing of beautiful objects. The label tries as much as it can to work with French creators, and if possible, with the smallest and most serious structures.
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Chûtô" HERE at Antiq's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Today, Signal Rex announces June 6th as the international release date for Iätön's highly anticipated debut album, Portit pohjolan, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Formed in 2022, Iätön initially began as a duo of Woewrb and Penetreichtus I, with the latter having played in Hatespirit and Serpentfyre. Two demos followed, in 2023 and 2024, respectively on the well-respected Altare and Korpituli labels. Even early on, Iätön were defiant of the prevailing Finnish black metal paradigm. With Woewrb's keyboards prominent in both the soundfield and songwriting, the duo's largely mid-paced but still-energetic sound strongly reminded of First Spell-era Gehenna or, closer to home, Behexen's majestic Eternal Realm demo and the likes of Musta Kappeli, Funerary Bell, and Orfvs: rarefied-yet-esteemed company indeed.
Now, Iätön are prepared to stake their claim to be counted among such elite names with their debut full-length, Portit pohjolan. While the approach thankfully hasn't changed here, it's the subtle details as well as the charisma & confidence in which they play that render this Iätön's undoubtedly strongest recording. The cover artwork to Portit pohjolan is evocative of its contents: earthy, verdant, and just a bit icy, beckoning and portending in equal measure. Expanding upon that "largely mid-paced but still-energetic" element, the band's expansion to a quartet has provided quite the boon, filling out their mystical black metal with a hugeness that's somehow intimate simultaneously - perhaps it's those organs / keyboards of Woewrb working some strange, intoxicating magick? - and even when the pace quickens, there's equally a mournful grace to Iätön that didn't exist before. Any way you approach it, Portit pohjolan is truly olde-worlde black metal transported from forgetton realms and glorious times.
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Myrskyn laulu" HERE at Signal Rex's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Zespół, o
którym dziś mowa, mimo iż istnieje już ponad dekadę, jakoś nigdy nie trafił pod
moje strzechy. Aczkolwiek okładka debiutu wydaje mi się dziwnie znajoma, więc
istnieje także prawdopodobieństwo, iż coś słyszałem, ale zapomniałem. Pijaki
tak mają. To może do rzeczy. Podesłali mi chłopaki swoją nową EP-kę, a że zaraz
po wyjęciu płyty z paczkomatu szedłem robić wiosenne porządki w aucie, to sobie
ją odpaliłem. (Czytaj dalej...)
To solowy projekt
niejakiej Em Støy, która jest Australijką i odpowiada w stu procentach za to,
co znalazło się na jej drugiej płycie. Dziewięć utworów w warstwie tekstowej
opisujących kwestię zdrady, żałoby oraz rozważań nad tematem macierzyństwa. Wszystko
to w oparciu o kobiece podejście do myśli lucyferiańskiej we współczesnym
ujęciu, które merytorycznie może odstraszyć niejednego fana płci męskiej, ale
zostało ubrane w naprawdę ciekawe dźwięki. (Czytaj dalej...)
Od kilku miesięcy Deformeathing Prod. w kooperacji z zespołem przygotowuje reedycję albumu "Sacrifice" z 1994 roku.
Album pojawi się jako CD spakowany w jewel case (+ slipcase) oraz będzie to absolutna premiera w formacie vinylowym.
Na potrzeby reedycji "Sacrifice" został poddany ponownemu masteringowi za który odpowiedzialny jest Piotr Mańkowski (Coverius Studio).
Za nową oprawę graficzną zadbał Paweł Ozon (XXV The Sign).
Data wydania: 25.04.2025
Przedsprzedaż na stronie DP startuje w ten piątek, 04.04.2025, 18:00.
Oryginalnie "Sacrifice" ukazał się w 1994 roku tylko w formie kasety magnetofonowej wydanej nakładem Baron Records. Na płycie znalazło się 12 utworów + intra, a zespół występował wówczas w składzie: Jarek /gitara/, Fred /wokal/, Bomba /perkusja/ i Demon /bass/.
Dragon powstał w Katowicach w 1984 roku na bazie wcześniejszych projektów hard rockowych Black Angel i Medium. Zespół ma na koncie siedem albumów studyjnych oraz kilka pomniejszych wydawnictw (głównie splitów z materiałem live). Dragon jako koncertowa bestia występował na największych imprezach w Polsce (Metalmania, Metal Battle, Jarocin etc.).
Obecny skład zespołu to: Jarek "Gronos" Gronowski (gitara), Adrian "Fred" Frelich (wokal), Krzysztof "Fazi" Oset, Janek Traciński (perkusja).
"Eventide: Synod of the Dying Stars" will be released on 13.06.2025 via Malignant Voices. Check out two promo tracks on YT or Spotify (links in the comment section) and visit Malignant Voices webstore for physical preorder.
You can also buy both physical and digital editions of the album on Stellar Blight Bandcamp.
Formed in 2024 by the guitarist/bassist Sz. I. (Shodan) & the vocalist S. (Mānbryne, Blaze of Perdition), then joined by the drummer KwB (Owls Woods Graves) shortly after, Stellar Blight offers a striking and catchy take on highly energetic metal of death in the vein of late Dissection or Wayfarer, while also not shying away from traditional heavy metal roots.
“Eventide: Synod of the Dying Stars” is the band’s debut full-length album consisting of 10 tracks spanning over 40+ minutes of death driven heavy metal. Recorded at Sound of Records & Studio Roslyn and currently being mixed and mastered by Satanic Audio.
Gallagher (WV) - U.S. Thrash Metal quartet, Executionist, will release debut full-length album, Sacrament of the Sick, on May 16! In the four years since the release of their debut EP, the band has sharpened the blades of its attack, both in terms of songwriting and performance!
Sacrament of the Sick is a monumental step forward from Executionist’s previous material. Improved production, performances, and writing have made the Executionist sound nearly unrecognizable compared to the band's debut EP, Destined for Destruction. Each track was meticulously crafted and poured over in Executionist’s home studio, and the final product shows that it was worth every ounce of attention. With a clear focus on melody and tighter songwriting, Sacrament of the Sick is a sonic journey sure to leave a lasting impact on the listener.
On April 18th, 2025, DEMONOLOGISTS return with their latest sonic nightmare, "Rakshasa", set for release on Aesthetic Death and Phage Tapes.
The Indiana-based duo, known for their unrelenting fusion of industrial blackened noise and horror electronics, conjure an atmosphere that is both suffocating and otherworldly.
Featuring collaborations with David Reed (Envenomist), Terry Vainoras (Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill), Bill Moseley (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2, House of 1000 Corpses), Andy Ortmann (Panicsville), Grant Richardson (Gnawed), and Eric Wood (Bastard Noise), "Rakshasa" is a harrowing descent into a world consumed by self-destruction and decay.
The album track "Symbiosis Omen" is now streaming HERE.
Tracklist:
01. Rakshama (ft David Reed & Terry Vainoras)
02. Rat Piss Receptacle (ft Bill Moseley)
03. Nebulaeic Phantasm As Eloquently Dreamt By The Abominable Primordial Ooze (ft Andy Ortmann)
04. Autophagy
05. Wet Wings
06. Ritual Death (ft Grant Richardson)
07. Samskara
08. Tsuchigumo
09. FFWD To Death
10. Symbiosis Omen (ft Eric Wood)
DEMONOLOGISTS is an industrial blackened noise / horror electronics duo from Indiana, consisting of Cory Rowell and Evan Price.
DEMONOLOGISTS sound embraces a range of darker music styles, spanning industrial, EBM, noise, goth, experimental, dark ambient, etc., always dark and sinister, often blended and delivered with a sci -fi / horror influence.
At times intense and suffocating, and always with an ominous overtone. "Rakshasa" takes a few stabs at a social commentary on a world that has been overrun and possessed by man, with a never-ending desire for self destruction and death.
Długo
kazali nam czekać hiszpańscy patologowie na swoje nowe piosenki, oj długo. Jak
na aktywnie działający skład, osiem lat (bo nie liczę wydanych w międzyczasie nagrań
archiwalnych) to szmat czasu. Najwyraźniej coś się w końcu ruszyło, i za kilka
chwil ukaże się nowy materiał zespołu. „Opera Medica” to co prawda nie pełen
album, ale EP-ka zawierająca cztery nowe numery autorskie plus cover Dismember. (Czytaj dalej...)
W tym przypadku chodzi o
włoski Nordheim, którego zapomniane nagrania ma chęć przypomnieć ATMF. Jest to
wydawnictwo, zawierające trzy utwory, gdzie dwa pierwsze pierwotnie tworzyły
demo z 2007 roku, zaś trzecim jest numer, który znalazł się na splicie Nordheim
z inną włoską kapelą, Strof. (Czytaj dalej...)
4th album from '25 by this legendary Spanish Death Metal band. For lovers of classic Death Metal in its purest form with influences in the line of groups like IMMOLATION, MEMORIAM, MASSACRE, MONSTROSITY, MORBID ANGEL, CANNIBAL CORPSE...
Today, Austrian heavy metallers Venator premiere the new track "Race to Glory" at German Rock Hard magazine's website. The track is the third to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated second album, Psychodrome, set for international release on April 25th via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Venator’s "Race to Glory" in its entirety exclusively HERE.
Laibach tribute “Schlecht Und Ironisch” to receive new expanded vinyl & CD treatment
Remastered and expanded edition of the 1999 album to feature new tracks
Features a diverse range of artists interpreting Laibach’s sound, including Prager Handgriff, Kirlian Camera
To be released 21 May 2025 in limited edition vinyl, collector's edition CD and digital formats
Rune Serpent Europa, a label making a name for its unique blend of industrial, neofolk and medieval-inspired music, will release a reissue of the seminal tribute album, "Schlecht Und Ironisch - Laibach Tribut" on 21 May 2025.
Originally released in 1999, this updated version celebrates the enduring legacy of Laibach with a curated selection of classic tracks and exciting new contributions from a diverse range of artists. "Schlecht Und Ironisch - Laibach Tribut" showcases the band's profound influence on industrial and experimental music, inspiring a new generation of artists to explore the boundaries of sound and challenge the status quo.
It has been mastered to achieve optimal sound quality across all formats. This new reissue will be available in multiple formats, including a limited edition vinyl pressing with unique marble colours, a collector's edition CD with metal graphic elements and a digital release featuring exclusive bonus tracks.
Tracklist LP
A1 Regard Extrême - Vier Personen
A2 Apathetic Atrophy - We Are Forging the Future
A3 Anesthetik Pharma - F.I.A.T
A4 Knifeladder - Dogs Of War
A5 Kathodos White
B1 Andrew King - War Poem
B2 Staat Und Organisation - Cari Amici Soldati
B3 Prager Handgriff - Message From The Dark Star
B4 DDR - Der See
B5 Kirlian Camera - The Final Countdown (Laibach Suppe)
Tracklist CD
01 Regard Extrême - Vier Personen
02 Apathetic Atrophy - We Are Forging the Future
03 Anesthetik Pharma - F.I.A.T.
04 Knifeladder - Dogs Of War
05 Kathodos - White Law
06 Andrew King - War Poem
07 Staat Und Organisation - Cari Amici Soldati
08 Prager Handgriff - Message From The Dark Star
09 DDR - Der See
10 Kirlian Camera - The Final Countdown (Laibach Suppe)
Nie wiem
czy pamiętacie, ale drugi album Varnheim w przededniu premiery otrzymał tutaj
ode mnie kilka ciepłych słów. Widać nie tylko mi ich granie przypadło do gustu,
bo chłopaki w końcu znaleźli konkretny label chętny do wydania ich nagrań.
„Void” to album numer trzy, będący systematycznym rozwijaniem stylu
zapoczątkowanego na debiucie. (Czytaj dalej...)
Kapela ta została
założona w 2016 roku przez Grima Vindkalla, który szerzej może być znany z
udziału w zespole Domgård, zatem wiadomo już, że Hersir pochodzi ze Szwecji. Duet
ten na koncie ma trzy, nigdy niepublikowane dema więc kto tak naprawdę miał się
zaznajomić z jego twórczością? Nieważne, bo właśnie Szwedzi wydali swój
debiutancki album, więc jest szansa, aby fani czarciego grania mogli poznać sztukę
tej grupy. (Czytaj dalej...)
On July 1st internationally, Dominance of Darkness Records is proud to present Mutant Sex Demon's highly anticipated second album, Cutting Through, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Begun at the dawn of 2024, Mutant Sex Demon have wasted no time making their presence felt in the underground. The solo work of the prolific selfsame Mutant Sex Demon - concurrently of Devil Moon, Kirous, and Sigon as well as being a founding longtime member of Morgal, since departed - with Mutant Sex Demon does he further indulge his predilections for perverse, filthy black 'n' roll. But far from being cliche "black 'n' roll" in halfhearted quotes, the man also incorporates (un)healthy doses of speed metal, hardcore punk, and even horror rock into his spunked-up cauldron. He first proved it with Filth Messiah, and proves it again with Cutting Through.
Immediately, that characteristic filth of Finnish black metal is felt as you begin Cutting Through, and Mutant Sex Demon doesn't fucking let up! In a judiciously swift 27 minutes, Mutant Sex Demon kicks out the jams, rife with rippling perversity, ripping intensity no matter the tempo - in fact, much of the album's mid-paced - and an almost-effortless sense of anthemic melody. Leads are thus dark and depraved but not lacking devilish fun, laughing as Satan spreads his wings of leather and latex; the mainman's vocals follow a similar trajectory, twisted and pissed but not without a taunting articulation. So, ever wanna hear early W.A.S.P., Death SS, Twisted Sister, and even G.I.S.M. run through the gutters of paradigmatic Finnish black metal? Cutting Through provides that opportunity, and it will be one that's either addicting or revolting.
Once again, Mutant Sex Demon will take you to filthiest tunnels of '80s rock 'n' roll combined with black metal. "Serial killers, sluts, and Satanic cults are the name of the game!" he promises. BEWARE!
In the meantime, stream the entirety of Cutting Through HERE at Mutant Sex Demon's Bandcamp. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Mutant Sex Demon's Cutting Through
Today, legendary doom metallers Pagan Altar premiere the new track "Well of Despair" at heavily trafficked web-portal InvisibleOranges.com. The track is the third to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated fifth album, Never Quite Dead, set for international release on April 25th via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Pagan Altar’s "Well of Despair" in its entirety exclusively HERE.
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Well of Despair" exclusively HERE, courtesy of InvisibleOranges.com. Also hear the previously revealed "Saints and Sinners" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Germany's Rock Hard magazine, as well as the previously revealed "The Dead's Last March" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
