Metal 2022
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Living Sacrifice's 1992 Death Metal album "Nonexistent" has been re-mixed and remastered and will be re-issued this November (including a vinyl edition for the first time ever).
This is an album I've been on the fence about for a long time. The vocals are notoriously controversial and the mix appears to have been a significant factor in that. I've been listening to it on repeat today and all aspects of the record have grown on me. It really is a well-written and played Death Metal album. I went ahead and picked up the remixed/remastered audio as a digital download and it makes a significant difference. The vocals are not so out front and are better integrated with the music which makes them sound more fitting and less of a distraction.
I don't think any of the new audio is available for free yet so here's a couple of songs in the original mix.
This is an album I've been on the fence about for a long time. The vocals are notoriously controversial and the mix appears to have been a significant factor in that. I've been listening to it on repeat today and all aspects of the record have grown on me. It really is a well-written and played Death Metal album. I went ahead and picked up the remixed/remastered audio as a digital download and it makes a significant difference. The vocals are not so out front and are better integrated with the music which makes them sound more fitting and less of a distraction.
I don't think any of the new audio is available for free yet so here's a couple of songs in the original mix.
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the new warning album has really gone in an unexpected direction.
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it's that time of the year where i catch up on all the 2022 shit i've missed, which is most of it this year tbh. i've decided to go label by label and post my initial impressions, so i compiled a list of labels who've released stuff that interests me and will keep picking them at random. first up...
Inferna Profundus Productions
Faustian Spirit - Blessed by the Wings of Eternity
i wishlist anything and everything Chilean, especially when the bandcamp contains evocative gibberish like "destroy and trascend[sic] the material castle of your ego, conquer your will & open yourself for chaos..." if you can't tell already, it's cosmic-meets-gothic BM in the vein of early Emperor and it's really rather good narrative-driven stuff, the best songs have ferocious forward momentum beneath a cloak of grand foreboding. feels like an old lonely dragon's final flight from his castle "through the fabric of the anticosmos". 7/10
Jure Grando - Archaic Moon Mysticism
turns out members of the Order of the Abyssal Moon, AKA Indonesia's own version of LLN, sound... a whole lot like LLN. spare, lo-fi raw BM with muffled drums, soft reverb-heavy guitars and orc-like shrieks is the order of the day. this is the real stuff, the kind of BM you're never likely to read about on Pitchfork or Reddit, and i'm eternally drawn to it even though realistically it's hard to derive that much enjoyment out of something so stripped down, homogenous and pure.
p.s. i continue to enjoy this Lithuanian label's rambling blurbs. it's like they were trying to decide between eight different options, but decided they're all so great they may as well just say them all one after the other:
Mánþiel - Obskurité
if one cult BM collective isn't good enough for you, try two on for size: these guys are members of the "Pure Raw Underground Black Metal Plague" AND the "Valdivian Black Circle". it's one of Lord Valtgryftåke's projects, the fella seems to be in half the black metal bands in Chile. somewhat sappy melodies repeated ad nauseum over depressive beats with some Transilvanian Hunger-esque hypnotic blasting thrown in, very satisfying croaks which peacefully bubble away but it's nothing notable. second half kicks off with this lengthy dirge which is some high quality mood music, gives me Branikald vibes, extra point for that. 6/10
Nocturnal Prayer - Mutilation on the Bed of Winter
a one-man BM project from the vocalist of grenadier. too depressive for my tastes but hey at least he isn't blatantly plagiarising another band! 4/10
Old Castles - Sarcophagical Lament of the Past
what, two exclusive clubs still isn't enough for you? well these guys are not only members of the the "Pure Raw Underground Black Metal Plague" AND the "Valdivian Black Circle", but also the "Old True Dungeon Synth Committee"! i wonder if they have their own custom-made badges like black metal enid blyton. the label really outdid themselves this time as well:
anyway, this is on the more depressive and palatable end of LLN worship, while still sounding like some fucking goblin shut off from the world for 300,000 years made it, which is its best quality. unfortunately it's mostly just standard lazy black metal riffs oscillating between two neighbouring semi-tones over and over, then occasionally they'll move up a key and i get so excited i almost nod my head a little. 5/10
Vampirska - Vermilion Apparitions Frozen in Chimera Twilight
since wampyric rites moved to a bigger label this is really the banner act for inferna profundus, so i was hoping to have saved the best until last. vampirska is an ostentatious chick(?) it seems--half the song titles on here are 14-16 words long--but while the aesthetic hearkens back to the likes of mutiilation, the music is surprisingly accessible and this is really more of a melodic BM epic. the drumming could almost be described as technical compared to most of the shit above, and the melodies are exuberantly romantic and melodramatic; there might be more memorable riffs here than on all the others combined, faustian spirit aside. apparently it was recorded on a 4-track but the production is perfectly welcoming, it may be too frothy to appeal to raw BM-heads despite it being associated with that scene. there's not much that's savage, primal or arcane here, but even so it's just about my favourite of the bunch even if it does get a bit more repetitive in the second half. check out my favourite song here. 7/10
Inferna Profundus Productions
Faustian Spirit - Blessed by the Wings of Eternity
i wishlist anything and everything Chilean, especially when the bandcamp contains evocative gibberish like "destroy and trascend[sic] the material castle of your ego, conquer your will & open yourself for chaos..." if you can't tell already, it's cosmic-meets-gothic BM in the vein of early Emperor and it's really rather good narrative-driven stuff, the best songs have ferocious forward momentum beneath a cloak of grand foreboding. feels like an old lonely dragon's final flight from his castle "through the fabric of the anticosmos". 7/10
Jure Grando - Archaic Moon Mysticism
turns out members of the Order of the Abyssal Moon, AKA Indonesia's own version of LLN, sound... a whole lot like LLN. spare, lo-fi raw BM with muffled drums, soft reverb-heavy guitars and orc-like shrieks is the order of the day. this is the real stuff, the kind of BM you're never likely to read about on Pitchfork or Reddit, and i'm eternally drawn to it even though realistically it's hard to derive that much enjoyment out of something so stripped down, homogenous and pure.
p.s. i continue to enjoy this Lithuanian label's rambling blurbs. it's like they were trying to decide between eight different options, but decided they're all so great they may as well just say them all one after the other:
5/10
Mánþiel - Obskurité
if one cult BM collective isn't good enough for you, try two on for size: these guys are members of the "Pure Raw Underground Black Metal Plague" AND the "Valdivian Black Circle". it's one of Lord Valtgryftåke's projects, the fella seems to be in half the black metal bands in Chile. somewhat sappy melodies repeated ad nauseum over depressive beats with some Transilvanian Hunger-esque hypnotic blasting thrown in, very satisfying croaks which peacefully bubble away but it's nothing notable. second half kicks off with this lengthy dirge which is some high quality mood music, gives me Branikald vibes, extra point for that. 6/10
Nocturnal Prayer - Mutilation on the Bed of Winter
a one-man BM project from the vocalist of grenadier. too depressive for my tastes but hey at least he isn't blatantly plagiarising another band! 4/10
Old Castles - Sarcophagical Lament of the Past
what, two exclusive clubs still isn't enough for you? well these guys are not only members of the the "Pure Raw Underground Black Metal Plague" AND the "Valdivian Black Circle", but also the "Old True Dungeon Synth Committee"! i wonder if they have their own custom-made badges like black metal enid blyton. the label really outdid themselves this time as well:
Carved on rotten bones, a cruciform depression crosses in perpetual agony the malignancy of this piece of mu-sick created with rustic elements. Percussions of black sorcery adorn the grotesque entrance of a title "Sarcophagical Lament of the Past" this new sinister piece that has been perpetuated under the mark of the rune of death on the solstice of mist MMXXI, is nothing more than hymns stained with rotten blood that was put into sinister alliance of two entities. A brief sonority between funeral halls that encompass the misery and infernal Azazelic hysteriæ with the thousand daggers on the temples of madness. A diabolical act of musical sovereignty perpetrated in abandoned ruins with ancient analogous methods, capturing the black essence of glorious and primitive times in a solemn, hysterical and grotesque black metal.
anyway, this is on the more depressive and palatable end of LLN worship, while still sounding like some fucking goblin shut off from the world for 300,000 years made it, which is its best quality. unfortunately it's mostly just standard lazy black metal riffs oscillating between two neighbouring semi-tones over and over, then occasionally they'll move up a key and i get so excited i almost nod my head a little. 5/10
Vampirska - Vermilion Apparitions Frozen in Chimera Twilight
since wampyric rites moved to a bigger label this is really the banner act for inferna profundus, so i was hoping to have saved the best until last. vampirska is an ostentatious chick(?) it seems--half the song titles on here are 14-16 words long--but while the aesthetic hearkens back to the likes of mutiilation, the music is surprisingly accessible and this is really more of a melodic BM epic. the drumming could almost be described as technical compared to most of the shit above, and the melodies are exuberantly romantic and melodramatic; there might be more memorable riffs here than on all the others combined, faustian spirit aside. apparently it was recorded on a 4-track but the production is perfectly welcoming, it may be too frothy to appeal to raw BM-heads despite it being associated with that scene. there's not much that's savage, primal or arcane here, but even so it's just about my favourite of the bunch even if it does get a bit more repetitive in the second half. check out my favourite song here. 7/10
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
Sergeant Salsten from Deathhammer's new death metal band with some dudes from Desolation Realm, Lobotomized, Diskord etc.
RadicalThrasher
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SonOfNun
Bill Ward's Red Pants
Is there any good OSDM sounding stuff or trad/epic doom from this year that I should hear?
I have Molder, Suppression, Inhuman Condition, Grenadier, and the Eric Wagner album.
Stuff like Molder is what I'm looking for most.
I have Molder, Suppression, Inhuman Condition, Grenadier, and the Eric Wagner album.
Stuff like Molder is what I'm looking for most.
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Phobophilic - Enveloping Absurdity
Like it a lot. Solid death metal, has an oldschool feel/sound
Morbific - Squirm Beyond the Mortal Realm
Of the tracks I've heard it's pretty awesome. I believe @CiG posted about previously in this thread.....probably the closest to Molder out of the recs i have.
Maul - Seraphic Punishment
Took a bit to grow on me....but not bad. Has some Molder moments
Like it a lot. Solid death metal, has an oldschool feel/sound
Morbific - Squirm Beyond the Mortal Realm
Of the tracks I've heard it's pretty awesome. I believe @CiG posted about previously in this thread.....probably the closest to Molder out of the recs i have.
Maul - Seraphic Punishment
Took a bit to grow on me....but not bad. Has some Molder moments
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
Trad doom; the new albums by Black Oath, Solemn Ceremony, Spiritus Mortis, Strange Horizon and Friends of Hell are all killer.
Death metal; obviously the new Autopsy is a fucking banger (Reifert's other band Static Abyss too), but less obvious stuff like the new Rotheads, Echelon, Abythic, Church of Disgust, Intolerance and Sadistic Drive releases are worth a try. Sadistic Drive have a very bassy early Cannibal Corpse thing going on.
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
Woah just saw this on Facebook, new Hammers of Misfortune album out in early December!
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Chaos Records
Deconsecration - Crypt Lurker
doomed out death metal from the Seattle scene that once brought us Drawn and Quartered, this is better than you'd expect from the goofy ass ps2 cutscene cover art. there's too much meat and potatoes chuggin' and rollin' with the usual deep growls and cleanly cavernous production and i was pretty dismissive at first, but it just gets huger and huger as it goes along (check out this stonker of a tune). don't expect the wheel to be reinvented but this is definitely recommended to the DM heads round these parts, it only came out earlier this month. 7/10
Evil Shade - Vandals EP
this is far from a professional package at this stage; there are mundane riffs or awkward transitions here or there, and the semi-tuneless, heavily accented, off-rhythm vocals are a problem. but honestly, there's promise... this is a Mexican speed metal band containing a guitarist from none other than the mighty Question, and the guitars are very much the highlight with lots of cool solos and trad flourishes. it contains a cover of Running Wild's 'Black Demon' which is a mark of good taste, it has cool ass art (although i'd drop the eyes from the logo lol) and, most importantly, one of the four original songs genuinely kicks ass. 6/10
Morbus Grave - Lurking Into Absurdity
first of all let us all stand and applaud that sick fucking art; any connoisseur of '80s death metal demo tapes is licking their lips before they've even pressed play. the music doesn't disappoint either; ancient bloodsoaked death rituals for anyone who bows before the era of early Death, Autopsy, Master/Death Strike, Sadistic Intent, Necrophagia etc. here's a promo they released back in december 2020 which i think sums them up as well as anything, although the production is new and arguably improved on the album:
7.5/10
Mortify - Fragments at the Edge of Shadow
more beautiful art here courtesy of Colombian artist Julian Mora (apart from the shitty font choice! wish i didn't have to say that so often), and this is the one album from this label that i've seen get some real hype. i mean, they're fuckin' Chilean, that's enough hype for me. it's not really what you expect from South America, though; it's meandering and fragmented and introspective, an eerie wander into the self. the issue i have is that it's a little too steeped in established ideas for something so ostensibly esoteric, playing like a standard gloomy early '90 euro-DM record with an otherworldliness filter on at times. it's not nearly as abstract as Demilich, as proggy as Morbus Chron or, maybe the best comparison, as jagged and apocalyptic as Atrocity. it's a cool vibe that's lacking a real sense of purpose or adventure. still easily interesting enough that the board's progressive death metal heads should make up their own minds though. 7/10
The Sombre - Monuments of Grief
the 50 billionth project from the Gnaw Their Tongues guy is an unabashedly emotional record in the Peaceville tradition, a blissed out early Katatonia elegy of ethereal, dignified leads/synths/piano over low weathered growls and elegiac doom riffs. the cover art perfectly captures the music's sense of a weathered, crumbling spirit finding its peace, but to me while it's very tasteful, enveloping and cleansing it's ultimately a little too clean and indebted to post-rock catharsis. 6/10
Deconsecration - Crypt Lurker
doomed out death metal from the Seattle scene that once brought us Drawn and Quartered, this is better than you'd expect from the goofy ass ps2 cutscene cover art. there's too much meat and potatoes chuggin' and rollin' with the usual deep growls and cleanly cavernous production and i was pretty dismissive at first, but it just gets huger and huger as it goes along (check out this stonker of a tune). don't expect the wheel to be reinvented but this is definitely recommended to the DM heads round these parts, it only came out earlier this month. 7/10
Evil Shade - Vandals EP
this is far from a professional package at this stage; there are mundane riffs or awkward transitions here or there, and the semi-tuneless, heavily accented, off-rhythm vocals are a problem. but honestly, there's promise... this is a Mexican speed metal band containing a guitarist from none other than the mighty Question, and the guitars are very much the highlight with lots of cool solos and trad flourishes. it contains a cover of Running Wild's 'Black Demon' which is a mark of good taste, it has cool ass art (although i'd drop the eyes from the logo lol) and, most importantly, one of the four original songs genuinely kicks ass. 6/10
Morbus Grave - Lurking Into Absurdity
first of all let us all stand and applaud that sick fucking art; any connoisseur of '80s death metal demo tapes is licking their lips before they've even pressed play. the music doesn't disappoint either; ancient bloodsoaked death rituals for anyone who bows before the era of early Death, Autopsy, Master/Death Strike, Sadistic Intent, Necrophagia etc. here's a promo they released back in december 2020 which i think sums them up as well as anything, although the production is new and arguably improved on the album:
7.5/10
Mortify - Fragments at the Edge of Shadow
more beautiful art here courtesy of Colombian artist Julian Mora (apart from the shitty font choice! wish i didn't have to say that so often), and this is the one album from this label that i've seen get some real hype. i mean, they're fuckin' Chilean, that's enough hype for me. it's not really what you expect from South America, though; it's meandering and fragmented and introspective, an eerie wander into the self. the issue i have is that it's a little too steeped in established ideas for something so ostensibly esoteric, playing like a standard gloomy early '90 euro-DM record with an otherworldliness filter on at times. it's not nearly as abstract as Demilich, as proggy as Morbus Chron or, maybe the best comparison, as jagged and apocalyptic as Atrocity. it's a cool vibe that's lacking a real sense of purpose or adventure. still easily interesting enough that the board's progressive death metal heads should make up their own minds though. 7/10
The Sombre - Monuments of Grief
the 50 billionth project from the Gnaw Their Tongues guy is an unabashedly emotional record in the Peaceville tradition, a blissed out early Katatonia elegy of ethereal, dignified leads/synths/piano over low weathered growls and elegiac doom riffs. the cover art perfectly captures the music's sense of a weathered, crumbling spirit finding its peace, but to me while it's very tasteful, enveloping and cleansing it's ultimately a little too clean and indebted to post-rock catharsis. 6/10
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
For whatever brutal death metal fans are left on this site...
New band's new EP on Comatose with John from Mortal Decay's best period (92-02) on vocals. Pretty good!
New band's new EP on Comatose with John from Mortal Decay's best period (92-02) on vocals. Pretty good!
Krow
Garbage Connoisseur
Brutal album title. Remember that shit happening. Dude supposedly murdered his family with wrestling moves before hanging himself
RadicalThrasher
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