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ALBUM REVIEW: VoidCeremony – Abditum

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Today we delve into an experimental, cacophonous take on progressive death metal as VoidCeremony unveils their third full-length album, Abditum (20 Buck Spin Records). The band continues its search for meaning within chaotic riff structures, though this time the journey feels more fragmented than illuminating. Their trademark fusion of astral dissonance and technical precision remains intact, yet the cohesion that made their previous release, Threads of Unknowing, so compelling seems to have fractured. Continue reading →


Watch The Trailer for Hulu’s Upcoming 8-Part Metal Docuseries “The Void: Life, Death, and Heavy Metal”

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Hulu’s long-awaited docuseries from Dark Side Of The Ring creators Jason Eisner and Evan Husney. A trailer has dropped for Into The Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal, an eight-part series. The series premieres September 22nd and covers key personalities and events that helped to shape metal history. Metal Blade’s CEO and founder Brian Slagel contributed. Continue reading →


INTERVIEW: Matt Harvey and Gruesome Returns with “Silent Echoes” – A Brutal Tribute to Death and Sean Reinert

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Death Metal diehards, rejoice! Gruesome returns with “Silent Echoes,” a ferocious and complex, Jazz-influenced evolution of their signature old-school sound. Out now on Relapse Records, the new album pays homage to the progressive brilliance of Death’s 1991 masterpiece “Human,” while being its own animal. Keefy talks with Matt Harvey (Exhumed) about the decade-long, ultimate torchbearing of Chuck Schuldiner’s legacy.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: In Mourning – The Immortal

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What first became so apparent when listening to The Immortal (Supreme Chaos Records) is that In Mourning are one of the best bands when it comes to using different volumes and styles of vocals to not only pique interest, but to completely encapsulate and tell a story.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Scalp – Not Worthy Of Human Compassion

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If the name doesn’t give it away already, Scalp is your one-stop shop for anything and everything devastating enough to rip the top of your dome clean off.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Brutal Sphincter – Sphinct-Earth Society

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Ain’t no surprises here.

 

Belgian miscreants Brutal Sphincter are here for two things: to pen gut-busting Goregrind that is filled with as much viscera as groove, and to inject quite a fair share of tongue-in-cheek humor. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Red Moon Architect – October Decay

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Finland’s very own Red Moon Architect has just recently released their sixth studio album via Noble Demon Records, entitled October Decay. Hailing from the south-eastern part of the country in Kouvola, Red Moon Architect initially started as a one-man project by drummer Saku Moilanen, and has gone through several lineup changes throughout the years, with their current lineup consisting of Ville Rutanen operating on harsh vocals and Anni Viljanen on clean vocals. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Changeling – Changeling

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Rebranding himself simply as Changeling for this eponymously titled release, German guitar maestro Tom Geldschläger (aka Tom Fountainhead) is one of those musicians who never seems to stop working. Whether it’s projects like Despotic, NYN or My Atomic Majesty, his studio engineering and session musician work, or as a music clinician, author, and speaker on music production and musicians’ mental health, Geldschläger always keeps a full diary. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Tetramorphe Impure – The Sunset Of Being

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Tetramorphe Impure is helmed by Damien from Mortuary Drape, but The Sunset Of Being (Aesthetic Death Records) is not Italian Black Metal, but a brand of Death-Doom leaning more into the Death Metal side of the equation, thanks to the drummer’s fetish for double bass. Continue reading →