ALBUM REVIEW: VoidCeremony – Abditum


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 →


The Summer Slaughter Tour to Finally Return This Summer After Four Years


 According to a report from our friends at Lambgoat.com, The Summer Slaughter Tour will return after a four-year absence in 2024! Their official Instagram shared an image stating “We Are Back!” as well as Sumerian Records, a regular sponsor of the tour and provider of bands and support! The tour will be from July-August and will take place in US and Canada. The post also featured the track “Dynasty” from Brand of Sacrifice, hinting that they may be a part of the tour lineup. The band was on The Summer Slaughter tour in 2019. First taking place in 2007 in the USA and expanding to Canada, and Europe, the tour was responsible for the growth of popularity, especially in the USA of such bands as Necrophagist, The Black Dahlia Murder, Decapitated, Job For A Cowboy, Suicide Silence, Between The Buried and Me, Animals As Leaders, Cattle Decapitation, The Faceless, Periphery, and more. See the post below. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: The Zenith Passage – Datalysium


 

Having been seven years since the release of their stellar debut full-length album Solipsist (Unique Leader Records), it was sadly seeming to be the case that Technical Death Metaller’s The Zenith Passage were perhaps going to be lost to the annals of time. Therefore it is a given news of a follow-up on Metal Blade is very welcome news and perhaps a sign of bigger things to come from them and as evidenced on Datalysium, time appears to have been kind to them. 

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