Tag Prosthetic Records
Not only is this self-proclaiming black metal cacophony, but we’re told it is “punctuated by giallo horror movie inspired synth and foreboding atmosphere”. It’s all about what’s going in the ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean. “The Abyssal Plain”… Continue Reading →
Album number six for Judicator is quite an important one. OK, every album a band produces is important, but “The Majesty Of Decay” is the band’s first to be led solely by vocalist John Yelland after the departure of guitarist… Continue Reading →
Thanks to this, I discovered what a thotcrime is, but sticking to the matter in hand the band by this name is a cybergrind group, taking its influence from grindcore, mathcore and hyperpop amongst others. When I saw this album’s… Continue Reading →
This is the third full length album by the quartet from Tucson, Arizona, and the longest… Well almost, the debut was ten tracks in under 17 minutes, with the follow-up being fifteen tracks in 27 minutes, while this one is… Continue Reading →
I’m not sure how absurdist and existential philosophy, which themselves sit at opposite ends of the spectrum, lend them particularly to death metal but I guess we’re going to find out. Phobophilic from Fargo, North Dakota draw from the thinking… Continue Reading →
What a name for a band. Slugs and snails and puppy dog’s tails. Well if the gender biased nursery rhyme is to be believed I should dig this or have it imprinted on my DNA at least. Well god and also damn I’m a real boy coz I gig this like a shovel through, well, Slugcrust…. Continue Reading →
When it comes to technical death metal, there are few who match the Tasmanian devils Psycroptic. Hobart natives Dave Hayley and Joe Hayley founded the band in 1999 and from there, the four piece have put out stunning works of… Continue Reading →
All is not well. Hmmm kind of an apt title for this collage of an album. The Machinist that recorded the album are not to be confused with the Manchester band of the same name, which is what I fear… Continue Reading →
Never having heard of this US band before, I looked at the name and began to imagine Skepticism covering some disco hits. Thankfully that was short lived as the words ‘punk’ and ‘powerviolence’ (though I’ll be honest that genre name… Continue Reading →
The new EP by Volcandra has me excited because I get to talk about one of my favorite things: videogames. When I first listened to Border World, I thought it was alright. I was unfamiliar with the name but I… Continue Reading →
Aside from the latest album by Canadian thrashers Tymo, ‘The Art Of A Maniac’, I have not heard a more incendiary thrash release in 2022, though I’m sure there are some. Even the latest Evil Invaders is a damp squib… Continue Reading →
This duo from USA earned tributes for their 2020 ep “Wounds Ever Expanding”. Progressive black metal is their style with infusions of atmospheric and technical elements. “Ash in Realms of Stone Icons” is their first full album release. As the… Continue Reading →