3 Bands For FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Fans June 5, 2019

FFO Fleshgod Apocalypse
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus shares 3 symphonic death metal bands taht should appeal to fans of Fleshgod Apocalypse: Rapheumets Well, Xaon, and Gorgon. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social media of your choice with Faceboo...

Flub June 5, 2019

Flub
by Flub

The Pitch:Progressive technical death metal debut with a psychedelic twist from Sacramento's Flub via The Artisan Era. FFO: Inanimate Existence, The Ritual Aura, Alkaloid What I Like:I would think that smoking copious amounts of weed and doing mushrooms would impede one's ability to engage in intri...

Raffy Reviews - Decomposition of Entrails: 'Abnormality' June 4, 2019

Abnormality
by Decomposition of Entrails

Background To continue on with our marathon of reviewing brutal death releases, we come to our latest slam contenders straight out of Russia.Decomposition of Entrailsis a slamming brutal death band with tech influences that's been around for a little over six years now and has thus far three full-l...

Tyrannotophia June 4, 2019

Tyrannotophia
by Distant

The Pitch: Big, dumb, downtempo deathcore just the way you like it from Rotterdam's Distant via Unique Leader Records. FFO: Black Tongue, Traitors, Vulvodynia What I Like: That just about sums it up, actually. If you are part of the cult-level following of Traitors, then this is just what the docto...

Raffy Reviews - AngelMaker: 'AngelMaker' May 31, 2019

AngelMaker
by AngelMaker

Background Today's mainline act is one that's gotten some fair bit of attention around the interwebs as of late. One hellish six-piece act that originates from deep within Vancouver, western Canada and utilizes a brutal, yet melodic brand of deathcore:AngelMakeris its name...and heavy, chuggy tunes...

Legion May 31, 2019

Legion
by Malum

Malum may be a newer Finnish black metal band, having formed in 2013, but theyve been one of the more active ones with new Satanic hymns coming almost every year through splits and EPs in between full lengths. This years Legion is their third album and follows 2017s Night of the Luciferian Light. Co...

Union May 31, 2019

Union
by Ihlo

The Pitch: UK progressive metal (djent) band Ihlo deliver their debut album. FFO:Tesseract,Devin Townsend, Leprous What I Like: As Union opens, it's impossible to avoid certain comparisons. Think Periphery minus the harsh growls.In fact, the main guitar hook on "Reanimate" is VERY similar to one I ...

Interview: The Punk Rock MBA (Finn McKenty) May 31, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 32
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus and Finn McKenty, of the YouTube channel The Punk Rock MBAand URM Academy, go in deep on mental health within the scene and beyond covering such topics as locus of control, cognitive distortions, lower brain regulation, and more. Also listen to Finn explain what a "Veil of Maya" is an...

Two Dots May 30, 2019

Two Dots
by Pound

The Pitch:Seattle instrumental math metal duoPoundfollow up their debut with the simply-titled "" once more viaSilent Pendulum Records. FFO:MoRkObOt,Bangladeafy,Behold The Arctopus What I Like: These dang symbol-based titles. The system won't even allow me to list it that way. But whatever. Once mo...

Raffy Reviews - OHIO SLAMBOYS: 'ZOMBIE KILLING PROCESS' May 29, 2019

Zombie Killing Process
by OHIO SLAMBOYS

Background OHIO SLAMBOYSis one brutal death duo that arose out of France in 2017. And, while not too much is known about them, it is apparent that their brand of slam focuses on zombie outbreaks and other apocalyptic themes and, if their bio is anything to go by, they are here to save the day. Feat...

GastiR - Ghosts Invited (Video) May 29, 2019

GastiR - Ghosts Invited
by Gaahls Wyrd

FlightOfIcarus shares his opinion on the new project from Norwegian black metal vocalist Gaahl (ex-Gorgoroth). It's Gaahls Wyrd with their debut effort, 'GastiR - Ghosts Invited.' SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on t...

Nest May 27, 2019

Nest
by Brutus

The Pitch: Belgian alternative/post-metal band Brutus with easily the most heartsting-pulling album of 2019. FFO: Mr. Gnome,Bjrk, Russian Circles What I Like: There's a little female-fronted rock duo out of Ohio called Mr. Gnome that I used to catch live all the time. They mix minimalist alternativ...

Raffy Reviews - Ontborg: 'Within The Depths Of Oblivion' May 24, 2019

Within The Depths Of Oblivion
by Ontborg

Background Ontborgremains as one of those newly-formed death metal acts that encapsulates many of the tropes and formulas of a certain style (in this case of the melodic variety) in their music to seemingly make a callback to the glory days of the genre or make it their own. Formed just a couple of...

Godfather May 24, 2019

Godfather
by Daybreak

The Pitch: The new EP from Perth, Australia metalcore band Daybreak FFO: Polaris, Make Them Suffer, Parkway Drive What I Like: This EP hits that perfect sweet spot between unbridled aggression and soulful melody that endeared so many to the metalcore genre in the first place. You've got your more t...

Algleymi May 24, 2019

Algleymi
by Misþyrming

The Pitch: The latest black metal opus from Icelandic bandMisyrmingviaNorma Evangelium Diaboli. FFO: Mgla, Taake, UADA What I Like: Algleymiis the much anticipated sophomore effort from a band that ripped its way into the scene with their debut albumSngvar elds og reiu ("Songs of fire and chaos"). ...

Fleshgod Apocalypse & More May 24, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 31
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus gives an in depth review of the new Fleshgod Apocalypse album Veleno, which he argues may be their best to date. Buy it this Friday on all platforms via Nuclear Blast Records. Flight also drops some serious shout-outs with Employed To Serve, Mireplaner, Glassing, Vale of Pnath, Archi...

Interstice May 23, 2019

Interstice
by Kneel

The Pitch: The solo project of Portuguese artistPedro Mau (Wells Valley), Kneel is an interesting hodgepodge of hardcore, mathcore, and alternative music now brought to you by Pulmonary Records. What I Like: "Murmurs" serves as a pretty strong summary of what to expect overall from Interstice. It o...

The Furnaces of Palingenesia May 23, 2019

The Furnaces of Palingenesia
by Deathspell Omega

The Pitch: French black metal legends Deathspell Omega raise the curtain on their hellish 7th album viaNorma Evangelium Diaboli. FFO: Imperial Triumphant, Blut Aus Nord, Dodecahedron What I Like: It's so lazy and arbitrary to use this old trope, but honestly what can be said of Deathspell Omega tha...

Deftones (Video) May 22, 2019

Bands That Changed My Life II
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus spreads his love for Deftones, detailing his history with the band and key moments that they impacted his developing taste in metal music SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social media of your choic...

Chapters of Depravity May 22, 2019

Chapters of Depravity
by Pestilent Death

Grimy death metal will always be welcome in my stereo any day, and thats exactly what Los Angeles Pestilent Death has to offer on their second full-length Chapters of Depravity. With close to a decade having passed since their formation and plenty of releases to show for it, its clear that these guy...
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