Botched And Flailed June 13, 2018

Botched And Flailed
by Comess

The Pitch:Louisville, Kentucky-based extreme metallic hardcore unit Comess raize the earth with their new album, Botched and Flailed. FFO: Noise Trail Immersion, Left Behind, The Flesh What I Like: There's a growing subsect of self-described "hardcore" bands that veer ever-closer to the metal end o...

Levels June 13, 2018

Levels
by Levels

The Pitch: The self-titled debut album from Arkansas progressive metalcore outfit Levels via Famined Records. FFO: Wage War, Volumes, Currents What I Like: Levels plays with a number of different styles over its tight duration; the primary of which is proggy and djent-heavy as displayed on tracks l...

De Horae Leprae June 12, 2018

De Horae Leprae
by Délétère

The Pitch: Black metal band Dltre return with a concept album devoted to Teredinis, a leper whose calling is to become a prophet of Centipdes and incarnation of the Plague. On De Horea Leprae, via Sepulchral Productions, "offers 65 minutes of majestic and tortuous black metal full of furor, despair ...

Resurrect June 12, 2018

Resurrect
by The Walking Dead Orchestra

The Pitch:French technical death metal quintet The Walking Dead Orchestra go toe to toe with some serious competition on their a reissue of their brutal 2017 album, Resurrect, via Unique Leader Records FFO: Reaping Asmodeia, Aborted, Archspire What I Like: Holy crap, soooo many great tracks on this...

Astral Necromancy June 11, 2018

Astral Necromancy
by Hoth

The Pitch: Icy Seattle black metallers Hoth return with Astral Necromancy, the powerful follow-up to the 2014 underground hit, Oathbreaker. FFO: Sacramentum, Windir, UADA What I Like: First, can we just appreciate that the band's logo resembles a tie bomber? It took me this long to realize that. Aa...

Rain Soaked Pavements & Fresh Cut Grass June 11, 2018

Rain Soaked Pavements & Fresh Cut Grass
by Halcyon Days

The Pitch: Oslo, Norway metalcore/post-hardcore band Halcyon Days follow up their solid 2016 EP with a new full length via Indie Recordings. FFO: Architects, Underoath, Counterparts What I Like: I'm still a sucker for somewhat sappy, emotional hardcore/metalcore, and in that respect Halcyon Days hi...

Raffy Reviews - Burial in the Sky: 'Creatio et Hominus' June 8, 2018

Creatio et Hominus
by Burial in the Sky

Background Technical death metal in its purest form stands tall as one of those genres that hardly ever ceases to amaze or get drab, giving rise to some of the most talented and musically versed artists of the underground music scene...this band here is no different in that regard.Burial in the Sky...

The White Witch June 8, 2018

The White Witch
by Frayle

The Pitch:"Heavy, Low, Witchy" Cleveland doom and post-metal band Frayle get their EP pressed to physical format by Lay Bare Recordingsand Seeing Red Records. The female-fronted duo purport to "create music for the night sky" influenced by the diverse likes of Kyuss, Portishead, Chelsea Wolf, Massi...

Manor of Infinite Forms June 7, 2018

Manor of Infinite Forms
by Tomb Mold

Few death metal bands have been able to maintain a high level of quality while releasing material in a short span of time, but Torontos Tomb Mold has done just that. Formed as a duo, the band quickly made a name for themselves with two well-received demos in 2016 and followed it up last year with a ...

Dweller June 7, 2018

Dweller
by The Flesh

The Pitch:Tracked live and blending hardcore, crust. and black metal into a "fierce aural attack," The Flesh's debut EP Dweller is "praise of spiritual, physical and emotional erosion." FFO: Young and in the Way, Wake, Feast What I Like: All I needed today was a mental purge of the pent up vitriol ...

Singular June 7, 2018

S/T EP
by Singular

The Pitch: Singlar is a dank, solo experimental hardcore/mathcore project based out of Malaysia. FFO: Converge What I Like: I think Malaysia is a first for me, so add another tack to the corkboard map. Mierul has done an excellent job with these 15 minutes of music; demonstrating both strong perfor...

Ends of the Earth June 6, 2018

Ends of the Earth
by Euphoreon

The Pitch:Euphoreonis a two-piece unit from New Zealend consisting of Matt Summerville and Eugen Dodenhoeft (Far Beyond). "Ends of the Earthdelivers a signatureEuphoreonsound with aggressive and melodic soundscapes encompassing influences from a range of different metal genres." FFO: Equilibrium, En...

The Sound Of Steel June 6, 2018

The Sound Of Steel
by Exmortus

The Pitch: California melodic death and thrash metal band Exmortus follow up the excellent Ride Forth with another solo and riff-heavy new album, The Sound Of Steel, via Prosthetic Records. FFO: Chaos, Amon Amarth, Destroyer 666 What I Like: I was not a longtime Exmortus follower despite the band k...

INTERVIEW: Kenny Grohowski of IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT June 5, 2018

Vile Luxury
by Imperial Triumphant

New York dissonant, technical black metal band Imperial Triumphant are on the verge of releasing their new album Vile Luxury next month. I had the great pleasure, thanks in part to Dan of The Hudson Horror, to have a conversation with the band's incredible drummer (just one of his many projects real...

VOID June 5, 2018

VOID (2018)
by Wolvennest

Vn Records has had a stellar start to 2018, releasing standout albums from the likes of Antlers, Dautha, and Faal (to name a few). In May they would continue this with two releases that are heavy on atmosphere and hypnotic riffing but take significantly different directions to get there, Urfausts Th...

Regular Singularity June 5, 2018

Regular Singularity
by Grind-O-Matic

The Pitch: "Progressive grindcore" from France's Grind-O-Matic. "This album tries to draw the line against technological innovations, on subjects amongst transhumanism, robotics, artificial intelligence, connected devices, and others. Ethical, ecological limits which we should all be aware of, to av...

Raffy Reviews - Forest of Grey: 'Crypsis' June 4, 2018

Crypsis
by Forest of Grey

Background As we continue forward with our exhilarating marathon ofblack metal reviews, this next one comes from another independent and somewhat fresh act straight out of Seattle, Washington.Forest of Grey is an ambient/melodic black metal project consisting of four primary members that's been act...

Stranger Fruit June 4, 2018

Stranger Fruit
by Zeal and Ardor

The Pitch: Swiss-American musicianManuel Gagneux returns with Zeal Ardor, an experimental project that fuses blues and gospel with black metal to answer the question, "What would satanic spirituals sound like?" Via MVKA. What I Like: I didn't think it was possible, but Manuel may have outdone hims...

Golden Serpent God June 4, 2018

Golden Serpent God
by Akhenaten

The Pitch:Colorado blackened death metal band Akhenaten presents their new album Golden Serpent God via Satanath Records. Steeped in the mythology and mysticism of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, along with the symphonic instrumentation of the region, this duo does great justice to the style populari...

The Constellatory Practice June 4, 2018

The Constellatory Practice
by Urfaust

Urfaust has been a unique entity in the metal scene for fifteen years now, providing a mixture of black metal, doom, and dark ambient that were heavy on atmosphere and an otherworldly feel. 2015s Apparitions began a trilogy of releases focused around slower, methodical material that were capable of ...
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