Snorlax II Jan. 7, 2020

Snorlax II
by Snorlax

The Pitch:One-man abysmal blackened grindcore from Australia's Snorlax viaBrilliant Emperor Records. FFO: Malthusian, Abyssal, What I Like:Tunneling ever deeper in into oblivion, Snorlax spends all 24 minutes of this release mining pure bitterness and despair. Deep, gutteral growls and shrill snarl...

Raffy Reviews - Depressed: 'Beyond The Putrid Fiction' Jan. 6, 2020

Beyond The Putrid Fiction
by Depressed

Background With the new year straight ahead, it's time to start it off right with a death metal review. And the subject of today is the Brazilian Occult-obsessed oldschool quintet known asDepressed. Having its origins in late 1990s Sao Paulo, theBlack Lion Recordsroster band dabbles in toying aroun...

Best Of The Decade Jan. 6, 2020

Best Of The Decade
by Metal Trenches

Hoh boy. This was a painful process and took a lot of work, so please be sure to like, comment, and share the video with others. ...

Empire of Bastards Jan. 3, 2020

Empire of Bastards
by Under The Pledge Of Secrecy

The Pitch:Technical grind and death metal from Germany's Under The Pledge Of Secrecy. What I Like:Empire of Bastards is an interesting amalgam of influences. The title track opens almost as if this is going to be some sort of mathcore outing before transitioning into decidedly death metal territory...

Nomen Nescio Jan. 2, 2020

Nomen Nescio
by Tod Huetet Uebel

The Pitch:Portugal's chaotic, atmospheric black metal groupTod Huetet Uebelkick off the new year withNomen Nescio. FFOMisyrming,Deathspell Omega,Veilburner What I Like: Tod Huetet Uebel are a bit of a black metal version of Ulcerate. They employ a similarly chaotic approach to songwriting that in t...

Elitism Is Good? (Video) Jan. 1, 2020

Flight Reacts 2
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus shares his thoughts on recent comments regarding the benefits of elitism in the metal scene. 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 Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and ...

Alone Dec. 31, 2019

Alone
by Oni

The Pitch:Plenty heavy, djenty progressive death metal EP from Oni via Metal Blade Records and Blacklight Media. FFO: Textures, The Human Abstract, Unprocessed What I Like:Don't let the opening track fool you. While "Alone" largely goes for a clean, Tesseract-y approach, Alone also gets pretty damn...

Ki Si Kil Ud Da Kar Ra Dec. 30, 2019

Ki Si Kil Ud Da Kar Ra
by Haxandraok

The Pitch:The debut black metal incantations from Haxandraok viaVn Records. FFO: Ascension, Schammasch, Inquisition What I Like:Haxandraok's bio lists influences of Draconian Current, Qliphothic Sorcery, and Hexcraft as well as Eastern, tribal, and classical approaches. What results is an appropria...

Age of Capricorn Dec. 27, 2019

Age of Capricorn
by Arkona (Poland)

Polands Arkona may not have hit the same level of notoriety as some of their black metal countrymates, but theyve been a regular fixture in the underground since their formation in 1993. Balancing second-wave and symphonic influences with a robust production, their more recent efforts have provided ...

Raffy Reviews - The Drowning: 'The Radiant Dark' Dec. 23, 2019

The Radiant Dark
by The Drowning

Background The fine line that divides doom-esque sludge and traditional death metal is one that countless bands these days, or so it seems, happen to be crossing, leading to a mixture of elements that's largely hit-or-miss in the world of extreme metal.The Drowningis a Cardiff, Wales-based quintet ...

Flight's Top 10 of 2019 Dec. 23, 2019

Best of 2019
by Metal Trenches

Flight narrows down his list to his favorite 10 albums from 2019 overall. It's painful work, but someone's got to do it. 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 Facebook, Twitter, and In...

The Unholy Grail Dec. 20, 2019

The Unholy Grail
by Crusadist

The Pitch: Chicago-based death tinged thrash metal band Crusadist tear it up on this unholy new quest. What I Like:It's that rare moment that only comes 2 or 3 times a year: Flight recommends a thrash metal band. Despite not being the biggest fan of the genre, every now and then a band strikes just...

Poppy Goes Metal? (Reaction Video) Dec. 20, 2019

Poppy Reaction
by Metal Trenches

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No One Goes To Heaven Dec. 19, 2019

No One Goes To Heaven
by Left Behind

The Pitch:Charleston sludge and death-infused hardcore bandLeft Behindare at it again withNo One Goes To Heaven via Pure Noise Records. FFO: EarlyHelmet,Wolf King,The Apex What I Like: Amidst my quest for all things unique and innovative, I often find myself also detouring to find the stupid-heavie...

Secret Ambrosian Fire Dec. 18, 2019

Secret Ambrosian Fire
by Mosaic

While many listeners may not have been introduced to Germanys Mosaic until the 2017 re-release of Old Mans Wyntar, the project has been offering its own blend of black metal and darker folk since the mid-2000s. This years Secret Ambrosian Fire propels each of these elements to the next level, coming...

BTBAM Tier List (Video) Dec. 18, 2019

Ranking BTBAM
by Between the Buried and Me

FlightOfIcarus ranks the BTBAM discography from the self-titled album to Automata. Share your own thoughts below and even make your own Tier List HERE. ...

Simulcrum Dec. 17, 2019

Simulcrum
by Hideous Divinity

The Pitch:Italian blackened death metal band Hideous Divinityreturn with a intensely berating new album via Century Media. FFO: Behemoth, Hate Eternal, Morbid Angel What I Like: Simulcrum is a real maelstrom of an album. Above all else, it seems designed to deafen and defile the listener as much as...

Raffy Reviews - Bednja: 'Doline Su Ostale Iza Nas' Dec. 16, 2019

Doline Su Ostale Iza Nas
by Bednja

Background The black metal sound is one that, within extreme metal boundaries, includes arguably one of the more eclectic elements of heavy music combined with a dark ambiance, typically low-fi 'kvlt' production quality and abrasive vocal styles. For that reason alone, there is so much that can be ...

Best Of 2019 Part Deux Dec. 16, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 58
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus and Chris Dahlberg run down their favorite albums from the second half of 2019 (July forwards). Part one HERE.PleaseSUBSCRIBEand also listen viaiTunes,CastBox, andBitChute. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow u...

Krosis "Psychoticlysm" Reaction Dec. 15, 2019

Krosis Reaction
by Krosis

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