The Sound That Ends Creation (Podcast) Dec. 9, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 57
by The Sound That Ends Creation

FlightOfIcarus chats with Chris of mathcore/grindcore project The Sound That Ends Creation about his new album. Also discussed: the ever-changing music scene, early influences, songwriting technology advances, Behemoth, Hot Topic, and much more. Get the album HERE.PleaseSUBSCRIBEand also listen viai...

Raffy Reviews - Unfathomable Ruination: 'Enraged and Unbound' Dec. 6, 2019

Enraged and Unbound
by Unfathomable Ruination

Background Another day, another death metal band to review on the site. And what better place to look for it than the UK. Out of the bowels of Britain came some of my personal fave acts from core-influenced slam outfitIngestedto oldschoolersBolt Thrower. But today's five-piece represents a slightly...

Their Holes Aroused by the Splinters Carved From Their Teeth Dec. 6, 2019

Their Holes Aroused by the Splinters Carved From Their Teeth
by Fawn Limbs

The Pitch: Just months after the lauded Harm Remissions, Pennsylvania purveyors of "Geometric NoiseMathematical Chaos" Fawn Limbsdrop a new EP via Dark Trail Records. FFO: Noise Trail Immersion, Hellkeeper, Frontierer What I Like:So was the megaton bomb that was Harm Remissions not enough for Fawn ...

Saprophytic Divinations Dec. 5, 2019

Saprophytic Divinations
by Helleborus

The Pitch: Colorado black metal duo Helleborus drop arguably their finest material on this new album via Redefining Darkness. FFO: Aoratos, Nightbringer, Akhenaten What I Like: Now THIS is a black metal release. Out of the hundreds of albums I've covered this year, there are maybe a handful of trad...

Tragediens Trone, Estuarine, & More (Video) Dec. 4, 2019

Recommendation Roundup 12/4/19
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus runs down 4 more albums that you will not want to miss from the last few weeks: Tragediens Trone, Estuarine, Dawn Ray'd, Together in Tragedy. 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 c...

Raffy Reviews - Carnifliate: 'Disgusting Festivities' Dec. 3, 2019

Disgusting Festivities
by Carnifliate

Background The deathgrind genre is always great for heaviness and such, as the substance is consistently chaotic and brutal as ever.Carnifliateis one subtle, yet somewhat effective example of this formula. The riffs are fast and brutal death-inspired, the vocals all over the place, blast beats on p...

Scissorgod Dec. 3, 2019

Scissorgod
by Reveal!

Reveal! started off as a band that pulled from the earlier strains of black and death metal while still putting their own spin on things before completely flipping the script with 2016s Flystrips. This album came after a five-year gap and found the band going in unpredictable directions with rhythms...

Sole Impulse Dec. 3, 2019

Sole Impulse
by Vatican

The Pitch: Georgia metalcore group Vatican bring unrivaled heaviness to the genre with this new album via 1126 Records. FFO: Zao, Vein, Harms Way What I Like: This is one of the heaviest metalcore albums of the year. While I've greatly enjoyed comeback releases from catchier, more melodic groups li...

Raffy Reviews - Avslut: 'Tyranni' Dec. 2, 2019

Tyranni
by Avslut

Background Avslutis one of those so-called Swedish black metal bands that we've covered on the site before with the delectableDeceptisdebut full-length album from 2018. Now now, although they brand themselves as black metal, this is not entirely the case, as the melodic death metal and OSDM influen...

Cycle of Violence Dec. 2, 2019

Cycle of Violence
by Seventh Circle

The Pitch: Vicious sludge demo from California's Seventh Circle via Caligari Records. FFO: Primitive Man, Northless, Mantar What I Like: Seventh Circle is a sledgehammer of sludge complimented by various elements of other genres from death and doom to crust and alternative. It's like the ominous at...

Lese Majesty Dec. 2, 2019

Lese Majesty
by Bölzer

Blzer has blazed their own path since their formation in 2008, with the duo channeling a furious sound that put bands with double the number of members to shame. Over the years theyve continued to move away from some of the more traditional black and death metal conventions towards a stylistic path ...

Raffy Reviews - Blood Incantation: 'Hidden History of the Human Race' Nov. 29, 2019

Hidden History of the Human Race
by Blood Incantation

Background In following the running theme of Rocky Mountain state-based bands having unorthodox or slightly "out there" elements in their brand of extreme metal (which is just that in its own right but I digress), this band highlights some fairly stellar stuff that is usually lacking in the genre. ...

Death Atlas Nov. 29, 2019

Death Atlas
by Cattle Decapitation

The Pitch: Environmentalist deathgrind legend Cattle Decpatitation take on the dark side of catastrophic climate change with this new album via Metal Blade Records. FFO: Aborted, Benighted, Slugdde What I Like: One comes to a Cattle Decapitation record with one expectation above all else: it's goin...

The Enemy: Reality Nov. 28, 2019

The Enemy: Reality
by Wolfbrigade

The Pitch:Stockholm-based crust outfitWolfbrigadedeliver their 10th studio album viaSouthernLord. FFOMartyrdd,Motrhead,High On Fire What I Like: Continuing their reign of consistently crushing crust, The Enemy: Realityalso finds the band leaning heavily into theirMotrhead influences. Slower, sludgi...

Nine Inch Nails Tier List Nov. 27, 2019

Ranking Nine Inch Nails
by Nine Inch Nails

FlightOfIcarus rates his favorite and least favorite Nine Inch Nails albums, pontificating about his thoughts and memories about them along the way. Make your own HERE. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social med...

Wisdom of Silenus Nov. 27, 2019

Wisdom of Silenus
by Estuarine

The Pitch: Florida"brutal avant-garde metal entity" Estuarine follow up one of my favorite albums of 2018 with a new underground EP. FFO:Dendritic Arbor,Balance Interruption,Black Harvest What I Like: Estuarine does not give a f#$k when it comes to genre boundaries. Dude is constantly bulldozing ri...

Raffy Reviews - Purulent Necrosis: 'Cadaverized Humanity' Nov. 26, 2019

Cadaverized Humanity
by Purulent Necrosis

Background Purulent Necrosisstands as an explosively lively and grimey brutal death band hailing from North Carolina. Since their inception a few years ago (especially after a brief name change and lineup alteration), this slamming guttural quartet has been hard at work crafting their overall sound...

Tragediens Trone Nov. 26, 2019

Tragediens Trone
by Tragediens Trone

The Pitch: Black/blackened death group Tragediens Trone deliver "seven tracks dealing with spiritual awakening and apocalypticism" via Osmose Productions. FFO: Deathspell Omega, Emptiness, later Behemoth What I Like: This debut is another nice cross section of some of my favorite releases from the ...

Estuarine Interview & Track Premiere Nov. 25, 2019

Trench Talk Ep 56
by Estuarine

FlightOfIcarus chats with solo blackened/grind/tech/etc. act ESTUARINE about the new Ep, his eclectic tastes in music, being a solo act, and discovers that he's a bit of an "idiot savant" when it comes to writing. Also stick to the end to hear the track "Rapturous Overload."PleaseSUBSCRIBEand also l...

Nug So Vile Nov. 25, 2019

Nug So Vile
by Cannabis Corpse

The Pitch:Cannabis Corpsecombine horror-themed death metal with dank weed once again via Season Of Mist. FFO:Benighted,Aborted,Cannibal Corpse What I Like: Who doesnt love a good double entendre? Cannabis Corpse are the kings of Kush-infused comedy without loosing an ounce of brutality in the proce...
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