Funeral Throne - Threshold

Today we are talking undergrond, from the deepest fucking bottomless abyss were even the tiniest sunrays can't get through.  It all in a thick, choking thick sinister atmosphere, and with a real other worldly presens. Its demonic and burning strong with dark creativity.  Its raw, takes no compromises and makes you feel a dark presens.  

9/11

AVDIO

Devour the Fetus - Cook'n'Roll

Todays special is a delicate cousins stuffed with fetal grindings, stillborn cadavers and after birth. These recipies are all a bloody gore mess that alberth fish him self would have gotten a mils long erection by. Its btrual, grim grisly,  a must for all gore hounds.

8,5/11

AVDIO

Oberion - Return

With the somewhat cliche title comes the swedish black/death metal constallation with an debut album that grows like the seeds of an infernal beast. What begins like a mediocre bm release that you have heard a million times grows and evolves in to something completely different,  an opus that both have own ideas, identity and dimension.  It takes unexpected twists and turn through the unknown.  

7,5/11

AVDIO

Det Gamle Besatt - Caerimonis Diabolus

Yeah, and so we are back from eons of slumber, and what a great fuckin start with this gloomy melicious gem from Poland.  Its like pure fucking black magic and medival torture in my ears, like the beginning and end of everything that makes bm great. It has both the primitivness, the primal essence and the structure of an great grim empire that I will visit time after time.

9/11

AVDIO

Back, yet again!

Yeah, its staring to sound kind of corny right now, but here we are again after an month with a lot of shit going on, and the future should prove to be no different. But I hope that I should be able to keep this house of insanity going even if its going to be a bit hectic and self-destructive, but hey! here we are. 

First of we are going to finish up last month list of records that are worth your time and precious energy, then the top 3 of the month will come, and everything is back to the usual after that with updates a couple of days of the month with one - three good fucking releases. We start of with finish up June, here we go!!!

16. DoomVS - Earthless 

Funeral Doom/Death Metal

17. Waster - Grip of the Hand

Heavy/Groove Metal

18. Vanhelgd - Relics of Sulphur Salvation

Death Metal

19. Internal Devour - Aborted and Slaughtered

Brutal Death Metal

20. Ill Omen - Enthroning the Bonds of Abhorrence

Black Metal

21. Mars Red Sky - Stranded in Arcadia

Psychedelic Doom/Stoner

22. Infernal Angels - Pestilentia

Melodic Black Metal

23. Gluttony - Beyond the Veil of Flesh

Death Metal

24. Andhord - Pleroma of Uncreation

Black Metal

25. Bloody Hammers - Under Satan's Sun

Doom Metal/Hard Rock

26. Hollow - Mordrake

Melodic Black/Death Metal

27. Skuggan - Slottet i ändlöst mörker

Black Metal

28. Nazgul Rising - Orietur in Tenebris Lux Tua

Black Metal

29. Det Gamle Besatt - Caerimonis Diabolus

Black/Thrash Metal

30. The Atlas Moth - The Old Believer

Sludge/Stoner Metal

Next Up: Honorable Mentions

13 - 15. Sentience - Beyond The Curse Of Death, Desert Lord - To the Unknown, Kripl - De Profundis

LABEL
Independent
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
89%

Sentience - Beyond The Curse Of Death

This is one of the best authentic old school death metal releases that I have heard in modern times. The production and songs are all so fucking true to the sound of the early Swedish death metal scene and remands more of bands like Entombed and Dismember then the bands themselves do today. A must for any fan of pure heavy real fucking death metal

LABEL
Under a Serpent Sun
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
86%

Desert Lord - To the Unknown

Welcome to an drug induced void of madness and other worldly experience.

Its all like another world, a trip through ecstasy and Alice in wonderland, and its an awesome trip to take. There are so much pleasant things to explore and take in.

LABEL
Independent
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
90%

Kripl - De Profundis

You like your BM catchy as an zombie virus, and more rotten than a old carcass in a swamp, then you got to listen to Kripls latest offering.

It sounds much like Carpathian Forest, but with a more darker and sinister tone to it. Catchy music that are served best with carnage, torture and massive amounts of alcohol.

10 - 12. Extirpating the Infected - Reborn in Putrefaction, Mamont - The Valleys Below, Aposento - Aposento

LABEL
Sevared Records
AVDIO
Youtube
GRADE
85%

Extirpating the Infected - Reborn in Putrefaction

Let the sickness, perversion and dementia loose with the latest opus from this Spanish death metal band.

Its gory as the rape of a fermented corpse and vile as a blowjob from your own great grandmother. Slow, rotting and ohh so satisfying.

LABEL
Ozium Records
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
82%

Mamont - The Valleys Below

Hypnotic, other-dimensional and catchy is the first words that comes to mind as a listen to the latest offering from the swedish stoner metal band Mamont.

Its otherworldly, an acid induced trip that I like to take again and again, just to chill.

LABEL
Xtreem Music
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
84%

Aposento - Aposento

Fast, sinister death metal from a well experienced band from Spain, yeah!!!

This is music that makes your blood boil and makes your flash crawl of your bones in pure aggression. This is how good fucking death metal should sound!!!

7 - 9. Vallenfyre - Splinters, Caligo - Bloodlust and Retribution, Ifing - Against This Weald

LABEL
Century Media
AVDIO
Youtube
GRADE
84%

Vallenfyre - Splinters

Vallenfyre probably don't need any introduction as this release has been hyped up its ass, but is it that great? Probably not that inhuman excellent, but its absolutely an album you must listen to at least once if your into pitch black and led heavy music that totally crushes your brains into smithereens.  Give it a shot!!!

LABEL
Depressive Illusions
AVDIO
Youtube
GRADE
88%

Caligo - Bloodlust and Retribution

Harsh, atmospheric, devil worshiping BM from eastern Europe, can it be any better?!?

They may not do anything particular new, but its how its down and the atmosphere is done to perfection. Its horrifying, death fearing and apocalyptic. It penetrates every cavity and carnal sense of your body.

LABEL
Blood Music
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
82%

Ifing - Against This Weald

Epic albums comes in simple unextravaganzas productions, yeah that's true about this viking/black metal album at least.

Its an epic tale that is told with the three tracks that has both the classic old analog synthesizers that I can tolerate and that soundscape it produces. Its primitive and grand at the same time and brings back memories from albums of the early nineties when bands started to copy Bathorys viking albums.

4 - 6. Gravecrusher - Morbid Black Oath, Salvaticus - Hidden Manna, Ab·est - Asylum

LABEL
Xtreem Music
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
90%

Gravecrusher - Morbid Black Oath

Old school death metal with the rotting infection in the right place, yeah you have all the carnage and corpse ripping riffs you ever could have dream of here.

It DM done in the right way without making it a monotonic mess of nothingness. Its both memorable, brutal and has great fucking songs first of all!!!

LABEL
Independent
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
91%

Salvaticus - Hidden Manna

Here we have some kind of pretty cunning BM from the states. Its accurately a winsome opus that both has this unconscious, dreamy atmosphere to it, this thing of unreality, but still stands somewhere in realty with the excellent and experimental song structure.

Its like a nightmare, dreadful but oh so interesting!!!

LABEL
This Charming Man
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
89%

Ab·est - Asylum

Maybe one of the most interesting releases I have heard in a long time. It embraces both the atmosphere and the extreme heaviness that I'm searching for in the art of music.

Its both moldy and fresh, an dying old man and a fetus. Its an brilliantly beautiful journey to take and a must for everyone hows looking for new music!!!

1 - 3. Hyperborean - Mythos of the Great Pestilence, Infecting the Swarm - Pathogenesis, Castle - Under Siege

LABEL
Independent
AVDIO
Youtube
GRADE
89%

Hyperborean - Mythos of the Great Pestilence

A release that builds on old solid ruins but incorporates new elements in an excellent way without making it an symphonic gothfeist of fist fucking.

It has both great melodies, structure and makes the wild experimental lusts speak. An album for people that like their BM on the more progressive side but don't want a headache.

LABEL
Lacerated Enemy
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
87%

Infecting the Swarm - Pathogenesis

Gory, cosmic and sick death metal, yes you have it all here. Both all the slaughtering and down tuned guitars with guttural vocals you ever could have dreamed of together with the brilliant concept of aliens.

A must for everyone how shires pure quality DM and are tired of all gorefucking and shit

LABEL
Ván Records
AVDIO
Terrorizer
GRADE
88%

Castle - Under Siege

A pitch dark release with a lot of occult undertones that cripes under your feeble skin. The inevitable end has never felt so close as I listen to the record with the warmth from the black flame burning strong inside.

Its an release for all those out there how appreciate all occult female fronted metal bands out there, and this is absolutely one of the better once.

BEST OF THE MONTH: Pyrrhon, Thantifaxath, Herder

Pyrrhon - The Mother of Virtues (Technical Death Metal)

Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise (Black Metal)

Herder - Gods (Stoner/Sludge Metal)

Horrible Hiatus

No, we are not dead, nor rotting. We are as alive as the Ebola virus, famine and rape. We just went on an hiatus before it was excepted. A journey through the corridors of the insane mind and to the sanity of an fool. But he we are again, more twisted and deranged then ever. More unexpected and powerful the an lawless void. Stay tuned, first up best of last month!

29. Season of Arrows - Season of Arrows

LABEL
The Path Less Traveled
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
83%

An ice cold album with female vocals with an occult doom metal atmosphere? Yes that whats the first opus from the american band Season of Arrows delivers. Its a quite dark and dreamy album that mixes from a lot of metal sub-genres with an emphasis on weight and magic.

Its a great album for those how like their music quite slow, mystic and melodic in a weird beyond the other side way. A excellent choice for those how are searching for more female fronted doom bands like Castle and Jex Thoth.

28. Swampborn - Alleged Escape

LABEL
Self-released
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
88%

Now its time for some, what they call Post-Black Metal from Russia. Yeah its innovative in some ways in the structure, but in the foundation its still BM, melodic such.

But is it worth to pick one's ear up for? Yeah, it has a lot of great melodies that really brings the feeling of solitude and isolation together with a nagging feeling of madness and post-traumatic stress. It may be a little bit uneven, but it has a lot of great moments especially in the first track "Augoeides", which are defiantly worth your precious time!

Honourable Mentions: Planet of Zeus, Archspire, Pet The Preacher

Planet of Zeus - Vigilante (Stoner Metal)

Archspire - The Lucid Collective (Death Metal)

Pet The Preacher - The Cave & the Sunlight (Stoner Metal)

27. Liber Necris - Negative Creator

LABEL
Venn Records
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
75%

Negative Creator are a short but pleasant blast beating experience that balances perfectly between BM and DM. Its fast, technical and mildly heavy.

It has the darkness and atmosphere from BM together with the technicality and brutality of today's DM. Its dark and gloomy and has some more intricate parts that are defiantly worth your time. It is a quite varied EP overall, easy to take in and enjoy, but maybe not the most memorable EP you ever have heard, but hey! Give it a shoot!!!

26. Pilgrim - II: Void Worship

LABEL
Metal Blade
AVDIO
Metal Blade
GRADE
82%

Today's release offers up some magical powers inform of the occult fantasy doom metal band Pilgrim from the states. It is a massively heavy record that delivers both in spellbinding atmosphere and riffs that are the work of an evil wizard.

It is a record that takes your places, beyond foggy mountain tops, down to a sorceress dungeon where wicked alchemy goes on. It delivers in all the departments, and the song "The Paladin" is an instant classic. A must for fans of doom, heavy music or magical themes. 

Honourable Mentions: Gravehill, Vanhelga, Frijgard

Gravehill - Death Curse (Death-, Black-, Thrash Metal)

Vanhelga - Längtan (Black Metal)

Frijgard - Bellum Aeternum Est (Black Metal)

25. Herder - Gods

LABEL
Reflections Records
AVDIO
Vice
GRADE
90%

This is how real fucking sludge should sound, drawling, dirty and grinding. But Herder adds an extra dimension to their music with some good ol' stoner rockin metal which makes it an catchy rectum-kicking-experience.

This is the soundtrack to the apocalypse with humanity gone insane festering on each other and forming cults worshiping the fall of men. Its catchier than a zombie virus in a insane asylum and more bleak then death himself and a must for everyone, whatever you like BM, DM or Sludge!!! 

24. Serpent Warning - Serpent Warning

LABEL
I Hate
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
87%

Here we have some classic old doom in the vain of masters like Candlemass and Cathedral. There are no unnecessary bullshit and fuss here, just the essentials and the massive heavy end-of-the-world atmosphere that characterize the genre.

The album are a blueprint how a true doom metal record should sound with its chanting clean vocals and foggy occult atmosphere. Its a release that must be heard by any fans of the genres or just listeners that like atmospheric occult music in general

23. Pyrrhon - The Mother of Virtues

LABEL
Relapse Records
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
92%

Ohh this album are like an uncontrollable beast, it takes unpredictable twist and turns for every second that goes on, and you never know where its going next. Its technical and experimental death metal on a high level this gang of Americans delivers.

Its both brutal and mind-smashing, my brain goes fucking apeshit when I listen to it, and I cherish every millisecond of it, I can't get enough of this artwork. For that is what is, its pure fucking art, you may not get it everything, but it tingles a sensation somewhere. Do I have to say its fucking brilliant?!?

22. Autumn's Dawn - Autumn's Dawn

LABEL
Eisenwald Tonschmiede
AVDIO
Eisenwald
GRADE
90%

Wan't a atmospheric experience that takes you to the deepest god forsaken parts of your mind and the darkest most repressed memories, then this angst oozing EP is for you.

It both has the melodies and the atmosphere of a forgotten dying forest as the mood of a twisted mind in delusion. Its an most enjoyable experience to step in to, its both bizarre sometimes, but also so beautiful and fragile. a release that must be perceived. 

21. Vredehammer - Vinteroffer

LABEL
Indie Recordings
AVDIO
ReverbNation
GRADE
88%

It may be a little bit plastic and not that old at all, but it ain't that bad actually, to be honest its hellish good!!! It has great grim rhythms that all have the sound Norwegian metal has today, with a hybrid of classical black-, death- and thrash metal riffs with some hints of progressive stuff.

As always are the songs on Norwegian the highlights on the album. Its an album that is easy to get in to, but it may not have that much depth. But are you searching for something cold, well played, with good songs from the northern hemisphere, then you can't go wrong with this release.

20. Vendetta Inc. - Bristle with Rage

LABEL
Self-released
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
89%

Wow!!! This fucking EP blow my fucking mind and splattered it on a concrete wall the first time I heard it!!! Now after an untold numbers of listening to the EP I have a more nuanced picture of the release, but it is still a hell of a great opus!!!

It has this great groove to it that speaks right to the reptile brain. Every song is catchy as hell and just wants me to kick, scream and start a mob. Its easy as fuck to take in, so its perfect if your in a haste for something new and violent that kicks elephant balls.

19. Patria - Individualism

LABEL
Indie Recordings
AVDIO
YouTube
GRADE
90%

Today's band Patria offers up a more modern type of "black metal" that is basically BM with a more melodic progressive twist. And it ain't that bad actually, rather the opposite!!!

It all feels new and alive in some twisted way like rotten roots that finds new ways to grow. The album is adventurous and takes on new paths without getting lost in mediocre oblivion. It has an unstoppable creativity which makes the whole album interesting the whole way. Furthermore is the album catchy as pest in the medieval times and must be listened to at least once!!!

18. Inconcessus Lux Lucis - Disintegration: Psalms of Veneration for the Nefarious Elite

LABEL
Nomos Dei Productions
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
88%

With one of the lengthiest album titles in the history delivers the UK black metal band Inconcessus Lux Lucis a great debut album that is both melodic and illuminating for the mind.

The album always rides on the excellent carnal melodies without compromising the genuine BM atmosphere. Its an solid release that is exciting to explore for both the ears and mind without making it an pompous cake of bombastic overload. Its melodic BM done the right way with a meaning and a purpose. 

Honourable Mentions: Aronious, Bergrizen, Morgon

 Aronious - Truth in Perception

Morgon - Black Light of Liberation

Bergrizen - Scherbengericht

17. The Drip - A Presentation of Gruesome Poetics

LABEL
Relapse Records
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
86%

Today's review will be just as the release, short, fast and straight to the fucking point.

The Drip plays some good fucking grindcore that packs a massive weight to it. Its like a concrete slab right in your neck. Or like a rusty iron rod through your ears. Yeah its that fucking great. Dirty and heavy as a obese prostitute in the gutter, and a must for everyone who appreciate grindcore, punk or crust!!!

16. Slaughterer - Possessing Violence

LABEL
Self-released
AVDIO
Official Website
GRADE
77%

Do you want a death/thrash metal album that sounds like it was produced in the late eighties/early nineties?!? Then this release are for you!!!

The album are raw, merciless and doesn't make any excuses for its existences. Its just straight to the point without any bullshitting and that's the way it always should be. Take a trip back to memorie lane before any of those fucking -core genres existed. 

15. Miasmal - Cursed Redeemer

LABEL
Century Media
AVDIO
Official Website
GRADE
87%

Today we have another great death metal album from Sweden. Miasmal together with Vampire are probably the two greatest DM bands Sweden has to offer at the moment, and that says a fucking lot!!!

Its everything you want. Its dark, sinister and twisted. It has great song structures and a complexity that still manage to stay old school in a way. Maybe contradictory, but hey!!
Its a great fucking album that the quality really shines through on every track, both in the musicians, the production and the whole apocalyptic feeling of the album. 

Honourable Mentions: Macabre Demise, The Seer, Dopelord

Dopelord - Black Arts, Riff Worship & Weed Cult

Macabre Demise - Walk This Death

The Seer - Prologue

14. Wormreich - Wormcult Revelations

LABEL
Moribund Records
AVDIO
ReverbNation
GRADE
90%

Another day, another review of chaos and destruction, today in the form of the american black metal band Wormreich and their latest EP. And what a excellent release it is, it has everything to offer that I demand from a BM record. Diabolical song structures, a grim atmosphere and songs that touch you on a deeper level.

This release is a good example of that the genre is still vital and produces material that is competent and brings small new elements to the genre without changing the structure.