Rating: 5/5
Interestingly, and thankfully enough, I discovered Consecration for myself shortly after learning ISIS was breaking up. As I prepare for their final show tonight at Club Soda in Montréal, I have hope that this Serbian quintet will pick up where that band left off, creating genre-bending atmospheres for our aural pleasure.
Rating: 3/5
Dew-Scented offers no hope, nothing to grasp onto… and perhaps that is the idea. Like the cover art itself, Invocation is stark, cold, brutal, and distinguishable as those men in gasmasks shaking hands.
Rating: 4/5
If you’re a fan of the Big 4 of Bay Area thrash or Exodus in general, you should check out this album. You might agree that it’s a return to form.
Legendary stoner rock band SLEEP split in 1997 after two hugely influential albums. Members went on to form underground heroes OM and High On Fire, and more recently metal supergroup Shrinebuilder. This Fall, original members Al Cisneros and Matt Pike will be joined by drummer Jason Roeder of Neurosis to perform the seminal Holy Mountain album as well as selections from Dopesmoker and more. SLEEP debuted with 1991′s Volume One album, recorded for San Francisco label Tupelo. Earache Records received the band’s next recordings in the mail as a demo. The label — impressed by SLEEP‘s single-mindedness and unique vision – immediately signed [...read more]
GWAR fails to nasally violate Dave Matthews or Jay-Z, has to settle for Margaret Cho as the Scumdogs of the Universe decimate Bonnaroo!
In other Behemoth news, Metal Blade Records is reissuing two of Behemoth’s classic EP’s as a double disc set!
Long Island, New York’s Paragon Records’ latest signing KOZELJNIK are set to unleash their second full-length Deeper The Fall this June 22nd. Hailing from Belgrade, Serbia, this malicious duo are sure to infect black metal fans across the globe with their brew of inspiring, ever-morphing product.
Arizona and North Carolina are the latest stops. Read on for the tour poster and link to complete dates!
They start at The Power of The Riff festival, and take it from there!
Rating: 3/5
Ov Hell has done a fairly good job making a true-to-form black metal album.