Sangre Y Tierra is a one man black metal band. He has been featured on Cvlt Nation, released on Grindcore Karaoke, managed to get enough of his own material out there on his own, and the subject of an audio documentary about black metal. All of this for good reason, and now followed by being   Read More …

Coma Records showing no sign of slowing down and even less a sign of adhering to any sort of preconceived notions or prefabricated frameworks for how they operate. After plenty of jungle, dub, IDM, breakcore, breakbeat, and more – now we see Coma offering up their first metal release and it is really something else.   Read More …

Disrespectful and abomination-like noise from a crew with a name I can’t get behind (Compulsive Masturbation Productions), Hateache craft one of the most remarkable offerings in upfront and unadulterated blackened experimental ritualistic noise that you’re likely to hear this year. A few months late on the release date, we are fairly certain you haven’t been hearing this remarkable recording. Described by   Read More …

We cited Ash Borer‘s “Cold Of Ages” in our 2012 year end list as the premier black metal record of last year. Here we are barely 2 months into the new year and the band return with a slab of wax to put that release to shame. Gilead Media, a label I stumbled upon last   Read More …

Edasi is the brainchild of an Estonia based lifeform calling himself Mihkel Kleis. Edasi craft a ritualistic and depraved brand of psychedelic blackened improvised noise. This was originally made available in a very limited run cassette release like most the work he’s associated with, but to an even greater extent – “Prehistoric Relaxation” only has 10   Read More …

The Flenser has been doing nothing but proving to all true underground metal heads that they should be paying it nothing but the utmost attention. Between releasing and handling distro for Botanist, Wreck & Reference, Bargest, False, Ash Borer and a host of other awesome underground metal that has been reviewed here or on Magicore by   Read More …

Absolutely incredible, mammoth, and epic black metal from Syria via the awesomely named band Abidetherein (abide therein). This single is over 13 minutes of politically charged face smashing black metal with huge death metal overtones and a bit of symphonic and eastern influence thrown in for good measure. This is a killer lyric video to   Read More …

I love a good bit of mystery when it comes to discovering new music. This  new release from an entity known as Mara has a bit of just that. I first heard a couple bits from Mara a year or so ago and wasn’t overly impressed. A hybrid of noisy black metal, dark ambient, and   Read More …

What up, jerks? You might remember that this time last year I posted a gnarly compilation entitled “A Grindcore Christmas”. Well, here I am doing it again. Suck it if ya don’t like it. I didn’t have a roll this year, aside from trying to get the word out about submissions and such via our   Read More …

So, Y’golonac is part of the shared fictional universe of the Cthulu Mythos and is a deity that can take the form of – more or a less –  a human. A human that is morbidly obese, has no head, and who has a mouth in the palm of each hand. He specializes in the most   Read More …