I am moving to the new VOID WITCH album ‘Horripilating Presence’, released July 26 via Everlasting Spew. This is doomed death that reeks of dread, but I’ll be damned if they don’t sneak some upbeat sauce in the closing title track. Allow me to demonstrate!
Listen at Bandcamp
My favorite June EP is MALGUIST. In its manic 21 minutes, the duo delivers distraught, panicky USBM that will leave you spinning into the void with deadeye stares.
Listen at Bandcamp (Knife Hits Records)
I am currently moving to the new CAVERN WOMB ‘Stages of Infinity’ EP (May 24). With atmospheric riffs and cosmic grooves, this is my kind of death metal! Highly recommended for fans of Phobophilic.
Listen at Bandcamp (Rotted Life)
I’m really enjoying this WHISPER ‘Xenogenesis’ EP, otherworldly death metal highly recommended for fans of Solothus and Blood Incantation (Feb 10, cd release Apr 26)
Listen at Bandcamp (Brutal Cave Productions)
My April album of the month is FUNERAL LEECH ‘The Illusion of Time’ whose mid-tempo double kick death doom hits in all the right places. And when thos synths drop on top of their already grueling sound, prepare for an out-of-body experience. Allow me to demonstrate!
Listen via Bandcamp (Carbonized Records)
I am listening to the new COMPRESS ep ‘The Final Level of Consciousness’ (out Mar 15). The hostile riffs, manic drums, subtle synths, and THESE VOCALS combine for my exact kind of blazin’ USBM.
Listen at Bandcamp (Eternal Death)
The new album is perfect!
Listen at Bandcamp (Dark Descent)
I am moving to the new RHÛN album ‘Conveyance in Death’ (Jan 26) whose USBM brings that special sauce and many layers waiting to be peeled. This captivating release is my “first album of 2024” and its burn is BRIGHT.
Listen at Bandcamp (House of Inkantation)
Hello friends, and welcome to the 7th Annual BHAAAs! There were no fewer candidates than in previous years, but I’ve pared 2023 down to the following 20 holes.
NECROVATION cooking up a fish stew BH [Bandcamp]
THE ZENITH PASSAGE and there’s always one every year [Bandcamp]
BEASTWARS with that not-so-fast BH [Bandcamp]
ODZ MANOUK offering an up close and inside look [Bandcamp]
OUTER HEAVEN (say hello to) [Bandcamp]
AMONGRUINS got us saying again, “you don’t HAVE to draw a sun with tendrils” [Bandcamp]
WOJTEK this peacock has some STRUT [Bandcamp]
This WORN MANTLE release is entitled, “Hole” [Bandcamp]
ISPOSNIK: Run too fast, fly too high BH [Bandcamp]
ARDENT NOVA: “Does that look like a —-“
“Yes”
[Bandcamp]
Ring-A-Round The BH by CRYPTDWELLER (not the first time I’ve used this caption) [Bandcamp]
FRACTURUS: Now That’s What I Call A Close Encounter! [Bandcamp]
CREEPING DEATH (2nd BHAAA appearance) with their swamp of sadness BH [Bandcamp]
MiR: yoooooohoooooo [Bandcamp]
ORTHOSTAT wants to play a game of scatterjacks [Bandcamp]
THE MON with ‘Eye’ (caramba!) [Bandcamp]
SULPHUR AEON: Blaegh! [Bandcamp]
OAK: This tin roof is rusted baby [Bandcamp]
AVENADE: Ope forgot something! [Bandcamp]
2023 marks VOIDSPHERE’s 4th BHAAA appearance, our most decorated artist to date [Bandcamp]
Thanks for tuning in! And if that’s not enough and you want to see all 2019-2023 BHAAAs, click my category link.
My favorite albums of the year, celebrating the best way I know how!
#1) MNAJDRA self-titled (Fiadh Productions)
#2) ARIDUS Serpent Moon (Eisenwald)
#3) DESECRESY Deserted Realms (Xtreem Music)
#4) EXCARNATED ENTITY Mass Grave Horizon (Nuclear Winter)
#5) PYRKAGION The Katechon and the Unending Fire
(Cestrum Nocturnum Recordings)
#6) STARER Wind, Breeze, or Breath (Snow Wolf / Fiadh Productions / AdirondackBlackMass)
#7) STREET TOMBS Reclusive Decay (Carbonized Records)
#8) GATEWAY Galgendood (Transcending Obscurity)
#9) BLOOD ABSCISSION I (self)
#10) FOSSILIZATION Leprous Daylight (Everlasting Spew)
Cheers! See you in 2024!
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