I am moving to the new self-titled PURGING release (Feb 5 2025). If you see me walking on the street, chances are this riff is playing in my head. A fully packed 22 mins of OUGH! do not skip this death metal! Cassette released May 23 on Noxious Ruin Handwrought.
Listen at Bandcamp
Here the 10 albums that moved me the most this year:
#1) BLOOD INCANTATION – Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
#2) FUNERAL LEECH – The Illusion of Time (Carbonized Records)
#3) FÓRN – Repercussions of the Self (Persistent Vision)
#4) CRYPT SERMON – The Stygian Rose (Dark Descent)
#5) INTER ARMA – New Heaven (Relapse)
#6) RHÛN – Conveyance in Death (House of Inkantation)
#7) SPECTRAL VOICE – Sparagmos (Dark Descent)
#8) MNAJDRA – In the Name of the Goddess (Snow Wolf Records / Fiadh Productions)
#9) ORYX – Primordial Sky (Translation Loss)
#10) SLIMELORD – Chytridiomycosis Relinquished (20 Buck Spin)
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)
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)
I am currently moving to the PYRKAGION release from August. Fiery, encompassing USBM I cannot get enough of, and if you don’t think I’ll put a two track, 25min EP on my year-end list…
Listen at Bandcamp (Cestrum Nocturnum Recordings)
I am currently moving to the new EXCARNATED ENTITY ‘Mass Grave Horizon’ (Sept 8) whose miserable death doom packs 43mins of thunderous riffs with a melodic nod to the classics. Complete package that will rank high on my year end list.
Listen at Bandcamp (Nuclear Winter Records)
COPROLITH‘s debut EP (August 11) is full of chunky riffs and a gnarly tone that will get ya movin’
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