El Pregoner del Metall<p>MARROW OF MAN (Països Baixos) presenta nou Split: "Decimation of the Spirit" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarrowOfMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarrowOfMan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abril2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abril2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pai%CC%88sosBaixos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaïsosBaixos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NouSplit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NouSplit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/M%C3%BAsicaMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MúsicaMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMusic</span></a></p>
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Angry Metal Guy<p><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/paths-to-deliverance-ten-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paths to Deliverance – Ten Review</a></p><p><i>By Thus Spoke</i></p><p>Metal has long taken inspiration from the realms of horror, mysticism, and the occult. <strong>Paths to Deliverance</strong> adopt ideas from all three. Debut <em>Ten</em>, structured roughly around the <em>bardo—</em>the liminal experience leading from the point of death through to reincarnation—also borrows imagery and storytelling from “Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft, Clive Barker, Graham Masterton, and Stephen King, as well as […] Dante.” You would be justified in assuming this is a solo project, given its eclectic and lengthy blurb, but this is only partially true as progenitor A.S.A has recruited artists to fill every position other than his own vocal and bass duties.<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/paths-to-deliverance-ten-review/#fn-213759-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1</a> It is, of course, black metal—if the concept, the fact that it’s a solo project, and artwork weren’t a clue. Yet here again, <strong>Paths to Deliverance</strong> claim difference and particular fearfulness. Not trve or raw, but truly frightening, and deeply personal, if the promo material is to be believed.</p><p><em>Ten </em>is a lengthy tale and like any story, has its ups and downs. However, these fluctuations cannot be attributed only to the concept that supposedly drives the music. Surrounding the peaks of ardour and vivacious, vitriolic riffdom is an odd nebulousness that drains the force from otherwise solid songs. This sense, which only builds over the runtime, contributes to the album’s lack of cohesive flow, and how it may yet contain greatness. Running through <em>Ten </em>is a powerful current of feeling, expressed primarily through a mournful, melodic black metal that sounds a lot like <strong>Gaerea</strong> in everything from the extended mini-catharses of rushing drums and urgent tremolos, to the very guitar tones and the way the howls and riffs echo brightly in the background (“Resonances,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Delirium,” “The Storm”). Right alongside this is a more belligerent blackened death, less concerned with atmosphere than with evoking the spirit of spiteful independence that eschews the vulnerability of that other, more melancholic style (“Solitude,” “The Calm Before the Storm”). And then there’s the vague integration of a raucous group-vocal attitude (“Delirium,” “Here Lies…”) and classical guitar (“Reveries,” “The Storm”). These approaches are not inherently contradictory, and allow <strong>Paths to Deliverance</strong> to demonstrate worthy aptitude for stirring and exhilarating black(end) metal. As components of <em>Ten</em>, however their integration can lead to a tonally mixed bag.</p><p></p><p><strong>Paths to Deliverance</strong> tease with moments of greatness, but squander their potential through messy execution and incoherent compositional choices. The trend begins instantly, as the mournful drama built so perfectly in opener “Ab Initio,” is hastily discarded in the jump to upbeat “Resonances,” vindicating anyone who’s ever argued the pointlessness of intros; but it’s worse, because “Ab Initio” is over three minutes long. Across <em>Ten</em>, we must witness <strong>Paths to Deliverance </strong>dampen the power of combined chilling atmospheres and thrilling riffs by burying them in what feels like filler that meanders (“Solitude,” “Alone in the Dark”) or pushing them to the final passage of a song, or indeed the album (“The Storm,” “Redemption”). There is an overabundance of directionless, restless addition—a new riff, a tempo change, a key change (“The Calm Before the Storm”)<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/paths-to-deliverance-ten-review/#fn-213759-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2</a>, layered clean and growled vocals (“Solitude”), a vaguely pop-punk chorus (“Here Lies…”), horns (“Delirium”), chorals (“Redemption”). And as soon as that beautiful refrain develops, and those awesome drum fills propel the song into a blaze, and it seems like <em>Ten</em> might really be brilliant, the magic disappears as <strong>Paths to Deliverance </strong>show they’re more interested in shoving a different idea in your face (“Resonances,” “”Delirium”), or pulling the tremolos away in favour of about two minutes of completely disconnected acoustic plucking (“Reveries”).</p><p>It thus becomes difficult for <em>Ten</em> to be anything other than an awkwardly scattershot and unfocused listening experience. Each element is well-crafted, and there are passages of powerful and powerfully sinister meloblack strewn across <em>Ten. </em>The issue is that they are <em>strewn</em>, and not carefully placed. Why, for instance is “The Storm,” very possibly the best song, relegated almost to the very end, when the listener has long since lost patience for <strong>Paths to Deliverance</strong>’s self-indulgent tonal indecision. The drumming is consistently tight and excellently performed, but it can’t make up for what lacks in the songs it provides a skeleton for. Whilst things are manageable in the album’s early stages, the interminability of less interesting sections, and the restlessness with which <strong>Paths to Deliverance</strong> add and subtract ingredients only gets worse over its span.</p><p><em>Ten f</em>alls short of the promises that <strong>Paths to Deliverance</strong> made of it. Not because it is incompetent, but because it lacks focus. It’s only with hindsight that the red flag of the long and varied list of inspirations becomes obvious. The runtime and these inconsistency issues point to an inability to edit, which the blurb reflects. This doesn’t negate those numerous snippets that could, in isolation, appear on a <em>great</em> black metal album. It only makes them harder to appreciate without separation from the rest.</p><p><strong>Rating:</strong> Mixed<br><strong>DR:</strong> 8 | <strong>Format Reviewed:</strong> 256 kb/s mp3<br><strong>Label:</strong> <a href="https://www.malpermesita.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Malpermesita Records</a><br><strong>Websites: </strong><a href="https://pathstodeliverance.bandcamp.com/album/ten" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pathstodeliverance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a><br><strong>Releases Worldwide:</strong> March 28th, 2025</p><p> </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2-5/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/black-metal/" target="_blank">#BlackMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/french-metal/" target="_blank">#FrenchMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/gaerea/" target="_blank">#Gaerea</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/malpermesita-records/" target="_blank">#MalpermesitaRecords</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/mar25/" target="_blank">#Mar25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/melodic-black-metal/" target="_blank">#MelodicBlackMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/paths-to-deliverance/" target="_blank">#PathsToDeliverance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/reviews/" target="_blank">#Reviews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/ten/" target="_blank">#Ten</a></p>
El Pregoner del Metall<p>TYRMFAR (Suïssa) presenta nou EP: "Symbiosis" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tyrmfar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyrmfar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mar%C3%A72025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Març2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sui%CC%88ssa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suïssa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NouEp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NouEp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/M%C3%BAsicaMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MúsicaMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMusic</span></a></p>
ZA666<p>Another melodic black metal song made by my melodic black metal style... This came out better than the sample I just showed off earlier...<br><a href="https://creators.aiva.ai/publicPlayer?c=67e22545cd3c34c0d25f3c74" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">creators.aiva.ai/publicPlayer?</span><span class="invisible">c=67e22545cd3c34c0d25f3c74</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackmetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackmetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/melodicblackmetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melodicblackmetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIVA</span></a></p>
ZA666<p>This is a test for the second style I did tonight.... This is my melodic black metal style...<br><a href="https://creators.aiva.ai/publicPlayer?c=67e218e3895e559088fa3387" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">creators.aiva.ai/publicPlayer?</span><span class="invisible">c=67e218e3895e559088fa3387</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackmetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackmetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/melodicblackmetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melodicblackmetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIVA</span></a></p>
Angry Metal Guy<p><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/stuck-in-the-filter-january-2025s-angry-misses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stuck in the Filter: January 2025’s Angry Misses</a></p><p><i>By Kenstrosity</i></p><p></p><p>We enter January under the impression that our underpowered filtration system couldn’t possibly get any more clogged up. Those blistering winds that overwhelm the vents with an even greater portion of debris and detritus pose a great challenge and a grave danger to my minions. Crawling through the refuse as more flies in all william-nilliam, my faithful lackeys brave the perils of the job and return, as they always do, with solid chunks of semi-precious ore.</p><p>And so I stand before you, my greedy little gremlins, in a freshly pressed flesh suit that only the elite like myself adorn, and present January 2025’s Filter finds. REJOICE!</p> <p><strong><span>Kenstrosity’s Fresh(ish) Finds<br></span></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558258028637" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Bloodcrusher</strong></a><strong> // <em>Voidseeker </em></strong>[January 9th, 2025 – <a href="https://barfbagrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barf Bag Records</a>]</strong></p><p>The sun rises on a new year, and most are angrier than ever. What’s a better way to process that anger than jamming a phat slab of brutal slamming deathcore into your gob, right? Oregon one-man-slammajamma <strong>Bloodcrusher</strong> understand this, and so sophomore outburst <em>Voidseeker</em> provides the goods. These are tunes meant not for musicality or delicacy but for brute-force face-caving. Ignorant stomps and trunk-rattling slams trade blows with serrated tremolo slides and a dry pong snare with a level of ferocity uncommon even in this unforgiving field (“Agonal Cherubim ft. Jack Christensen”). Feel the blistering heat of choice cuts “Serpents Circle ft. Azerate Nakamura” or “Death Battalion: Blood Company ft. The Gore Corps” and you have no choice but to submit to their immense heft. Prime lifting material, <em>Voidseeker</em>’s most straightforward cuts guarantee shattered PRs and spontaneous combustion of your favorite gym shorts as your musculature explodes in volume (“Slave Cult,” “Sanguis Aeternus,” “Blood Frenzy”). If you ask me, that sounds like a wonderful problem to have. As they pummel your cranium into dust with deadly slam riffs (“Malus et Mortis ft. Ryan Sporer,” “Seeker of the Void,” “Earthcrusher”) or hack and slash your bones with serrated tremolos (“Razors of Anguish,” “Methmouth PSA”), remember that <strong>Bloodcrusher</strong> is only trying to help.</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SkaldrOfficial/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Skaldr</strong></a> <strong>// <em>Saṃsṛ </em></strong>[January 31st, 2025 – <a href="http://www.avantgardemusic.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Avantgarde Music</a>]</strong></p><p>Virginia’s black metal upstarts <strong>Skaldr</strong> don’t do anything new. If you’ve heard any of black metal’s second wave, or even more melodic fare by some of my favorite meloblack bands like <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/oubliette-the-passage-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Oubliette</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/stormkeep-tales-of-othertime-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Stormkeep</strong></a>, and <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/vorga-beyond-the-palest-star-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Vorga</strong></a>, <strong>Skaldr</strong>’s material feels like a cozy blanket of fresh snow. Kicking off their second record, <em>Saṃsṛ</em>, in epic fashion, “The Sum of All Loss” evokes a swaying dance that lulls me into its otherwordly arms. As <em>Saṃsṛ </em>progresses through its seven movements, tracks like the gorgeous “Storms Collide” and the lively “The Crossing” strike true every synapse in my brain, flooding my system with a goosebump-inducing fervor quelled solely by the burden of knowing it must end. Indeed, these short 43 minutes leave me ravenous for more, as <strong>Skaldr</strong>’s lead-focused wiles charm me over and over again without excess repetition of motifs or homogenization of tones and textures (“From Depth to Dark,” “The Cinder, The Flame, The Sun”). Some of its best moments eclipse its weakest, but weak moments are thankfully few and far between. In reality, <strong>Skaldr</strong><em>‘s </em>most serious flaw is that they align so closely with their influences, thereby limiting <em>Saṃsṛ</em><em>‘</em>s potential to stand out. Nonetheless, it represents one of the more engaging and well-realized examples of the style. Hear it!</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://subterraneanlavadragon.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Subterranean Lava Dragon</strong></a> <strong>// </strong><em>The Great Architect </em>[January 23rd, 2025 – Self Release]</strong></p><p>Formed from members of <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/black-crown-initiate-violent-portraits-of-doomed-escape-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Black Crown Initiate</strong></a> and <strong>Minarchist</strong>, Pennsylvania’s <strong>Subterranean Lava Dragon</strong> take the successful parts of their pedigree’s progressive death metal history and transplant them into epic, fantastical soundscapes on their debut LP <em>The Great Architect</em>. Despite the riff-focused, off-kilter nature of <em>The Great Architect,</em> there lies a mystical, mythical backbone behind everything <strong>Subterranean Lava Dragon</strong> do (“The Great Architect,” “Bleed the Throne”). Delicate strums of the guitar, multifaceted percussion, and noodly soloing provide a thoughtful thread behind the heaviest crush of prog-death riffs and rabid roars, a combination that favorably recalls <strong>Blind the Huntsmen</strong> (“The Silent Kin,” “A Dream of Drowning”). In a tight 42 minutes, <strong>Subterranean Lava Dragon</strong> approaches progressive metal with a beastly heft and a compelling set of teeth—largely driven by the expert swing and swagger of the bass guitar—that differentiates <em>The Great Architect</em> from the greater pool of current prog. Yet, its pursuit of creative song structure, reminiscent of <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/obsidious-iconic-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Obsidious</strong></a> at times, allows textured gradations and nuanced layers to elevate the final product (“A Question of Eris,” “Ov Ritual Matricide”). It is for these reasons that I heartily recommend <em>The Great Architect</em> to anyone who appreciates smart, but still dangerous and deadly, metal.</p><p></p> <p><strong><span>Thus Spoke’s Likeable Leftovers</span></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BesnaBand/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Besna</a> // <em>Krásno </em>[January 16th, 2025 – Self Release]</strong></strong></p><p>It was the esteemed <span><strong>Doom et Al </strong></span><span>who first made me aware of Solvakian post-black group <strong>Besna</strong>. 2022’s <em>Zverstvá </em>was charming and moving in equal respects, with its folky vibe amplifying the punch of blackened atmosphere and epicness. With <em>Krásno, </em>the group take things in a sharper, more refined, and still more compelling direction, showing real evolution and improvement. The vague leanings towards the electronic play a larger role (“Zmráka sa,” “Hranice”), but songs also make use of snappier, and stronger emotional surges (“Krásno,” “Mesto spí”), the polished production to the atmospherics counterbalanced sleekly by the rough, ardent screams and pleasingly prominent percussion. <em>Krásno </em>literally translates as ‘beautiful,’ and <strong>Besna </strong>get away with titling their sophomore so bluntly because it is accurate. Melodies are more sweeping and stirring (“Krásno,” “Oceán prachu,” “Meso spí”), and the integration of the harsh amidst the mellow is executed more affectively (“Hranice,” “Bezhviezdna obloha”) than in the band’s previous work. Particularly potent are <em>Krásno</em>’s subtle nods and reprises of harmonic themes spanning the record (“Krásno,” “Oceán prachu,” “Mesto spí”), recurring like waves in an uplifting way that reminds me of <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/deadly-carnage-endless-blue-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Deadly Carnage</strong></a>‘s <em>Through the Void, Above the Suns</em>. Barely scraping past half an hour, the beautiful <em>Krásno</em> can be experienced repeatedly in short succession; which is the very least this little gem deserves.</span></p><p></p> <p><strong><span>Tyme’s Ticking Bomb</span></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/traumabond_/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trauma Bond</a> // <em>Summer Ends. Some Are Long Gone</em> [January 12, 2025 – Self-Released]</strong></p><p><span>Conceptualized by multi-instrumentalist Tom Mitchell<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/stuck-in-the-filter-january-2025s-angry-misses/#fn-212851-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1</a> and vocalist Eloise Chong-Gargette, London, England’s </span><strong><span>Trauma Bond</span></strong><span> plays grindcore with a twist. Formed in 2020 and on the heels of two other EPs—’21’s </span><em><span>The Violence of Spring </span></em><span>and ’22’s </span><em><span>Winter’s Light</span></em><span>—January 2025 sees </span><strong><span>Trauma Bond</span></strong><span> release its first proper album, </span><em><span>Summer Ends. Some Are Long Gone</span></em><span>, the third in a seasonally themed quadrilogy. Twisting and reshaping the boundaries of grindcore, not unlike </span><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/beaten-to-death-sunrise-over-rigor-mortis-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span>Beaten to Death</span></strong></a><span> or </span><strong><span>Big Chef</span></strong><span>, </span><strong><span>Trauma Bond</span></strong><span> douses its grind with a gravy boat full of sludge. Past the moodily tribal and convincing intro “Brushed by the Storm” lies fourteen minutes of grindy goodness (“Regards,” “Repulsion”), sludgian skullduggery (“Chewing Fat”), and caustic cantankerousness (“Thumb Skin for Dinner”). You’ll feel violated and breathless even before staring down the barrel of nine-and-a-half minute closer “Dissonance,” a gargantuanly heavy ear-fuck that will liquefy what’s left of the organs inside your worthless skin with its slow, creeping sludgeastation. I was not expecting to hear what </span><strong><span>Trauma Bond</span></strong><span> served up, as the minimalist cover art drew me in initially, but I’m digging it muchly. </span><span>Independently released, </span><em><span>Summer Ends.</span><span> Some Are Long Gone</span></em><span> is a hell of an experience and should garner </span><strong><span>Trauma Bond</span></strong><span> a label partner. I’ll be hoping for that, continuing to support them, and looking forward to whatever autumn brings. </span></p><p></p> <p><strong><span>Iceberg’s Bleak Bygones</span></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https://barshasketh.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barshasketh</a> // <a href="https://barshasketh.bandcamp.com/album/antinomian-asceticism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Antinomian Asceticsm </em></a></strong>[January 9th, 2025 – W.T.C Productions]</strong></p><p>My taste for black metal runs a narrow, anti-secondwave path. I want oppressive, nightmarish atmosphere, sure, but I also crave rich, modern production and technically proficient instrumental performances. Blending the fury of early <strong>Behemoth</strong>, the cinematic scope of <strong>Deathspell Omega</strong>, and the backbeat-supported drones of <strong>Panzerfaust</strong>, <strong>Barshasketh</strong>’s latest fell square in my target area. The pealing bells of “Radiant Aperture” beckoned me into <em>Antinomian Asceticsm</em>’s sacred space, a dark world populated with rippling drum fills, surprisingly melodic guitar work, and a varied vocal attack that consistently keeps things fresh. With the average track length in the 6-minute territory, repeat listens are necessary to reveal layers of rhythm and synth atmosphere that give the album its complexity. A throwaway interlude (“Phaneron Engulf”) and a drop in energy in the second and third tracks stop this from being a TYMHM entry, but anyone with a passing interest in technical black metal with lots of atmosphere should check this out.</p><p></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/deussabaothband/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Deus Sabaoth</a> // <em><a href="https://deussabaoth.bandcamp.com/album/cycle-of-death" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cycle of Death </a></em></strong>[January 17th, 2025 – Self-Released]</strong></p><p><strong>Deus Sabaoth</strong> have a lot going for them to catch my attention, beyond that absolutely entrancing cover art. Released under the shadow of war, this debut record from the Ukrainian trio bills itself as “Baroque metal,” another tag that piqued my interest. Simply put, <strong>Deus</strong> <strong>Sabaoth</strong> play melodic black metal, but there’s a lot more brewing under the surface. I hear the gothic, unsettled storytelling of <strong>The Vision Bleak</strong>, the drenching laments of <strong>Draconian</strong>, and the diligent, dynamic riffing of <strong>Mistur</strong>. The core metal ensemble of guitar, bass and drums is present, but the trio is augmented by a persistent accompaniment of piano and strings. The piano melodies—often doubled on the guitar—are where the baroque influence shines the greatest, echoing the bouncing, repetitive styling of a toccata (“Mercenary Seer,” “Faceless Warrior”). The vocals are something of an acquired taste, mainly due to their too-far-forward mix, but there’s a vitality and drive to this album that keeps me hooked throughout. And while its svelte 7 song runtime feels more like an EP at times, <em>Cycle of Death</em> shows enough promise from the young band that I’ll keep my eyes peeled in the future.</p><p></p> <p><strong><span>GardensTale’s Tab of Acid</span></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088721422001" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Don’t Do Drugs, I Am Drugs</a> // <a href="https://idontdodrugsiamdrugs1.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Don’t Do Drugs, I Am Drugs</a></strong> [January 27th, 2025 – Self-released]</strong></p><p>When you name yourself after a famous Salvador Dalí quote, you better be prepared to back it up with an appropriate amount of weird shit. Thankfully, <strong>I Don’t Do Drugs, I Am Drugs</strong> strives to be worthy of the moniker. The band’s self-titled debut is a psychedelic prog-death nightmare of off-kilter riffs, structures that seem built upon dream logic, layers of ethereal synths and bizarre mixtures of vocal styles. The project was founded by Scott Hogg, guitarist for <strong>Cyclops Cataract</strong>, who is responsible for everything but the vocals. That includes all the songwriting. Hogg throws the listener off with an ever-shifting array of <strong>Gojira</strong>-esque plodding syncopation and thick, throbbing layers of harmonics that lean discordant without fully shifting into dissonance. But the songs float as easily into other-worldly soundscapes (“The Tree that Died in it’s[sic] Sleep”) or off-putting balladry (“Confierous”). BP of <strong>Madder Mortem</strong> handles vocals, and he displays an aptitude for the many facets required to buoy the intriguing but unintuitive music, his shouts and screams and cleans and hushes often layered together in strange strata either more or less than human. The combined result resembles a nightmare <strong>Devin</strong> may have had around 2005 after listening too much <strong>Ephel Duath</strong>. It’s not yet perfected; the ballad doesn’t quite work, and the compositions are sometimes a bit too dedicated to their lack of handholds. But it’s a hell of a trip, and a very convincing mission statement. A band to keep an eye on!</p><p></p> <p><strong><span><strong>Dear Hollow’s Gunk Behooval<br></strong></span></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bloodbark/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bloodbark</a> // <a href="https://bloodbark.bandcamp.com/album/sacred-sound-of-solitude" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Sacred Sound of Solitude </i></a>[January 3rd, 2025 – <a href="https://northern-silence.de/en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Northern Silence Productions</a>]</strong></p><p><strong>Bloodbark</strong>’s debut <em>Bonebranches </em>offered atmospheric black metal a minimalist spin, as cold and relentless as <strong>Paysage d’Hiver</strong>, as textured as <strong>Fen</strong>, and as barren as the mountains it depicts, exuding a natural crispness that recalls <strong>Falls of Rauros</strong>. Seven years later, we are graced with its follow-up, the majestic <em>Sacred Sound of Solitude</em>. Like its predecessor, the classic atmoblack template is cut with post-black to create an immensely rich and dynamic tapestry, lending all the hallmarks of frostbitten blackened sound (shrieks, blastbeats, tremolo) with the depth of a more modern approach. Twinkling leads, frosty synths, and forlorn piano survey the frigid vistas, while the more furious blackened portions scale snowbound peaks, utilized with the utmost restraint and bound by yearning chord progressions (“Glacial Respite,” “Griever’s Domain”). A new element in the act’s sound is clean vocals (“Time is Nothing,” “Augury of Snow”), which lend a far more melancholy vibe alongside trademark shrieking. <strong>Bloodbark </strong>offers top-tier atmospheric black metal, a reminder of the always-looming winter.</p><p></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GreatAmericanGhost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Great American Ghost</a> // <a href="https://www.gag-totc.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Tragedy of the Commons </em></a>[January 31st, 2025 – <a href="https://sharptonerecords.co/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SharpTone Records</a>]</strong></p><p>Boston’s <strong>Great American Ghost </strong>used to be extremely one-note, a coattail-rider of the likes of <strong>Kublai Khan </strong>and <strong>Knocked Loose</strong>. Deathcore muscles whose veins pulse to the beat of a hardcore heart, you’d be forgiven to see opener “Kerosene” as a sign of stagnation – chunky breakdowns and punk beats, feral barks and callouts, and a hardcore frowny face sported throughout. But <em>Tragedy of the Commons </em>is a far more layered affair, with echoes of metalcore past (“Ghost in Flesh,” “Hymns of Decay”), pronounced and tasteful nu-metal influence a la <strong>Deftones</strong> (“Genocide,” “Reality/Relapse”), and more variety in their rhythms and tempos, reflecting a <strong>Fit for an Autopsy</strong>-esque cutthroat intensity and ominous crescendos alongside a more pronounced influence of melody and manic dissonance (“Echoes of War,” “Forsaken”). Is it still meatheaded? Absolutely. Are its more “experimental” pieces in just well-trodden paths of metalcore bands past? Oh definitely. But gracing <strong>Great American Ghost </strong>a voice beyond the hardcore beatdowns does <em>Tragedy of the Commons </em>good and gives this one-trick pony another trail to wander.</p><p></p> <p><strong><span><strong>Steel Druhm’s Detestible Digestibles</strong></span></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GutsBandOfficial/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Guts</strong></a> // <a href="https://guts3.bandcamp.com/album/nightmare-fuel-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Nightmare Fuel</em></a> [January 31st, 2025 – Self-Release]</strong></p><p>Finland’s <strong>Guts</strong> play a weird “caveman on a Zamboni” variant of groove-heavy death metal that mixes OSDM with sludge and stoner elements for something uniquely sticky and pulversizing. <em>On Nightmare Fuel</em>, the material keeps grinding forward at a universal mid-tempo pace powered by phat, crushing grooves. “571” sounds like a <strong>Melvins</strong> song turned into a death metal assault, and it shouldn’t work, but it very much does. The blueprint for what <strong>Guts</strong> do is so basic, but they manage to keep cracking skulls on track after track as you remain locked in place helplessly. <em>Nightmare Fuel</em> is a case study into how less can be MOAR, as <strong>Guts</strong> staunchly adhere to their uncomplicated approach and make it work so well. Each track introduces a rudimentary riff and beats you savagely with it for 3-4 minutes with little variation. Things reset for the next track, and a new riff comes out to pound you into schnitzel all over again. This is the <strong>Guts</strong> experience, and you will be utterly mulched by massive prime movers like “Mortar” and “Ravenous Leech,” the latter of which sounds like an old <strong>Kyuss</strong> song refitted with death vocals and unleashed upon mankind. 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El Pregoner del Metall<p>NINKHARSAG (Regne Unit) presenta nou EP: "The Black Swords of Winter" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ninkharsag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ninkharsag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mar%C3%A72025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Març2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegneUnit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegneUnit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NouEp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NouEp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/M%C3%BAsicaMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MúsicaMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMusic</span></a></p>
Daemoness<p>First post here and I would like to introduce an absolute beast of a record! From my home country The Netherlands hails this <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/melodicblackmetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melodicblackmetal</span></a> band Shagor! They are on <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/vendettarecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vendettarecords</span></a></p><p>Give them a try!</p><p><a href="https://shagor.bandcamp.com/album/lyksalver" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shagor.bandcamp.com/album/lyks</span><span class="invisible">alver</span></a></p>
El Pregoner del Metall<p>KAIKKIVALTIAS (Finlàndia) presenta nou single: "Teräksen taika" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kaikkivaltias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kaikkivaltias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mar%C3%A72025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Març2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finla%CC%80ndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finlàndia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NouSingle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NouSingle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/M%C3%BAsicaMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MúsicaMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMusic</span></a></p>
El Pregoner del Metall<p>SPIDER GOD (Regne Unit) presenta nou àlbum: "Possess the Devil: The Original Album" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpiderGod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpiderGod</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mar%C3%A72025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Març2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegneUnit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegneUnit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nou%C3%80lbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NouÀlbum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/M%C3%BAsicaMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MúsicaMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMusic</span></a></p>
Metal Releases<p>❄️ Embrace the freezing darkness! ISTAPP's new album **"Sól Tér Sortna"** drops on **March 06**!</p><p>🌑 Let the icy riffs consume you & support us 👉 [<a href="https://amzn.to/41fB4ue" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amzn.to/41fB4ue</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>]</p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/metalreleases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metalreleases</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Istapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Istapp</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/S%C3%B3lT%C3%A9rSortna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SólTérSortna</span></a></p><p>Feel the cold embrace of metal 🤘<a href="https://metalreleases.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">metalreleases.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
El Pregoner del Metall<p>ISTAPP (Suècia) presenta nou àlbum: "Sól tér sortna" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Istapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Istapp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mar%C3%A72025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Març2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sue%CC%80cia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suècia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nou%C3%80lbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NouÀlbum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/M%C3%BAsicaMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MúsicaMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMusic</span></a></p>
El Pregoner del Metall<p>OFNUS (Regne Unit) presenta nou àlbum: "Valediction" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ofnus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ofnus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atmospheric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atmospheric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Febrer2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Febrer2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegneUnit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegneUnit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nou%C3%80lbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NouÀlbum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/M%C3%BAsicaMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MúsicaMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMusic</span></a></p>
Luke<p>And to rinse the ear ways with some local, distorted, palm muted, bleak, dissonant, growling <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> from <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Groningen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Groningen</span></a> here is Walg - Verlossing (Disgust - Salvation). </p><p><a href="https://song.link/i/1597250347" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/i/1597250347</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Proper noise to wake up to that makes good use of a Hurdy-gurdy. It sounds like it came in the shadow lf the second wave from Norway, but nope, still from <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Groningen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Groningen</span></a>.</p><p>👥 Walg<br>🎶 Verlossing</p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/TuneTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuneTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/SongsFromHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SongsFromHome</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/blackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackMetal</span></a></p>
El Pregoner del Metall<p>ISTAPP (Suècia) presenta nou single: "Gryla" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Istapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Istapp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Febrer2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Febrer2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sue%CC%80cia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suècia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NouSingle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NouSingle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/M%C3%BAsicaMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MúsicaMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMusic</span></a></p>
FinbarrF<p>Today's music:</p><p>Rotting Christ - The Sixth Day</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/0rkNZRfMWLc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/0rkNZRfMWLc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/np" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>np</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoMusic</span></a></p>
FinbarrF<p>Today's music:</p><p>Bloody Tyrant - Semi Shigure </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/d43ZJu21F0Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/d43ZJu21F0Y</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FolKMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FolKMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/np" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>np</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoMusic</span></a></p>
Fionnbharr<p>Today's music:</p><p>Bloody Tyrant - Semi Shigure </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/d43ZJu21F0Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/d43ZJu21F0Y</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MelodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FolKMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FolKMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/np" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>np</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MastoMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoMusic</span></a></p>
Angry Metal Guy<p><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/zero-absolu-la-saignee-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zéro Absolu – La Saignée Review</a></p><p><i>By Thus Spoke</i></p><p><em>La Saignée </em>is <strong>Zéro Absolu</strong>’s debut, but the members already have a storied past. Not only comprised of notable black metal artists—from <strong>Alcest</strong>, and <strong>Regarde Les Hommes Tomber</strong>—<strong>Zéro Absolu </strong>is itself a reinvention. After their original name—<strong>Glaciation</strong>—was stolen and illegally registered as IP by a bitter temporary band member, they had no choice but to evolve. In concept, <em>La Saignée</em> defends the band’s integrity, and that of the wider (black) metal scene against the poisonous ideas that tear it down, its lyrics described by the members as “confronting [both of their] enemies.” It partially explains the odd cover art, which is not an AI abomination, as it might at first appear, but a photograph taken in the aftermath of the fire that devastated Noeseblod (formerly Helvete) Records in Olso last April. <strong>Zéro Absolu </strong>are here to make a statement, and the way they choose to deliver it in <em>La Saignée </em>says a lot.</p><p><strong>Zéro Absolu</strong>’s black metal proper is distinctively French, with deep and exuberant guitar tones, gravelly vocals, and a vague sense of nostalgia hovering about its refrains. There is more than a hint of <strong>Glaciation,</strong> of course, as well as <strong>Abduction</strong>, <strong>Seth</strong>, and countless others<em>. </em>Yet, now more than in the band’s previous incarnation, the admixtures of styles from those who comprise it<strong> </strong>are given freer reign. Gazey <strong>Alcest</strong>ian plucking and serene vocalisations, and dark post-black turns from the playbook of <strong>Regarde les Hommes Tomber</strong> play a larger role amidst the frosty second-wave tremolo and drum. <em>La Saignée </em>moves between its aspects as mood takes it, unspooling the manifesto that <strong>Zéro Absolu</strong> have created. This is where the album’s structure plays a crucial role, for <em>La Saignée </em>consists of only two songs. The first, title track—an epic of over twenty minutes—feels like the <em>raison d’être </em>for this record and for <strong>Zéro Absolu</strong> themselves, rising and falling anthemically. The second, “Le Temps Détruit Tout,”—comparatively short at 13 minutes and change—is more reflective and solemn overall, though not without its own blackened surges of ardour. This duality more or less completely dissolves <em>La Saignée </em>into one piece, making it more stirring and immersive, and thus serving as the apt instantiation of <strong>Zéro Absolu</strong>’s declarative (re-)entrance.</p><p></p><p>By marrying an evocative black metal core with the threads of post-black at their disposal, <strong>Zéro Absolu</strong> create something powerful. Dispossessed of a lyric sheet, my French is too poor to parse the words—from both vocals and the static-blurred samples that surface across the runtime.<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/zero-absolu-la-saignee-review/#fn-210093-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1</a> <strong>Zéro Absolu</strong>’s execution, however, leaves little room to doubt their sincerity. The howls and screams which cry out these verses in unison burn with fierceness. The sweeping rise and fall of melancholic refrains—just as much as their incremental, understated derivations— carry tides of emotion in blazing tremolos just as much as the latter drip it in subtly with resonant plucks. <em>La Saignée r</em>epeatedly peaks between emphatic intensity and the musings of ambience, and this dynamism feels real to the process of delivering an impassioned disquisition. Yet the other face of the record, which is less straightforward, shows the far-reaching, introspected core. Not only the atmosphere garnered by the stripped-back mellifluousness of gaze, but also the time given over to more abstract soundscapes as the chiming, sometimes eerie synths, lend <em>La Saignée</em> further layers of intrigue, depth, and feeling. It culminates in a rich, emotionally nuanced, and flowing experience that makes you forget, at times, what exactly you’re listening to,<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/zero-absolu-la-saignee-review/#fn-210093-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2</a> and not care because it is that immersive.</p><p></p><p>None of the above is to say that <em>La Saignée </em>is mind-blowingly unique, or beyond devastatingly affecting. But this is partly due to how high the bar already is for modern French black metal, not to mention that set by <strong>Zéro Absolu </strong>themself, in their previous form as <strong>Glaciation</strong>. Putting that to one side, I’ll concede that the structure, ideal as it is for immersion and intensity, somewhat runs against memorability, and in a related sense, immediacy. It takes some patience, and more than a few listens, to really appreciate the magnificence of <em>La Saignée</em>, and while you’ll certainly enjoy each of those listens very much (if you’re inclined towards this genre at all), it lacks some supererogatory obvious excellence that demands your respect instantly. This could also mean that mileage will vary between listeners, though I do believe that with time, all will trend towards the favourable.</p><p>As a means by which the musicians of <strong>Zéro Absolu</strong> return to the black metal scene, <em>La Saignée</em> is a powerful choice. In its free-flowing, dual-partite structure, they are reborn and make an emotionally affecting, honest-feeling, and wonderfully executed statement. This is surely just the first step in a new and vibrant career for the band, and what a first step it is.</p> <p><strong>Rating</strong>: Very Good<br><strong>DR</strong>: 6 | <strong>Format Reviewed</strong>: 320 kbps mp3<br><strong>Label</strong>:<a href="https://shop.aoprecords.de/gb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> AOP Records</a><br><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="https://artofpropaganda.bandcamp.com/album/la-saign-e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a><br><strong>Releases Worldwide</strong>: January 31st, 2025</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/alcest/" target="_blank">#Alcest</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/aop-records/" target="_blank">#AOPRecords</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/black-metal/" target="_blank">#BlackMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/french-black-metal/" target="_blank">#FrenchBlackMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/french-metal/" target="_blank">#FrenchMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/glaciation/" target="_blank">#Glaciation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/jan25/" target="_blank">#Jan25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/la-saignee/" target="_blank">#LaSaignée</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/melodic-black-metal/" target="_blank">#MelodicBlackMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/post-black-metal/" target="_blank">#PostBlackMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/regarde-les-hommes-tomber/" target="_blank">#RegardeLesHommesTomber</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/reviews/" target="_blank">#Reviews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/seth/" target="_blank">#Seth</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/zero-absolu/" target="_blank">#ZéroAbsolu</a></p>
Luke<p>The theme for <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/TuneTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuneTuesday</span></a> is <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/FlowerPowerMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlowerPowerMusic</span></a>! This is gonna be a blast! First song that came to mind is this exquisite opus from Ne Obliviscaris, fooling you in to thinking you’re not listening to progressive black metal, but a violin solo instead.</p><p>👥 Ne Obliviscaris<br>💿 Portal of I<br>🎶 And Plague Flowers The Kalaidoscope</p><p><a href="https://song.link/i/523723475" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/i/523723475</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/blackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/melodicBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melodicBlackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/progressiveBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressiveBlackMetal</span></a></p>
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