Legendary floaty nebulous ambient band Biosphere returns with a new album due out January 21, 2022. Following previous efforts, the soundtrack-influenced background sound with evocative themes the listener must meet halfway remains, and the sample track almost trails off rather than conclude definitively.
No CommentsVomit Spell – Vomit Spell (2021)
Unleashing a spirited interpretation of the older, darker variant of grindcore found in acts such as Blood, early Carcass, Terrorizer, and Repulsion, Vomit Spell propel their debut album with thrashcore riffs at the frantic speeds of early grindcore with interpolations of melodies clearly inspired by both the death metal and black metal approaches to melody.
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Trenchant Unleashes “Yellow Cross Orison” From Commandoccult
So That’s How Grindcore Ends
Everything must run its arc, and for grindcore that arc apparently ends in being commercialized just like everything else. Rendered in plastic, served up on styrofoam, simplified to obsequious edginess, and yours for the low, low price of $19.99, the new Napalm Death Scum “Reaction Figure” glows in the dark just like your FBI agent.
34 CommentsTags: Grindcore, merch, napalm death, toys
How to Listen to Music
Some months ago, a good friend asked for advice on pipe smoking. It was clear at that moment that no top-level guide existed, mainly because most got stuck in a muddle of gear and preferences, but few mentioned the core of the practice: technique.
17 CommentsTags: listening, music, stochastic resonance
Halloween
It is somewhat difficult to fail to enjoy the theory behind this holiday, even if — like everything in the hands of a human social group, committee, cult, clique, echo chamber, hug box, or hive-mind — it has been turned into an excuse for carnies to sell garbage to apathetic narcissistic morons.
13 CommentsTags: commercialism, eugenics, halloween
Kaeck Posts Full Album Stream of Het Zwarte Dictaat
Ambitious melodic but abrasive war metal band Kaeck have posted their full album stream so you can hear the whole album before you buy. Following the example of bands like Ildjarn and Beherit, Het Zwarte Dictaat starts with grinding misanthropy and builds to transcendent beauty. For grim metal fans only!
3 CommentsEvil Damn – Necronomicon (2021)
Following the lead of South American bands like Mortem and Krisiun, Evil Damn charge ahead with fast riffs from the early days of death metal before the genre fully separated from speed metal, but keep the influence on speed rather than choppy riffs, making an energetic and seamless listening experience.
1 CommentTags: death metal, evil damn
Eucharist Releases New Video “Shadows”
Technical black metal band Eucharist, famed for A Velvet Creation back in the founding of the genre, has released a video of a new song for 2021:
3 CommentsTags: Black Metal, eucharist
Putrid Offal – Premature Necropsy: the Carnage Continues (2021)
Grindcore requires making the most of small changes in texture, rhythm, and direction in a flood of chromatic riffs in order to signal contrary motion, bring out conflict, and sculpt a structure out of a few contorted power chords played like a puzzle in different formations.
2 CommentsTags: Grindcore, putrid offal