Undead – Blood Enemy

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This one arrived in the mail some time ago. Apparently, it got held up in US Customs because our address is on the terrorist watch list. Looking beneath the skin, which is tasty gore-dripping old school death metal, this 7″ EP in fact owes its origins to the speed/death crossover bands of the late 1980s, sounding like a cross between Merciless and Sadistic Intent with Swedish death metal style elegant riffs concluding each song.

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Nothing Left – Demo 1999 (2016)

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Some compare this to Mortician but to these ears, it sounds more like a Cathedral, Cianide and Asphyx crossover. Where Mortician adopted slowed-down grindcore stylings to death metal, Nothing Left bring a pure grindcore approach to the type of pummeling, rhythm-driven riffing that powers Cianide or Asphyx, and adds the droning doomy feel of later doom bands like Cathedral.

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Asphyx Reveal Incoming Death Album Artwork And Tracklisting

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Militant old school European death metal band Asphyx plans to release its new album, Incoming Death, on September 30, 2016 with the following tracklist:

Tracklist

  1. Candiru
  2. Division Brandenburg
  3. Wardroid
  4. The Feeder
  5. It Came From The Skies
  6. The Grand Denial
  7. Incoming Death
  8. Forerunners Of The Apocalypse
  9. Subterra Incognita
  10. Wildland Fire
  11. Death: The Only Immortal

Frontman Martin van Drunen released the following statement:

11 furious songs in the traditional death/doom style which we are known for so well…The album title already existed two or three years ago, being a phrase that doesn’t really exist but refers to what entrenched soldiers cry out when under severe artillery fire….

And here is a list of upcoming ASPHYX shows in 2016:

07.23.2016 Ostrý Grún (Slovakia) – Gothoom Open Air
09.03.2016 Essen (Germany) – Turock Open Air
09.10.2016 Hüttikon (Switzerland) – Meh Suff Fest
09.17.2016 Püchersreuth (Germany) – Storm Crusher Festival
10.07.2016 Arnhem (The Netherlands) – Willemeen / Album release show!
11.19.2016 Ostrava (Czech Republic) – Dolní oblast Vítkovice
11.26.2016 Bucharest (Romania) – November To Dismember Festival
03.03-04.2017 Umea (Sweden) – House Of Metal Festival

Lineup
Paul Baayens – Guitars
Alwin Zuur – Bass
Martin van Drunen – Vocals
Stefan “Husky” Hüskens – Drums

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We Are Still Here (2015)

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Attempting to enter the bloated and mostly neurotic horror genre as it stands in 2016, We Are Still Here combines two genres: atmospheric horror and intense, violent supernatural horror. Expect a long buildup of an increasing sense of being unnerved, punctuated by moments of explosive terror, which ties into a simple storyline which pits humankind against its own worst impulses.

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The New Ten Commandments

The former Ten Commandments were designed for societies not in decline. In the midst of the death of the West, I suggest the following:

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1. You shall have no other gods before Me. 1. Ignore all gods but reality. This includes God, who is part of reality.
2. You shall make no idols. 2. (this one stands as is)
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. 3. If you encounter the Buddha on the path to your objective, KILL HIM.
4. Keep the Sabbath day holy. (this one stands as is)
5. Honor your father and your mother. 5. Honor your father and your mother insofar as they are realistic. This is especially relevant to Generation X. If your Boomerparents are insane, ignore them.
6. You shall not murder. (this one stands as is, with clarification that murder = unwarranted killing; self-defense and idiot removal are other stories)
7. You shall not commit adultery. (this one stands as is; one man, one wife, one eternal love, all else needs to burn)
8. You shall not steal. (this one stands as is)
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. (this one stands as is)
10. You shall not covet. (this one stands as is; it is perhaps the best advice in the Bible — when one ceases to covet, one focuses on adaptation instead of scapegoating)
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Memo From Prozakhistan (07/11/16)

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Greetings, fellow metalheads,

Times seem grim. The orcs have taken Osgilliath and approach the gates of the white city. Western Civilization is still dying, accelerated by democracy and consumerism, but rotten to its core with a lack of hope. Metal once gave that hope by showing us an alternate morality comprised of effective realism and epic mythos. Many of us want to live in that time again, but it will not happen through democracy or consumerism. We must choose our leaders and then all of us participate in restoring and advancing the greatness we have known.

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