Creeping - Order of Snakes (2011)

Punky black metal drenched in doom. This rocks and rolls at a blistering groovy pace.

Order of Snakes

Trollfest - En Kvest for Den Hellige Gral (2011)

"Warm black metal. Black metal for those who live on the Brazilian beaches." These videos will explain everything that needs to be said.

TROLL!

Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I (2009)

This is beautiful, like looking right into the eye of a tornado. Instrumental post-metal with a plethora of genres to incorporate at their disposal. And that they do just that, rapidly, without warning. At one moment you are listening to a jazz section, suddenly your ears blink, and the song is ripping into a sludgy soup of melodic interludes.

That artwork is certainly no slouch either, created by illustrator Chad Lenjer. I had a chit-chat with this talented bloke just after the release of this album. He assured me that this album was no mistake, and this 5-piece from Massachusetts were the most down to earth dudes he ever worked for.

I don't want to sit here trying to rack my brain for ways to describe this sound, its pretty unique and excellently executed. Listen and interpret it however you choose. The use of the sound-clips from The Goonies puts a smile on my face.


Goonies Never Say Die!

Martriden - Encounter The Monolith (2010)

 

This is what it would sound like if the world imploded.

Encounter.

Nostromo - Ecce Lex (2002)

 

I am going to let this YouTube clip sum-up this feral onslaught.

If you aren't convinced after that, your ears have been compromised.

I am convinced.

Primordial - Redemption At The Puritans Hand (2011)

Firstly, I love the production on this one. The drums have that powerful yet natural resonance frequency to them (?), the guitars tones are a tad muffled in the ensuing chaos, but in a good black fucking metal way. Alan A. on vocals, enough said. All bundled up in the Irish potato famine garb.

fuck piracy. support music.

KEN mode - Venerable (2011)

Forgiveness please, its been a while since I have posted and this will change...starting...(takes swig of Grolsch)...(takes bite out of cold pizza-pocket)...now!

K so fuck, this sounds like a lumberjack in a dense forest during a two week amphetamine bender. Abrasive metalcore that weaves in an out of intensity. C4 yourself.

Neverable

Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless (2000)

I dare you to look at that album cover and decide for yourself what this may sound like. Nevermind, you will be wrong anyways. I will give you a hint, it is grind that sounds like a newborn kitten being forced down a garburator.

This is not Tiësto

Black Breath - Heavy Breathing (2010)

 

This is crossover done to fucking near perfection. Early death metal influence rears its head as well as that patented sound by producer and guitarist of Converge Kurt Ballou. Predominant guitar tones caked with a grimy distortion and a balls to the wall sound.

Make sure no midgets are in the room with you while you give this a spin, because I promise you, you will want to dropkick them in the dick. Every song can stand on its own two feet while windmilling you in the face. Listen for yourself.

Black Breath fuck

De Magia Veterum - The Divine Antithesis (2011)

Heres what you do, you download this monstrosity of an album, get someone you know who doesn't really listen to anything extreme, sit them in front of the song 'The Heavens', and write down their response to it in the comments section. It's fun, fucking do it!

This is black metal that is practically drowned out by thick atmosphere, noise and unconventional instrumental chaos. It is a one man project by "M" (Also the man behind Gnaw Their Tongues), and if you were wondering what somebody who makes music like this looks like, then here you go:

He seems pretty down to earth if you ask me...wait is that plastic wrap around his head?

Upside down Heaven