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Alkerdeel – Slonk (2021) – Review

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I just finished writing a review that shall appear in the future. And I admit, it didn’t go well. Same as Alkerdeel‘s Slonk, this other record also advocates a mixture of sludge and doom, lost in ethereal wailings, muted riffs, and beastly drums. Only, it just doesn’t click, nor does it convey oomph or passion.

But Alkerdeel here truly deliver a ferocious brand of their very unique metal moonshine. And this on a bed of more or less authentic Black Metal vibes. A style that seems to fit the theme better than what others chose as their … [...] Click to raid more!

Oldbood release Arms to the Sky!

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Well, don’t I like to drown my doom in a deluge of deathly sludge. Cold, icy sludge, lightly blackened and spiced to taste. A tune to shake them old bones and make the walls tremble like the Big One in California.

Well, by the dark waters of Styx, the folks from Oldblood did just that with their newest EP Arms to the Sky. A deliciously nasty piece of downturned metal that steamrolls over you. That they propped their piece up against a backdrop of anything nuclear, explosions and all, strangely adds to this unholy and dreary blackness it portrays.… [...] Click to raid more!

Heron – Time Immemorial (2020) – Review

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Sometimes things happen for a reason. And with Time Immemorial of Heron, the time just wasn’t ripe yet for a review. So, the record sat patiently in the back corner of the review pipe, as its name kinda implies. The ears of the RMR crew over here were probably a tad too strained with Extreme Metal and its screamy extravagances. You get that sensory overload at times and things won’t compute anymore.

But what can I say? Metalheads will be metalheads and we will return to this particular well until our necks are sore from headbanging. So, back we … [...] Click to raid more!

Yanomamö have No Sympathy for a Rat!

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I recently searched for some real filthy metal. Something to soothe my tortured soul for a day or so. A metallic atrocity from the 12th circle of hell, something dirty and not from this side of purgatory.

Well, after a few hours of scouring the terrifying depths of the metal beast’s underbelly, I found … Sludge Metal. But mind you, this is not your usual, sticky fare of sludgy goodness that still exists where light pours in. Oh no, this is where darkness meets the demons from the underworld. And way more intense than even Heron or Oldblood could muster.… [...] Click to raid more!