Alien Deviant Circus - Ananta Abhâva

| LABEL |

Necrocosm

| AVDIO |

Bandcamp

| Industrial Black Metal | Hypnotizing BM with a occult robotic touch together with a horrible inhuman atmosphere in a twisted digital format

Industrial BM may be a bit trite, but it's still something I can not get enough of. I devour everything in my path, and this opus I swallow with relish. It's a very radical production that allows the mechanical speak. You could call it an inorganic creation that is strange, like it comes from another dimension inhabited by terrible beings. 

The guitars have an almost mechanical sound to them, like large industrial pistons that pumps a heavy satanic machine. The bass smolders in the background like an old generator. And the drum beats with an inhuman precision, and a ritualistic rate as a good drum machine should.

The composition is pretty straight forward, without any extravagant drug induced madness ala Black Lodge.  Its pretty simple without taking any risks, but it fits the music well, it becomes kind of robotic and hypnotizing after a while. It processes the brain in an occult way together with the luciferian theme of the album. 

| EXECVTION	| 79	| COMPOSITION	| 77 |
| INNOVATION	| 83	| PRODVCTION	| 82 |

| GRADE | 80 |

23. Pyrrhon - The Mother of Virtues

LABEL
Relapse Records
AVDIO
Bandcamp
GRADE
92%

Ohh this album are like an uncontrollable beast, it takes unpredictable twist and turns for every second that goes on, and you never know where its going next. Its technical and experimental death metal on a high level this gang of Americans delivers.

Its both brutal and mind-smashing, my brain goes fucking apeshit when I listen to it, and I cherish every millisecond of it, I can't get enough of this artwork. For that is what is, its pure fucking art, you may not get it everything, but it tingles a sensation somewhere. Do I have to say its fucking brilliant?!?

26. Entartung - Peccata Mortalia

LABEL
World Terror Committee
AVDIO
Decibel Magazine
GRADE
90%

Here we have some real quality black metal from Germania. It both has the infernal power behind the music, the carnal melodies and the right structure to bring chaos and demise, which brings me joy.

Its a solid release all in all that doesn't bring anything especially new to the table, but do everything så perfectly right that it's almost sickening. 

REVIEW Withering Night - Within the Shadows We Lurk

Its now time to serve up some glutinous cake with so much cream and sprinkles that you almost will choke in form of this ultra melodic BM release. Yeah, this is what i call a melodic black metal?!? release with endless masses of guitar melodies and so much keyboards that you almost drown in them. But is it any good?!? Yes and fuck no!!! But lets try to start on a positive note. The album manifests musicality on a high level with advanced guitar compositions and riffs (that contains a lot of inspiration from heavy metal inter alia) that feels interesting and exciting for the most of the parts, some of the stuff even sticks to me, and I can't help thinking to myself, hey this is good! The vocals are the standard stuff (raspy middle pitched voice) nothing that really stands out, with some clean male and female vocals that are both a hit and miss. And the bloody keyboards that always lays there, sometimes in the background with just atmospheric sounds and occasionally on top as a sweet ass cherry (and even plays some folk melodies). For the most of the parts it just feels superfluous and the guitars are more than enough!!! But for most of the first half of the album its a refreshing experience as a whole.

But now to the bad fucking shit!!! The second half of this record!!! Suddenly they start playing  pure fucking power metal (the shitstorm starts with the song Forsaken Judgement) but with harsh vocals (as they should call it), this shit would have fitted equally well on a fucking pussy ass Dragonforce record!!! I get nauseous and almost want to puke up my spleen out of this shit!!! And it goes on for a couple of a songs before they try to redeem themself with the title track, but then they put some faggy clean vocals on it, and Im just wondering, what the fuck were they thinking?!? The album ends at least on a higher note with the closing track Blood Worship and everything is back to normal after the trip to the gaybar. To sum it all up, I find it hard to recommend this album for you, but at the same time are there some good things here if you search for it and are into hyper melodic and heavy metal inspired stuff (and skip a couple of tracks), so check it up, but be warned..!

5 (7 if you skip track eight and nine) /11

Best track: Lifting the Veil

Check them out here:

http://razedsoul.bandcamp.com/album/within-the-shadows-we-lurk

3 FAST REVIEWS Incandescence, Slutvomit, Bornholm

Incandescence - Abstractionnisme

This is an interesting and fairly artistic release from this Canadian duo. Its kind of arty in its approach, and as usual takes some time to get in to when you're dealing with this kind of style. But on the positive side are there a lot to explore here in the misty shades of the unknown path. There are some good musical qualities here too, with influences from far and wild, you can even find some jazz inspired parts. What's bad then?!? I don't get any real enjoyment out of this, but hey! maybe its just me?!? Check out this dreamlike release.

Incandescence – Abstractionnisme

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Slutvomit - Swarming Darkness

Did anyone ask for some old school thrash and a Venom homage?!? For here you have exactly that!!! The ripping mad fast as cerberus jaws riffs are here, the classic thrashy vocals with the aggressivity are all here too. Everything is fast, rabid and insane to the maximum!!! This is a really pleasant hellride back to the time when Sodom were new on the scene and the thrash scene were just starting up. Don't miss this vomit of hellish great blackened thrash!!!

Slutvomit – Swarming Darkness

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Bornholm - Inexorable Defiance

I have seen this band popping up a lot lately on festivals and gigs alike. But then when I finally heard them for the first time I got surprised as hell! I thought they would sound old school in the vein of bands like Angantyr, I didn't expect it to be this melodic viking inspired stuff. I don't really know what to think about this stuff, sure it's played good and there are some good parts here and there, but it becomes too much as well. There are a big chunks of keyboard laying on everything like a decaying icing on a cake, underneath it, there aren't much of music to talk about, they rely too much on the keyboards to speak plainly. Maybe not for me, but some of you out there possible appreciate this kind of stuff?!?

Bornholm – Inexorable Defiance

REVIEW Nevaloth - The Antagonist

This record (or piece of art) is no exception when you are dealing with some tricky avant-grade stuff, its fucking hard to get into, but once you are there, you discover a lot of details and marvelous music. It takes some time to take in, you probably gonna think what kind of shit is this?!? the first time you hear it, but it grows in a hellish rate. There are so many levels to the music, so many little things of musical excellence to find (like the mentally insane piano!!!). And its there it balance, between an intelligent creation and madness, its both schizophrenic and beautiful. This slovakian gang really know how to handle their instruments and almost push them between reality and dream. The technicality on all the parts is on a extreme high level with some obvious influences from technical death metal. So if you're into bands like Arcturus seasoned with death, then this is probably a spot on match for you or you just like your musical experience to be a little more advanced. Too bad they aren't as good songwriters as they are musicians, because its there their weakness lies, some great idés and opportunities are wasted on meaningless songs and just falls into oblivion. But other than that are this an iron solid colossos that should be cherished!!!

8,5/11

Best track: Per Aspera Ad Astra

Check them out here:

http://nevaloth.bandcamp.com/

REVIEW Winterus - Dark Womb

I don't really know why I should recommend you to listen to this album, to begin on a negative note. But on the other left hand, this isn't a bad album in anyway at all. It have a lot of potential to be a good album with a lot of autumn inspired melancholy splashes in the music, and they are potent musicians the whole bunch, thats not the question!?! The problem is that the correct feeling is missing, there are almost nothing here. Its like the skulle of you common politician. The record is a short history that leaves you just as fast as it took to press play. And you are wondering, was that all? what a bloody hell was I listening too? It was not bad in any sense, but was it really any good? It's fucking hard to tell, its just  falls behind the chairs. Anyways, give it a chance and see which side you fall on, if you fall on any namely.

6/11

Best track: Reign Supreme

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