August 11, 2020
Album Review: Desolator’s Sermon of Apathy (Black Lion Records, Sept. 4th)
My first exposure to death metal, in late 1994/early 1995, came via Obituary’s World Demise and Symbolic from Death. Both albums turned me on to…
death metal
July 10, 2020
Album Review: Echoes from Deep November by Fires in the Distance
The debut album from Connecticut metal supergroup Fires in the Distance, Echoes from Deep November more than lives up to expectations from their local scene…
May 15, 2020
Album Review: Stygian Crown (s/t, Cruz Del Sur)
Scanning the press release for Stygian Crown’s upcoming, self-titled release, a phrase jumped off my screen: “Candlethrower.” For the uninitiated, it might seem like an…
April 20, 2020
Album Review: Phylogenesis by ABYSMAL DAWN (Season of Mist)
Death metal often walks a narrow tightrope. The lyrical themes can sometimes be too didactically political or, on the other hand, too cartoonish to take…
April 16, 2020
AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “The Lord Conspirator” by MONOLITH ZA
Ever wonder what local death metal sounds like in… South Africa?? Welp, check out this brand new lyric video from Port Elizabeth outfit Monolith ZA,…
April 15, 2020
Quarantine Music, Part 1: Eryka Fir, Undercliff, Army of Karens, and Turkey Vulture
If you’re not an essential worker during the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re probably finding yourself with a lot more time on your hands — and even…
January 15, 2020
Album Review: Odious Mortem’s Synesthesia
By Nikita Alekseyevich Khrenov It seems more and more that as years go on, we have bands and artists seemingly coming out of exile to grace…