The best way to describe the cavernous sound of “Tombs of the Blind Drugged” is to liken it to being bound, blindfolded, and dragged through the hot, sticky bowels of a decomposing subterranean dragon to have your essence drained from your barely-living body at the end of it all, and then being left to rot … Continue reading “Tombs of the Blind Drugged” – Moss
Category: Album Reviews
“Let Us Prey” -Electric Wizard
Electric Wizard have been one of the biggest names in stoner doom for some time, having released genre-defining classics such as “Dopethrone” and the much sought-after “Supercoven” EP. The defining factors of their sound are fuzz-laden bass and hosts of whirring, psychedelic guitar riffs, as well as Jus Oborn’s ‘Sabbath-styled vocals, all of which were … Continue reading “Let Us Prey” -Electric Wizard
“Silhouette in Splinters” -Leviathan
One of the more unique bands reviewed on this site is acclaimed and incomparable one-man USBM act, Leviathan. Boasting a prodigious body of work, some of the more familiar titles under artist Jef “Wrest” Whitehead’s belt include 2003’s “Tenth Sub-Level ofSuicide” and the following year’s “Tentacles of Whorror”, not to mention numerous splits with bands … Continue reading “Silhouette in Splinters” -Leviathan
“Emperor (S/T)”
Emperor's 1993 self-titled EP represented a portent of things to come with regard to the band's sound. Many of the tracks on "Emperor" are re-recorded songs from their legendary demo, "Wrath of the Tyrant"; while "Wrath..." is well known and praised for its lo-fi recording and distinct 2nd wave black metal aggression, "Emperor" boasts a … Continue reading “Emperor (S/T)”
“True Traitor, True Whore” -Leviathan
Imagine picking a scab, seeing the wound beneath open up before your eyes, and staring into the blood and tissue within. Suddenly, the wound is stretching open, yawning out like a great, snarling, undulating maw. This flesh wound suddenly expands into a massive mortal gash, growing deeper and wider, swallowing the body around it, and … Continue reading “True Traitor, True Whore” -Leviathan
“Human = Garbage” – Dystopia
Dystopia’s classic “Human = Garbage” LP is a tempest of life’s worst frustrations incarnate: a living, breathing storm fueled by societal oppression and futility. This album paints for its listeners an all-too-familiar image of day-to-day misery, and touches on themes of poverty, hopelessness, and suicide. The introductory monologue of “Stress Builds Character” sets up the … Continue reading “Human = Garbage” – Dystopia
“Zero Devil” – Cloak of Altering
Maurice "Mories" de Jong delivers yet another horrendous offering with Cloak of Altering's "Zero Devil". Each track is thoroughly bathed in a grit of electronic noise and seething guitar, and Mories' half rasped, half howled vocals. Eerie bits of spoken word are heard here and again, as in parts of "Tired Drones Scan the Seas" … Continue reading “Zero Devil” – Cloak of Altering
“Terminal Aggressor” -Dragged Into Sunlight
A staggering, mind-bending effort, Dragged Into Sunlight's "Terminal Aggressor" is positively seething with misanthropy. Challenging, yet alluring, this is the soundtrack to a serial killer's psyche. It takes a special kind of lunatic to really appreciate this sort of thing. Terminal Aggressor is pulsating, thrumming and ready to burst like a bloated dog carcass rotting … Continue reading “Terminal Aggressor” -Dragged Into Sunlight
“A World Lit Only By Fire”-Godflesh
This monolithic slab of crushing industrial metal was seen by many as a return to Streetcleaner-era Godflesh. This album is a sprawling dystopian hell-scape, brooding and formidable, impossible to traverse unscathed by its rage. Its undeniable heaviness peaks in its outro, "Forgive Our Fathers"; minimalistic and repetitive, but nonetheless soul-grinding riffs produce the effect of … Continue reading “A World Lit Only By Fire”-Godflesh
“For All Slaves… A Song of False Hope”
This was the first Gnaw Their Tongues album I ever purchased, and represents a gloom-swept, gut-churning descent into the deepest pits of humanity's dark subconscious. From the abysmal eponymous introduction to its vitriolic climax, "For All Slaves..." is like the lingering odor of a suicide's voided bowels: even after all the bits and pieces are … Continue reading “For All Slaves… A Song of False Hope”
Towers of Rust 