I’m at the office working my overnight shift all alone with my thoughts, which are starkly contrasted by the eerie silence in this place, making them all the more agonizingly difficult to ignore. I feel strange emotions lately, wistful sadness, and a sort of nostalgia that aches like an old wound. Time is strange. I … Continue reading A Whisper From the Past: Reflecting Upon That One Rad Time I Saw Sunn O))) Live
Tag: extreme metal
“Abominion” – Abstracter | Crushing Nihilistic Misery
When I was about thirteen years old, I crashed a jet ski at full speed and was jettisoned into the air. I flew hard and fast, and my last thought before crashing into the water was simply “Shit” and then everything went dark as I plunged into the cold depths below. When I first heard … Continue reading “Abominion” – Abstracter | Crushing Nihilistic Misery
“Foul and Defiled” – Coffin Lurker
Across the vast infinite gulf of death’s dark, ineffable fetid horrors lurk in the repugnant murk between our reality and the next, stalking the nether regions of the human imagination and spreading night terrors like wildfire. One such nightmare is “Foul and Defiled” by Coffin Lurker, an enigmatic collaboration of Maurice “Mories” De Jong (Gnaw … Continue reading “Foul and Defiled” – Coffin Lurker
“Grand Scheme” – WØRSEN
Blending elements of death metal, blistering grindcore and d-beat, Florida’s WØRSEN released “Grand Scheme” August 16, 2016 and it’s an absolute hammer of an album. Featuring eight short but grueling tracks of misery-fueled sonic vomit, Grand Scheme eschews the pomp and overdriven technicality of some of today’s popular metal and gets straight to the point, … Continue reading “Grand Scheme” – WØRSEN
Towers of Rust 