Anhedonist - Netherwards (2012): In the cave, Cyclops just blocked the entrance. [3.5]
Anvil - Juggernaut of Justice (2011): Old geezer rock that I will never care about whether it’s good or not. [2]
Black Cilice - Transfixion of Spirits (2019): A lot of freaks meditate on this, but not me. [2.5]
Blood Feast - Kill for Pleasure (1987): Not Pleasure to Kill, but still O.G. and the realest. [4]
Cognizant - Cognizant (2016): Snapped necks, pretty crazy overall. [3.5]
Cytotoxin - Gammageddon (2017): Hacksaws the kvlt out of you. [4]
Eyehategod - Dopesick (1996): If you weren’t in a bad mood, well you are now. [3.5]
Rot - A Cold Dead Stare (2002): Legendary grindcore band from Brazil, with a handful of full lengths and infinite splits / mini-albums since starting in 1990. [3.5]
Vacuous - Dreams of Dysphoria (2022): Murky but standard. [3]
While Heavent Wept - Sorrow of the Angels (1998): Thus with a kiss I die, into the well of sorrow, the death of love. [2.5]
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Bullet Ratings - Jan '25 [II]
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Bullet Ratings - Jan '25
Barshasketh - Antinomian Asceticism (New Zealand, World Terror Committee): The album starts very potently but starts losing its direction towards the middle / ending part. Still quite enjoyable, well-written stuff. [3.25 / 5]
Harvst - Mahlstrom (Germany, Onism Productions): I would prefer not to. [2.25 / 5]
Infernal Cross - Blood Red Triumph (Sweden, Self-released): Devilish black / thrash metal with everything at the right place. [3.25 / 5]
Luring - Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy (Ohio / US, Iron Bonehead Productions): Nice melodies, lo-fi approach and comes off as punchy and as evil as needed. Fine, but I might not come back to it. [3 / 5]
Mooondark - The Abysmal Womb (Sweden, Pulverised Records): Released on demo in the early nineties and then disappeared, this is their debut full length after getting back together two decades later. Like the aesthetics, but sadly nothing special. [2.5 / 5]
Necromaniac - Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable (England, Invictus Productions): The most literal and accurate definition of “morbid metal” I have ever seen. [4 / 5]
Revolting - Night of the Horrid (Sweden, Xtreem Music): Has been heard thousands and thousands of times, yet another one. [2 / 5]
Rudra - Antithesis (Indonesia, Awakening Records): Legendary Indonesian band, with many releases since 1992 and I haven’t talked about them that much here. A bit of black and a bit of death metal, but totally their own sound, and quite decent. [3.5 / 5]
Skagos - Chariot Sun Blazing (Canada, Self-released): Look who’s back. I have really enjoyed their previous two in the past, and the new one is no exception. Hope for more activity from one of the best Cascadian black metal bands out there. [3.5 / 5].
Uulliata Digir - Uulliata Digir (Poland, Self-released): What did I just listen. Amazing. [3.75 / 5]
Friday, December 20, 2024
Albums of the Year 2024
When is it better to reflect than at the year’s twilight? Days shined brighter this time compared to the last one, but I can’t say the same about the sonic wreckage left behind after 12 months and 365 dawn to dusk sessions of intense and not so intense listening. Admittedly, I did not step too much out of my comfort zones, or at least not forcibly, just to elaborate on more eclectic practices while sprinkling ‘philosophized’ glitter all over my playlists. As a matter of fact:
Thursday, December 05, 2024
Top 15 EPs of 2024
14. Father Befouled - Immaculate Pain
13. Emasculator - The Disfigured and the Divide
12. Gravenoire - Devant la porte des étoiles
11. Crucifixion Ritual - Desecration of the Archangels
10. Sortilegia - Sorcerous Communion
9. Killing of a Sacred Deer - Killing of a Sacred Deer
8. Black Funeral - Wallachian Voivode
7. Gorgasm - Sadichist
6. Hate Forest - Justice
5. Gutvoid - Breathing Obelisk
4. Disentomb - Nothing Above
3. Orgy of Carrion - Rusted Gateways
2. Cavern Womb - Stages of Infinity
1. Sedimentum - Derrière les portes d'une arcane transcendante
Saturday, November 09, 2024
Grave Heresy - Incineration Victory (2024)
It began as a quiet rebellion, a slow erosion of faith, but soon the whispers gained momentum, reverberating through the lands like the rumble of distant thunder. Mortal flesh weakened, unable to withstand the strain of resisting the unholy power brewing in the depths. The people, driven by desperation and rage, sought answers that transcended the flesh – an escape from the limits of mortality.
Then, as if heralding the final days, came the incineration victory, an unholy triumph that left towns and villages in cinders. It was not the fire itself, but the twisted ritual that accompanied it, a sacrilegious rite, and an act of utter defiance against divinity. Here, the hammer of anti-creation itself was swung, erasing belief and reducing the concept of sanctity to ashes. In the charred remains, the faithful found only emptiness.
But the worst was yet to come. A crimson dawn signaled the onset of conquest, a campaign driven by an insatiable lust for dominion over the remnants of the faithful. Sulphurist hordes were summoned from the nether, legions of beings crafted from the essence of suffering and malice, their arrival a mass death proclamation that echoed across the desolate landscape.
Warhead worship became the new gospel, a twisted reverence for annihilation and destruction. This was no ordinary conflict, but an ageless onslaught, a battle that seemed timeless, relentless. The skies grew dark as great plumes of smoke and the stench of sulfur rose, signs of the summoning of the sulphurist hordes. They poured forth like an unstoppable torrent, sweeping over the land in a wave of malice and destruction, leaving behind a scarred and desolate wasteland.
In the end, there was nothing but silence, a land stripped of life and hope. The so-called "victory" was hollow, an incineration victory that left only ashes and despair, as the prophecy of mass death came full circle. A somber, eternal reminder of the perils of unchecked ambition and heresy.