BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE: Graveyard Greats 2 Release year: 2023Label: Majik Ninja Entertainment Detroit horrorcore gangsta Blaze Ya Dead Homie was once described by someone – possibly Violent J of Insane Clown Posse – as the third member of rap … Continue reading Blaze diggin’ the graves
ARDITI: Insignia Of The Sun Release year: 2020/2023Label: Blooddawn Productions Martial industrial stalwarts Arditi have been active on the release front this year: this is already their second release in 2023. However, unlike Emblem Of Victory (reviewed here), Insignia Of … Continue reading Arditi’s solar symbolism
RED PAINTED RED: That Was The Reason Why Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum British duo Red Painted Red are one of those groups who’re genuinely hard to pin down. That much is clear already from label Zoharum’s description of the album. … Continue reading Red reasons why
AJNA: Inevitable Mortality Release year: 2016/2023Label: Reverse Alignment/Zoharum Listening to US based act Ajna’s Inevitable Mortality, I find myself musing over what a funny genre of music dark ambient is. It’s entirely non-musical, usually extremely minimalist, with drawn-out pieces that … Continue reading Ajna’s inevitability
Do you remember the first CD you ever bought? Do you remember when it was? I certainly remember mine. It was Babylon Zoo’s The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes, in the summer of 1996. Our family had just bought our … Continue reading From the Vaults #4: Dehumanizer
ALLA XUL ELU & SUPER FAMOUS FUN TIME GUYS: Lost Lake Estates Release year: 2023Label: Long Live Evil It would appear that US horrorcore trio Alla Xul Elu have lately been doubling down on their own label Long Live Evil. … Continue reading Evil lives long in the Lost Lake Estates
KAUNIS KUOLEMATON: Mielenvalta Release year: 2023Label: Noble Demon I’ll level with ya. The style Finnish Kaunis Kuolematon represents – melodic extreme metal with doom elements and clean vocals aplenty – isn’t my cup of tea. In fact, it’s the kind … Continue reading Beautiful undying
ARUM LILIES: Subsurface Aquifers Release year: 2023Label: Death Continues Records From the very onset, there’s something delightfully warped and just ever so slightly twisted about Australian Arum Lilies’ second album Subsurface Aquifers. From the covers and packaging to the music … Continue reading Subsurface lilies
PERMANENT SOLUTION: Permanent Solution Release year: 2023Label: Misantropia Records Sometimes a bit of obscurity can be a good thing. It can lend a sense of mystery or excitement to something. At other times, it may be even counterproductive. Ultimately, Finnish … Continue reading Solutions of a lasting nature
YRITYS: Delusion(s) Release year: 2023Label: Misantropia Records The name Yritys has caused chuckles among Finnish audiences – and for good reason, too. You see, the Swedish band were, I assume, trying to convey depressed, nihilistic and misanthropic images with a … Continue reading A last attempt
Only Death Is Real 