Prophetic gruesome horns
DOC GRUESOME & EJ PROPHET: Four Horns Release year: 2022Label: S’laughter Visions We continue to pick apart the haul of somewhat recent Cerberus Clique/S’laughter Visions releases I got my filthy paws on a while ago. On this album, Doc Gruesome, … Continue reading Prophetic gruesome horns
From numbness to hate
TURTUMUS: Jälleenheräävä viha Release year: 2023Label: Misantropia Records Ever since the mid-noughties or so, Finnish black metal has been a pretty dominant and influential thing in the underground. The so-called Finnish sound, a combination of melancholic melodies and uncompromising rawness, … Continue reading From numbness to hate
Book of the Cerberus
CERBERUS CLIQUE: Book Of The Dead Chapter I Release year: 2023Label: S’laughter Visions As hinted at in our review of Doc Gruesome’s self-titled album (here), the core artists of the S’laughter Visions label join forces in the group Cerberus Clique, … Continue reading Book of the Cerberus
The Doc will see you now
DOC GRUESOME: Self Titled Release year: 2022Label: S’laughter Visions As those who follow this site with some attention will have surmised, when it comes to rap, I am a horrorcore guy. It’s not the only kind of rap I like … Continue reading The Doc will see you now
Songs from the valleys of Nangijala
ABSOLUTE KEY: Lauluja laaksoista Release year: 2023Label: Tampereen levyt My issue with music and artists labelled as “experimental” is that if the artist has an established sound, is it experimental anymore? Take for example various artists within post-industrial music: from … Continue reading Songs from the valleys of Nangijala
New emanations from the nightside
NIGHTSIDE: Lions Release year: 2023Label: Purity Through Fire Finnish Nightside released a small body of material in the late 90’s and early noughties, the majority of which was compiled on the album-slash-compilation The End Of Christianity (reviewed here), and then … Continue reading New emanations from the nightside
Patient Omega’s broken minds and rotten bodies
PATIENT OMEGA: Broken Mind In A Rotting Body Release year: 2023Label: Misantropia Records I touched upon the issues relating to the thematics of instrumental music in my review of L’Ègarement D’Esprit’s album Written In Stone (here). I find myself returning … Continue reading Patient Omega’s broken minds and rotten bodies
Serpentine stare of the moon oracle
MOON ORACLE: Ophidian Glare Release year: 2023Label: Bestial Burst/Signal Rex Two years after their debut album, Finnish trio Moon Oracle are back with another helping of mystical, doom-ladened black metal. Whilst some things have changed, the core essence of traditional … Continue reading Serpentine stare of the moon oracle
Condemned 84 on crusade
CONDEMNED 84: The Crusade Continues… Release year: 2023Label: Askania Productions I wager that if you ask a bunch of skinheads which band best embodies the skinhead style sonically, Condemned 84 would be quite high on that list. Having been active … Continue reading Condemned 84 on crusade
Abysmal bestiaries of black blood
ABYSMAL LORD: Bestiary Of Immortal Hunger Release year: 2022Label: Hell’s Headbangers Imagine, if you will, an alternate reality where seminal Finnish black metal act Beherit never changed their style from their early releases encapsuled on the debut album The Oath … Continue reading Abysmal bestiaries of black blood
