SALEM ALUMNI: Black Dawn Release year: 2022Label: S’laughter Visions Once more unto the breach! Continuing on our write-up’s of various S’laughter Visions releases we got our hands on recently, we now turn our attention towards Salem Alumni, a duo consisting … Continue reading Black dawns at Salem
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
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
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
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
LIVE BY THE SWORD: Cernunnos Release year: 2023Label: Rebellion Records If you’ve been following our site, you may have noticed we’ve heaped praise on US-Dutch Live By The Sword in the past, in our reviews of both their debut full-length … Continue reading Ages of Sword and the Horned God
THE AGGRAVATED: Whole 9 Yards Release year: 2022Label: D-Fens Records When a band from the US approaches us by describing their music as hardcore “on the old school side of things”, they’ve got my interest. As far as punk rock … Continue reading Nine yards of aggravation
KISS: Creatures Of The Night Release year: 1982/2022Label: Mercury Records I saw Kiss live on their Psycho Circus tour in the late 90’s, probably at the time in my life most suitable for witnessing the spectacle that a Kiss concert … Continue reading Kissing creatures of the night
LIVE BY THE SWORD: The Glorious Dead E.P. Release year: 2022Label: Rebellion Records As I wrote in my review (read here) of US-Dutch Live By The Sword’s debut full-length, Exploring Soldiers Rise, they represent an oi! band of a new … Continue reading Remembering the glorious dead
THOSE POOR BASTARDS: God Awful Release year: 2022Label: Tribulation Recording Company A bit of context to begin with. For yours truly, US gothic country act Those Poor Bastards have been a favourite for well over fifteen years, and throughout the … Continue reading Godawful mediocrity
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