0:25-7:52
GRIMA (Russia)
The Nightside
— Grima was my #2 album of 2022. A messy and bloody vocalist in a romantic, howling beast of black metal album.
9:00-15:05
SEPULCHRAL CURSE (Finland)
House Of The Black Moon
— Builds from lumbering, languid and melancholy to a powerhouse of brutal black and death that is savagely groovy.
15:24-21:24
VACUOUS (UK)
No Longer Human
— A moody death hellhole with rhythmic syncopations in a disturbed atmosphere.
21:52-26:28
CROWN OF MADNESS (CAN)
Ashes Of Mine
— Melodic death incorporates bleak strains of guitar and blasts of drums and rich, emotional instrumentation.
26:48-30:06
CLOAKROOM (IN)
Ester Wind
— Nostalgic indie with an angelic vocalist that brings modernity within stoner distortion.
30:28-34:40
METAPHOBIC (GA)
Execration
— Debut album with deliciously harmonized blast beats and riffs in a chunky, crushing death.
35:03-40:58
CELESTIAL SCOURGE (Norway)
Assembling Deformities
— Vocal range in a superbly chaotic technical death that unravels to proggy beats and noodling.
41:20-48:54
LIGHT DWELLER (AZ)
Adrift The Expanding Nothingness
— Angular, complex death with vocals ripping out the throat.
49:16-55:00
GRAVE INFESTATION (CAN)
Black Widow
— A filthy death of swirling brutal badassery.
55:14-
INGROWN (ID)
Enemy
— Muscular hardcore and filthy death with hella beatdowns.
