0:25-7:30
DORMANT ORDEAL (Poland)
Everything That Isn't Silence Is Trivial
— A Best of 2021 band, more thoughtful compositions integrating black and death that are ruthlessly groovy and emotionally wrenching.
8:33-20:01
BLOOD ABSCISSION (Anon)
II - I
— Anonymous thickly textured black metal weaving in furious and beautiful.
20:25-26:18
MESSA (Italy)
At Races
— Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance ethereal, gothy vocals in a doom and proggy rock.
26:38-33:24
ANCIENT DEATH (MA)
Violet Light Decays
— Guitar noodling and syncopated riffs create hypnotic and head-churning movements.
33:54-
TER ZIELE (Netherlands)
Of Noumenon Reality
— Sludge-y melodic gorgeousness and doom pace with beautiful meditation. Vocals are kick-ass and reminiscent of Buried Inside, one of my faves.
46:28-51:39
DIABOLIZER (Turkey)
Hogtied In Razorwire
— Throaty roars and an alien wicked rasp in a lean death mixed with tech death style.
52:08-58:49
TRIBUNAL (CAN)
Between the Sea and Stars
— Hers are pagan and anguished, his is a raspy gruff with gorgeous strings in a vampiric retro doom.
59:05-1:05:48
SILVER KNIFE (Belgium)
Techne
— Divinely romantic black metal with juxtapositions of light and dark.
1:06:10-1:12:36
BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT (Portland)
Wandering Lost
— All-female sweet and crooning, shimmering, dreamy shoegaze.
1:13-02-1:18:10
LUMINOUS VEIL (US)
Of Matter Agonized To Order
— 2-piece in a galloping, thrashy black metal with a soft languidity.
1:18:35-1:23:04
IDLE HEIRS (KC)
Loose Tooth
— A debut album with naked guitar and pensive lyrics. The whole package is heart-wrenching.
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ASHENHEART (MI)
Apparitions of The Abyss
— Bleak, haunting black metal with viciously sharp vocals and rhythmic bludgeoning. Sharp.
