0:27-5:57
HECKTIC (Bulgaria)
Vital to the Clockwork
— Technical, tight, complex, proggy death with dynamic vocals and punchy, groovy thrash energy.
6:44-12:32
MALADIE (GER)
Black Hole Weight In Our Hearts
— Saxophone infuses a horror-filled dramatic black with jazzy sections.
12:51-16:47
THRON (GER)
Hubris' Crown
— Psychedelic, lush, melodic black metal. Reminds me a bit of Oranssi Pazuzu.
17:06-24:34
ORM (Denmark)
Undfangen
— Jagged black metal that engages in moments of unrelenting tremolo, riffs and groove.
25:12-31:33
ONE OF NINE (US)
Age Of Chains
— JRR Tolkien-inspired, sweeping, winter-laden, battle-weary, fight-the-villains black metal.
31:59-37:29
CONJURER (UK)
All Apart
— Explosion into emotional storms keeps this vicious, sludgy doom varied and wild.
37:52-44:06
YELLOW EYES (NYC)
A Forgotten Corridor
— A Best album of 2017 and 2019. Dense, spectacular black.
44:30-49:17
ENSHROUD (UK)
Corpses Piled High
— Sharp vampire fangs and guitar talons black metal. Just psychotic killing.
49:41-59:31
DROFNOSURA (CAN)
Kapala Kriya
— Moody atmospheric sludge with textured pace, vicious delicious vocals and swirling electronic meditation.
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BARREN PATH (JAP)
No Geneva
— Absolute assault from all angles.
