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Review: BATILLUS-”Concrete Sustain”

12 Sunday May 2013

Posted by Cancerscare in Album Reviews, Atmospheric, Band Spotlight, Doom Metal, Industrial, Reviews, Sludge Metal

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By Lane Oliver

Within moments of this album’s beginning you can smell the thick, nostril flaring smog that would billow from the smoke stacks of some environmentally unsafe factory. A factory that resides within the ruins of a crumbling city whose own citizens brought about its own corruption and destruction. You see, Batillus’s Concrete Sustain possesses a sound reminiscent of collapsing buildings within a post-apocalyptic metropolitan city. Please put on your hard hat before listening to this one.

Review: INTRONAUT-”Habitual Levitations”

28 Sunday Apr 2013

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By Lane Oliver

Back in 2010, Intronaut brought the metal world the densely textured progressive heavyweight that is the critically lauded Valley of Smoke. The sludge-metal inspired grumbles of Void and Prehistoricisms were greatly expanded into vast musical feats full of cinematic progressive rock inspired moments with nice post-metal like creamy centers. Valley of Smoke is considered by some as Intronaut’s magnum opus because of the new explorative sound they indulged themselves in. But Intronaut are not done excavating the musical ruins of old to find new sounds to incorporate into their own as their new full length album Habitual Levitations demonstrates. On their fourth full length Intronaut further showcase their impeccable qualities as talented songwriters.

Review: CAPSULE-”[A]“

21 Sunday Apr 2013

Posted by Cancerscare in Album Reviews, Band Spotlight, Hardcore, Mathcore, Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore, Reviews, Screamo

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a, Capsule, No Ghost, review

By Lane Oliver

Capsule’s 2011 album No Ghost was one of the more original records to be released during that year. The Florida post-hardcore outfit stood out from the pack with their masterful combining of complex melodies and volatile rhythms, topped off with a hardcore attitude. Capsule has returned this year with five new tracks contained within a blistering new EP. The new release, entitled [A], sees Capsule exploring new territory while maintaining their originality.

Review: NONSUN-”Good Old Evil”

19 Friday Apr 2013

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Good Old Evil, Nonsun, review

By Lane Oliver

Do you ever have the strange desire to be crushed underneath tons and tons of raw, uninhibited sonic fury? Well, Ukrainian doom duo Nonsun has got you covered! The band released their debut release back in December; the four song, nearly fifty minute Good Old Evil. Just like the title implies, these are four tracks of evil doom metal that will completely flatten your worthless husk.

Review: GRAYCEON-”Pearl And The End Of Days”

18 Thursday Apr 2013

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By Lane Oliver

Giant Squid sister band Grayceon really won me over back in 2011 with their breathtaking album, All We Destroy. The way the band combines virtuosic cello playing and cinematic progressive metal is completely enthralling and thought-provoking. After hearing that record I was craving more. Luckily, Grayceon have returned this year with a two track, thirty minute EP entitled Pearl and the End of Days. These two tracks combine the most impressive elements of Grayceon’s musical formula into one compact and mind blowing package.

Review: HOWL-”Bloodlines”

14 Sunday Apr 2013

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By Lane Oliver

The Providence based metalheads in Howl exploded onto the scene in 2010 with their critically lauded debut full length, Full of Hell. Since the release of that crushing debut, the band has solidified a new line-up and has been crafting another release of doom and gloom. The release in question is Bloodlines; a forty minute excursion through fire and brimstone in ten malicious movements. After such a solid debut, many will question whether this highly anticipated follow up holds a candle to its predecessor.

Review: OLD WOUNDS-”From Where We Came Is Where We’ll Rest”

07 Sunday Apr 2013

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From Where We Came Is Where We'll Rest, Old Wounds, review

By Lane Oliver

After releasing small quantities of music in the forms of singles and EPs over the years, the New Jersey hardcore trio of Old Wounds have finally delivered the crushing blow of a full length we have been waiting for. Old Wounds have prayed to the metallic gods only to be bestowed with the powers to forge a mighty musical weapon. Prepare to be disemboweled by their powerful weapon; the twelve track, twenty four minute From Where We Came Is Where We’ll Rest.

I’ll Swallow Your Soul: EVIL DEAD (2013) Film Review

07 Sunday Apr 2013

Posted by crypticchasms in Film, Reviews

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cannibal corpse, Elizabeth Blackmore, Evil Dead, Fede Alvarez, Groovy, Jane Levy, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci, Reboots, Remakes, Shiloh Fernandez, slayer

BEWARE: Beyond the confines of this warning lie some MILD spoilers!

Emerging out of trepid foundations and beyond negative fan reaction comes 2013′s Fede Alvarez helmed Evil Dead. With overwatch from the original film’s trio of producers (Bruce Campbell, Robert Tapert, and Sam Raimi), the 2013 reboot of the franchise delivers a fun, gore-soaked reinterpretation of the series for a new breed of torture-porn dazed, at your fingertip snuff video desensitized deadites that not only serves to replicate but to expand the mythos of the cult classic. Continue reading »

Review: GLOBE AND BEAST-”Grandfather’s Axe”

01 Monday Apr 2013

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By Lane Oliver

“Distract them with death and violence” are the first lines that are shoved down your throat when you press play, which in turn is followed by dismal dissonant aggression that devours your soul with its cavernous jaws. Well Globe and Beast you have my attention. San Diego, California’s crushing quintet, Globe and Beast, are relatively new noise-makers who just released their debut album a few weeks ago. Grandfather’s Axe is just what its name implies; a huge axe descending upon your skull to scatter brain matter everywhere.

Review: AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR-”All Hail Bright Futures”

31 Sunday Mar 2013

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All Hail Bright Futures, and so i watch you from afar, Gangs, review

By Lane Oliver

They won me over a few years ago when I first heard their track “Set Guitars to Kill” and they completely enthralled me with their 2011 opus Gangs. Now the Irish (primarily) instrumental quartet And So I Watch You From Afar has returned this year with their highly anticipated third full length album. All Hail Bright Futures shows And So I Watch You From Afar increasing the quirkiness and exploring some new territory this time around.

Review: THE BODY-”Master, We Perish”

29 Friday Mar 2013

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Master We Perish, review, The Body

By Lane Oliver

Their 2010 opus, All the Waters of the Earth Shall Turn to Blood, was a maniacal journey into a dark realm of utter nihilism, hate and misanthropy, all generated by sound alone. This year, the diabolical duo of The Body, have crawled out from their Rhode Island abodes to unleash onto the world three harsh songs that take the most malevolent moments of Waters and combines them into one tortured beast of an EP. Master, We Perish, is a truly frightening affair that will strike fear into even the holiest of men.

Review: NAILS-”Abandon All Life”

24 Sunday Mar 2013

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Abandon All Life, nails, review

By Lane Oliver

Perhaps you can recall that classic 80’s anti-drug PSA in which the human brain on drugs is compared to an egg frying in a skillet. Well I am certain that is not your brain on drugs, but your brain on Nails; reduced to mush. The ultra violent crusty hardcore purveyors are back with ten new tracks of stunning brutality that arouse the inner hate-filled beast in all of us. Just as I had expected, Nails do not screw around on Abandon All Life.

Review: PRISTINA-”Hopeless.Godless”

20 Wednesday Mar 2013

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Hopeless.Godless, Pristina, review

By Lane Oliver

Straight out of the beautiful state of Connecticut comes a trio of riff makers that create music that is not so beautiful. I am referring to the Meriden based three piece metal act Pristina, who are ready and willing to plunge you into nihilistic despair and self hatred with their dense metallic sound. Hopeless.Godless is their most recent recorded effort and it sounds as if someone injected pure anger into the disc with a syringe made of hate. I suggest you leave the lights on for this one.

Review: KEN MODE-”Entrench”

09 Saturday Mar 2013

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Entrench, ken mode, review

By Lane Oliver

The Juno award winning metallic hardcore trio KEN mode are back with the mighty Entrench; the Matt Bayles produced fifth full length record by the band. On Entrench, the band go into the “Kill Everyone Now” mode they’ve promised full throttle and produce eleven tracks of blood curdling riffage and auditory manslaughter. Entrench gives us the KEN mode we have always wanted to hear; the deadly one.

Review: BENCHPRESS – “Controlled By Death”

03 Sunday Mar 2013

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The best and latest incarnation of Led Zeppelin are back. Following up on their debut EP, Stay Hated, Benchpress return with their sophomore effort, the crushing, Controlled By Death, which builds onto the initial metallic-tinged hardcore sound of the group with a greater emphasis on thrash metal and death metal elements. Continue reading »