Tag: power electronics
HIMUKALT transgresses into depravity to reveal traumatic truths
The future is now. We are living in the epoch that past generations and science fiction authors have speculated on with hope and wonder, only ours is lacking the gloss of sentimentality and narrative structure. …
XIPHOID DEMENTIA plumbs a pulsating hellscape with new single “Essence Concussion”
In a time of despair, uncertainly, illness, and death, Covenant is proud to present the first single from soundscape mastermind Xiphoid Dementia’s latest offering Prison of Hope; out now on Boston based label Divergent Series. …
HISSING disavows catharsis to embrace suffering
Modern death metal has gone through yet another resurgence of heightened invigoration in the last few years, with a particular concentration of perpetuating and reimagining ‘old school’ elements, and to magnificent effect. When death metal …
TO END IT ALL reveal the morose & mythical machinations behind their fresh Hell
Evading the specific confinements of any genre, To End It All are often described as death industrial, though ex-classical, dungeon synth, and harsh noise all make their appearance as well. After a pleasurable haunting by …
LINGUA IGNOTA fuses the sacred & profane into a tragic statement of triumph with “Caligula”
Ask the average music listener to define “heavy”. Perhaps chugging riffs, breakneck speed, grotesque and offensive lyrics gurgled through a phlegm lined throat that seems to only despise and hate? Yes, that is heavy. To …
SENTIENT RUIN Roundup: Miscarriage, Sutekh Hexen, and Suspiral intent
A trio of mind-bending tape releases has emerged from the Bay Area’s Sentient Ruin in recent months, with Miscarriage, Sutekh Hexen and Suspiral intent on royally ruining your evening. As the hideous musical propaganda arm …
CROWHURST eschews genre completely with the emotive power of “III”
Evolution often comes gradually but sometimes a sudden spark can ignite a drastic change within an instant. Crowhurst’s newest release III is a drastic departure from previous work presented in a tragic tale of lust …
MZ.412 returns only to descend into the depths of Helheim with “Svartmyrkr”
Mz.412 are purveyors of sonic terror; a noise cult of devious intent. Most of their work is labeled as “blackened industrial”, and this release certainly could be described this way as well, although it occasionally …
TRIUMVIR FOUL pervert & disgust with flagrant blasphemy on “Urine of Abomination”
Wading through a pitch black well of power electronics backwash, the frigid wash of noise renders you numb and trembling, without direction or reason to guide you before the formless chaos gains shape and the …
Night of Death and Doom X – HISSING, ABSTRACTER, ENCOFFINATE, WOE MONGER
The ‘Night of Death and Doom’ has come to be an anticipated staple of the Vancouver underground – a labor of love meant to both promote amazing bands from all over and perpetuate that fervent …