Metal after the fall: cultural zombiism

For a community obsessed with memory, metal has never been closer to collective amnesia. Much like England after the fall of Rome, we live in proximity to a sophisticated past we seem unable to fully grasp. The purpose of the historical evidence all around us, what it means and how it was constructed, lost to... Continue Reading →

Beats and yelling shorts, 1st December 23

Le Morte: Midnight in the Garden of TragedyOut 31st October on Darkness Shall Rise Productions/Feudal Soil Records Clumsy absurdity. The miserable dirge of Le Morte is certainly a drab curveball. ‘Midnight in the Garden of Tragedy’  takes the corpse of Autopsy and smothers it in black lipstick and nail polish. Melodic content, obscene in its... Continue Reading →

Beats and yelling double feature: Cruciamentum and Demoncy

Cruciamentum: Obsidian RefractionsOut 24th November on Profound Lore Records Fortune favours the patient. Next to many of their peers suffering from what can only be described as release incontinence, Cruciamentum’s slow eight year rise from the ashes following the collapse of the lineup behind ‘Charnel Passages’ has paid dividends. Stylistically one of death metal’s few... Continue Reading →

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