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  1. Serotonin Zero / Social Crisis / User

    🗓️ Start: 8 listopada 2026 19:00
    ⏳ End: 8 listopada 2026 23:00
    📍 Location: ADA Puławska, Puławska 37, 02-508, Warszawa, Poland

    Warszawa! Koncert Alert!
    8 listopada (niedziela) trzy mocne składy na scenie ADA Puławska.

    Serotonin Zero – metal z mocnym crust punkowym backgroundem. Dla fanów The Secret, Wake, END i God Mother.
    bandcamp · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube

    Social Crisis – białopodlaska d-beatowa maszyna, przedstawiać nie trzeba – d-beat crust w najlepszym wydaniu. Chodzą plotki, że będzie można usłyszeć nowy materiał.
    bandcamp · Facebook

    User – brudny i wściekły hardcore punk. Koniecznie do nadrobienia dla tych, którzy jeszcze nie widzieli ich na żywo.
    bandcamp

    ADA Puławska, ul. Puławska 37
    8.11.2026, godz. 19:00

    Wydarzenie na Facebooku

    adapulawska.org/wydarzenie/ser

  2. Serotonin Zero / Social Crisis / User

    🗓️ Start: 8 listopada 2026 19:00
    ⏳ End: 8 listopada 2026 23:00
    📍 Location: ADA Puławska, Puławska 37, 02-508, Warszawa, Poland

    Warszawa! Koncert Alert!
    8 listopada (niedziela) trzy mocne składy na scenie ADA Puławska.

    Serotonin Zero – metal z mocnym crust punkowym backgroundem. Dla fanów The Secret, Wake, END i God Mother.
    bandcamp · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube

    Social Crisis – białopodlaska d-beatowa maszyna, przedstawiać nie trzeba – d-beat crust w najlepszym wydaniu. Chodzą plotki, że będzie można usłyszeć nowy materiał.
    bandcamp · Facebook

    User – brudny i wściekły hardcore punk. Koniecznie do nadrobienia dla tych, którzy jeszcze nie widzieli ich na żywo.
    bandcamp

    ADA Puławska, ul. Puławska 37
    8.11.2026, godz. 19:00

    Wydarzenie na Facebooku

    adapulawska.org/wydarzenie/ser

  3. Unyielding Love / Maldacht / The Listener / Kathexis @ Batiment 7 - Monday, October 12th, 2026

    Batiment 7, Monday, October 12 at 07:00 PM EDT

    Viridian Cult Productions presents:

    A night of unholy brutality! Irish blackened sludge metallers Unyielding Love and Toronto crust metalpunks Maldacht will be joined by local black metal conquerors The Listener and Kathexis at Batiment 7 on Monday, October 12th!

    Monday, October 12th, 2026
    @ Batiment 7
    1900 Rue Le Ber
    Doors @ 7:00 PM
    Show @ 8:00 PM
    $20
    All Ages

    Poster by Artemis Tratnik (@plantgenitals).

    Unyielding Love:
    https://unyielding-love.bandcamp.com/album/flesh-of-the-furnace

    Maldacht:
    https://maldacht.bandcamp.com/album/maldacht

    The Listener:
    https://thelistenermtl.bandcamp.com/album/where-hatred-reigns-supreme

    montreal.askapunk.net/event/un

  4. Unyielding Love / Maldacht / The Listener / Kathexis @ Batiment 7 - Monday, October 12th, 2026

    Batiment 7, Monday, October 12 at 07:00 PM EDT

    Viridian Cult Productions presents:

    A night of unholy brutality! Irish blackened sludge metallers Unyielding Love and Toronto crust metalpunks Maldacht will be joined by local black metal conquerors The Listener and Kathexis at Batiment 7 on Monday, October 12th!

    Monday, October 12th, 2026
    @ Batiment 7
    1900 Rue Le Ber
    Doors @ 7:00 PM
    Show @ 8:00 PM
    $20
    All Ages

    Poster by Artemis Tratnik (@plantgenitals).

    Unyielding Love:
    https://unyielding-love.bandcamp.com/album/flesh-of-the-furnace

    Maldacht:
    https://maldacht.bandcamp.com/album/maldacht

    The Listener:
    https://thelistenermtl.bandcamp.com/album/where-hatred-reigns-supreme

    montreal.askapunk.net/event/un

  5. Unyielding Love / Maldacht / The Listener / Kathexis @ Batiment 7 - Monday, October 12th, 2026

    Batiment 7, Monday, October 12 at 07:00 PM EDT

    Viridian Cult Productions presents:

    A night of unholy brutality! Irish blackened sludge metallers Unyielding Love and Toronto crust metalpunks Maldacht will be joined by local black metal conquerors The Listener and Kathexis at Batiment 7 on Monday, October 12th!

    Monday, October 12th, 2026
    @ Batiment 7
    1900 Rue Le Ber
    Doors @ 7:00 PM
    Show @ 8:00 PM
    $20
    All Ages

    Poster by Artemis Tratnik (@plantgenitals).

    Unyielding Love:
    https://unyielding-love.bandcamp.com/album/flesh-of-the-furnace

    Maldacht:
    https://maldacht.bandcamp.com/album/maldacht

    The Listener:
    https://thelistenermtl.bandcamp.com/album/where-hatred-reigns-supreme

    montreal.askapunk.net/event/un

  6. Torpor, Bastard Idol, Pearl, Cascades MOVED TO EXHIBIT A

    Exhibit A, Wednesday, August 12 at 07:00 PM EDT

    CRIMINAL TRAP VOL.4

    "SECRET BEACH OR BUST"

    AUGUST 12 @ EXHIBIT A (4981 AV DUNN)

    TORPOR - vintage hardcore

    https://torporsanglante.bandcamp.com/album/wasted-innocence

    BASTARD IDOL - weekend punk

    https://brokenskull.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2025

    PEARL (Baltimore) - rock of love

    https://pearl-music.bandcamp.com/album/love-grief

    CASCADES - tyrannical crust

    https://likeweeds.org/cascades/

    $10-15 PWYC / NOTAFLOF

    ALL AGES - BYOB

    7PM / 19H

    flyer by Alex Apostolidis

    montreal.askapunk.net/event/to

  7. 20 aniversari del Queens of Steel Fest

    Espai Jove Palau Alòs, dissabte, 7 de març, a les 17:00 CET

    SEREMOS MUY PUNTUALES:

    🕒 17:00 – APERTURA DE PUERTAS
    🎤 17:30 – CHARLA: "Ruptura: Metal frente al fascismo"
    🎸 18:15 – IMPÍA
    🎸 18:55 – SAYÓN
    🎸 19:35 – TUGURIO
    🎸 20:15 – MATER TENEBRARUM
    🎸 20:55 – SACROSANTA DECADENCIA OCCIDENTAL
    🛠️ MERCADILLO: Durante toda la tarde tendremos puestos de material DIY y colectivos.


    🍻 A partir de las 22 seguimos fiesta en el Bar Morsa
    📅 7 de Marzo | 17:00h | Palau Alòs (BCN) 💸 5€ (Aportación sugerida - taquilla Inversa)

    🌐 Toda la info detallada en: www.queensfest.org (Link en la bio 🔗)

    📢 ¡DIFUNDE LA PALABRA! Comparte este post en tus historias y ayúdanos a que el 7 de marzo el Palau sea una auténtica trinchera. ¡Nos vemos allí!

    📸 Cartel de @latararanana

    bcn.convoca.la/event/20-aniver

  8. Crusties Loud Night!

    la casa del migrante 3, Thursday, March 26 at 07:00 PM CDT

    DUKKHA (Pittsburgh/Youngstown Crust), JAIL (Detroit Metalpunk), KNOTWORK (Detroit Crusher Crust), and locals Contracharge bring you a night of crossover, crust and Dbeats on their way to Northern Ruin 3 in Minneapolis!

    All ages $15 notaflof doors 7 noise 8

    Presented by Crust/Grind Chicago and Breaking the Borders.

    chicago.askapunk.net/event/cru

  9. RIPPING DEATHTERROR Vol. II @ L'Hemisphere Gauche - August 8th, 2025

    Hemisphere Gauche, Friday, August 8 at 07:00 PM EDT

    Viridian Cult Productions presents:

    RIPPING DEATHTERROR VOL. II

    Following in the footsteps of a legendary show from 2023, Ripping Deathterror returns two years later with a maniacal offering of brutality and darkness on the night of Friday, August 8th, 2025 at L'Hemisphere Gauche.

    Coming from Ontario, the war metal onslaught of Abysmal Whore and the death metal demolition of World Eaters will crush, kill, AND destroy.

    They’ll be joined by the powerful deathviolence of Ratpiss, the thick and groovy riffing of Insade, and the blackened oozing sludge of Pine Tar!

    Don’t miss it!

    Abysmal Whore:
    https://abysmalwhore.bandcamp.com/album/sadistic-urge

    World Eaters:
    https://worldeaters.bandcamp.com/album/hounds-of-blood

    Ratpiss:
    https://ratpissmtl.bandcamp.com/album/four-humors

    Insade:
    https://insade.bandcamp.com/album/human-obsession

    Pine Tar:
    https://pine-tar.bandcamp.com/album/burial

    Friday, August 8th, 2025
    @ L’Hemisphere Gauche
    221 Rue Beaubien Est
    Doors 7:00 PM
    Show 8:00 PM
    $15
    18+

    Poster by Jose-Gabriel Bazan Gauthier.

    montreal.askapunk.net/event/ri

  10. Nuclear Addicts, Gutgash Isolation Unit, Natural Abuse

    West Town Bikes, Saturday, July 5 at 07:00 PM CDT

    Benefit for West town bikes!

    Nuclear Addicts OH

    Gutgash PGH

    Isolation Unit, Natural Abuse

    chicago.askapunk.net/event/nuc

  11. Violent Encounter, Hakapik, Feartilizer 1492 @ Thrashcan - Sunday, June 1st, 2025

    Thrash Can, Sunday, June 1 at 08:00 PM EDT

    EARSLAUGHTER X VIRIDIAN CULT PRODUCTIONS presents:

    Haven't got your fill of filthy grindcore after Earslaughter weekend? Well have no fear! Belgian goregrind outfit Violent Encounter will be hitting the Thrashcan for a last minute show this Sunday, joined by sludgegrind power-duo Hakapik and deathgrind heavy hitters Feartilizer 1492!

    Violent Encounter:
    https://zasautoproduzioni.bandcamp.com/.../violent...

    Hakapik:
    https://hakapik1.bandcamp.com/album/pig-skull

    Feartilizer 1492:
    https://feartilizer1492.bandcamp.com/track/manifest-of-war

    Sunday, June 1st, 2025
    @ Thrashcan (Ask a Punk!)
    Doors 8:00 PM
    Show 8:30 PM
    $15 / PWYC
    18+ (ID Required)

    montreal.askapunk.net/event/vi

  12. Trying to expand my network and find more interesting stuff to follow on here. Any tips? Also, feel free to turn yourself in if you're into any of the same things as I am!

    I've got the whole Linux/FOSS side covered pretty well already, but I feel like I'm lacking in some other areas:

    Music: #sludge #hxc #beatdown #powerviolence #crustpunk #dbeat #hardcorepunk #deathmetal #warmetal #grindcore #goregrind #noisemusic #gorenoise #dsbm #rabm

    Visual art/design: #punkart #darkart #graffiti #xeroxart

  13. Oi Polloi- Bash The Fash-1993

    Oi!
    Nineteen nineties and the nazis are back
    Family burnt out in an arson attack
    Children lying in hospital dying of their burns
    It's about time that everyone learns (to)

    BASH - BASH THE FASH!

    Germany in the thirties was the same
    A life or death struggle - not some kind of game
    Learn at least the basics of some martial art
    Then you'll be ready when the aggro starts

    BASH - BASH THE FASH!

    B.N.P. scum marching on your street
    They even get elected when they should get beat
    Beat off the streets that belong to us
    You won't stop them with chants and placards so just

    BASH - BASH THE FASH!

    First they came for the Jews
    And I did nothing to help them because I was not a Jew
    Then they came for the communists
    And I did nothing to help them because I was not a communist
    Next they came for the trade unionists
    And I did nothing to help them because I was not a trade unionist
    And then they came for me
    And there was no one left to help me

    Adolf Hitler himself said that the only way the rise of the German nazi party could have been prevented was if its
    enemies had recognised it for what it was right at the start and had smashed it in its infancy with utmost force.
    For once we would agree with him - waving placards and chanting at fascists through megaphones
    accomplishes absolutely nothing. The only way to stop nazi scum like the B.N.P. is by physically confronting
    them and literally kicking them off our streets.

    Nazi falls amidst a hall of fists and feet
    Stomping out the rhythm of the cable street beat
    With our boots on the scumbag's head
    The only good nazi is one that's dead

    BASH - BASH THE FASH!

    A.F.A. girls and boys block the fash escape route
    Now we've got them cornered and they're gonna eat boot
    Trying to escape but they just can't manage
    Our boots rain in wreaking terrible damage

    BASH - BASH THE FASH!

    #PunK #Crust #CrustPunk #Anarchie #Anarchiste #AntiFa
    yiny.org/w/82rRyjagWWTufsYRFUK

  14. Act of Impalement – Profane Altar Review

    By Dear Hollow

    Nashville trio Act of Impalement’s sophomore release Infernal Ordinance, in spite of the low-hanging HOA jokes, was badass. Its unfuckwithable blend of death and crust styles led to a sore neck from endless headbanging, while its passages of doom tempos and thick weight did the sludge and doom influences justice. I still spin the likes of “Summoning the Final Conflagration” and “Erased,” reliving that pummeling that hurts so good again and again. You can imagine how excited I was, then, to discover Act of Impalement has a new album.

    To accurately sum up Act of Impalement’s musical arsenal is an exercise in futility, and Profane Altar amps the obscurity – although the trademark groove remains stalwart. While Ethan Rock remains the band’s pivot point as primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, a revamped lineup replacing bassist Jimmy Grogan and longtime drummer Zack Ledbetter emerges with its own streamlined take. As such, while Infernal Ordinance felt almost entirely like the one-man Ethan Rock show, Profane Altar finds bassist Jerry Garner adding more rumbling weight to the riffs while drummer Aaron Hortman brings a newfound manic energy and mania to the rhythms. While the influences remain the same in death metal royalty Bolt Thrower, Incantation, Entombed, and Asphyx – and the sound is deceptively straightforward – the streamlined approach, more pronounced black metal influence, and filthier riffs offer new planes for Act of Impalement.

    Act of Impalement’s biggest change is a more cohesive fusing of its sludge and death metal influences alongside its newfound obscure black metal bleakness. While opener “Summoning the Final Conflagration” from its predecessor set a precedent of buzzsaw riffs driven to a sludgy end, Profane Altar opens with “Apparition” – while the groove and riffs are similar, they are absolutely suffocating, a swampy tar filling every crevice of the sound. Act of Impalement is down with the thickness, and it grants them a fluidity that kept the disjointedness of its predecessor from truly soaring. From ten-ton bruisers dripping with patient swagger (“Apparition,” “Final Sacrifice”), filthy 6/8 death metal waltzes (“Sanguine Rites,” “Gnashing Teeth”) to vicious crust punk-influenced black metal beatdowns laden with blastbeats and shred (“Piercing the Heavens,” “Deities of the Weak”), their potentially disconnected collection of blasting and bruising is blessedly woven together by its all-consuming weight.

    Brevity is the name of Act of Impalement’s game, and it no longer feels like a one-man show. No track exceeds five minutes for a total of thirty-one minutes, which is absolutely reasonable and almost necessary for this breed of intensity. While the professed styles don’t feel particularly unique, Act of Impalement manages to lay them atop the incredibly sturdy foundation of groove, which serves the brevity extremely well – the album hits hard and fast and never overstays its welcome. Better still, Garner’s bass shines throughout and Hortman’s percussion feels both unhinged in its blastbeats and steadfastly reliable in its plodding groove – both members shining alongside Rock’s riffs and hellish roars. That being said, Act of Impalement offers a brutal riff-fest with elements borrowed from death, death/doom, crust punk, and black metal, a tribute to the hallowed halls of metal history – but the product is remarkably straightforward in its punishing groove.

    If you’re looking for a nuanced album that showcases a rich and layered approach to its songwriting, Profane Altar is not for you. However, if you’re okay seeing all its influences as riders of the one-trick pony called groove, it doesn’t get much better than Act of Impalement’s breed of pummeling. Profane Altar is fucking heavy, simultaneously a more in-your-face and obscure release for a band renowned for their breakneck intensity. Balance and the bravery to embrace its disparate blend of influences sets it apart from its already formidable predecessor, even though the shortsighted groove makes it blackened, deathened, crusty, doomy ear candy. Infectiously groovy ear candy.

    Rating: 3.5/5.0
    DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
    Label: Caligari Records
    Websites: instagram.com/actofimpalement | facebook.com/ActOfImpalement
    Releases Worldwide: February 28th, 2025

    #2025 #35 #ActOfImpalement #AmericanMetal #Asphyx #BlackMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal #BoltThrower #CaligariRecords #CrustPunk #DeathMetal #DeathDoomMetal #DoomMetal #Entombed #Feb25 #Incantation #ProfaneAltar #Review #Reviews

  15. Act of Impalement – Profane Altar Review

    By Dear Hollow

    Nashville trio Act of Impalement’s sophomore release Infernal Ordinance, in spite of the low-hanging HOA jokes, was badass. Its unfuckwithable blend of death and crust styles led to a sore neck from endless headbanging, while its passages of doom tempos and thick weight did the sludge and doom influences justice. I still spin the likes of “Summoning the Final Conflagration” and “Erased,” reliving that pummeling that hurts so good again and again. You can imagine how excited I was, then, to discover Act of Impalement has a new album.

    To accurately sum up Act of Impalement’s musical arsenal is an exercise in futility, and Profane Altar amps the obscurity – although the trademark groove remains stalwart. While Ethan Rock remains the band’s pivot point as primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, a revamped lineup replacing bassist Jimmy Grogan and longtime drummer Zack Ledbetter emerges with its own streamlined take. As such, while Infernal Ordinance felt almost entirely like the one-man Ethan Rock show, Profane Altar finds bassist Jerry Garner adding more rumbling weight to the riffs while drummer Aaron Hortman brings a newfound manic energy and mania to the rhythms. While the influences remain the same in death metal royalty Bolt Thrower, Incantation, Entombed, and Asphyx – and the sound is deceptively straightforward – the streamlined approach, more pronounced black metal influence, and filthier riffs offer new planes for Act of Impalement.

    Act of Impalement’s biggest change is a more cohesive fusing of its sludge and death metal influences alongside its newfound obscure black metal bleakness. While opener “Summoning the Final Conflagration” from its predecessor set a precedent of buzzsaw riffs driven to a sludgy end, Profane Altar opens with “Apparition” – while the groove and riffs are similar, they are absolutely suffocating, a swampy tar filling every crevice of the sound. Act of Impalement is down with the thickness, and it grants them a fluidity that kept the disjointedness of its predecessor from truly soaring. From ten-ton bruisers dripping with patient swagger (“Apparition,” “Final Sacrifice”), filthy 6/8 death metal waltzes (“Sanguine Rites,” “Gnashing Teeth”) to vicious crust punk-influenced black metal beatdowns laden with blastbeats and shred (“Piercing the Heavens,” “Deities of the Weak”), their potentially disconnected collection of blasting and bruising is blessedly woven together by its all-consuming weight.

    Brevity is the name of Act of Impalement’s game, and it no longer feels like a one-man show. No track exceeds five minutes for a total of thirty-one minutes, which is absolutely reasonable and almost necessary for this breed of intensity. While the professed styles don’t feel particularly unique, Act of Impalement manages to lay them atop the incredibly sturdy foundation of groove, which serves the brevity extremely well – the album hits hard and fast and never overstays its welcome. Better still, Garner’s bass shines throughout and Hortman’s percussion feels both unhinged in its blastbeats and steadfastly reliable in its plodding groove – both members shining alongside Rock’s riffs and hellish roars. That being said, Act of Impalement offers a brutal riff-fest with elements borrowed from death, death/doom, crust punk, and black metal, a tribute to the hallowed halls of metal history – but the product is remarkably straightforward in its punishing groove.

    If you’re looking for a nuanced album that showcases a rich and layered approach to its songwriting, Profane Altar is not for you. However, if you’re okay seeing all its influences as riders of the one-trick pony called groove, it doesn’t get much better than Act of Impalement’s breed of pummeling. Profane Altar is fucking heavy, simultaneously a more in-your-face and obscure release for a band renowned for their breakneck intensity. Balance and the bravery to embrace its disparate blend of influences sets it apart from its already formidable predecessor, even though the shortsighted groove makes it blackened, deathened, crusty, doomy ear candy. Infectiously groovy ear candy.

    Rating: 3.5/5.0
    DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
    Label: Caligari Records
    Websites: instagram.com/actofimpalement | facebook.com/ActOfImpalement
    Releases Worldwide: February 28th, 2025

    #2025 #35 #ActOfImpalement #AmericanMetal #Asphyx #BlackMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal #BoltThrower #CaligariRecords #CrustPunk #DeathMetal #DeathDoomMetal #DoomMetal #Entombed #Feb25 #Incantation #ProfaneAltar #Review #Reviews

  16. Act of Impalement – Profane Altar Review

    By Dear Hollow

    Nashville trio Act of Impalement’s sophomore release Infernal Ordinance, in spite of the low-hanging HOA jokes, was badass. Its unfuckwithable blend of death and crust styles led to a sore neck from endless headbanging, while its passages of doom tempos and thick weight did the sludge and doom influences justice. I still spin the likes of “Summoning the Final Conflagration” and “Erased,” reliving that pummeling that hurts so good again and again. You can imagine how excited I was, then, to discover Act of Impalement has a new album.

    To accurately sum up Act of Impalement’s musical arsenal is an exercise in futility, and Profane Altar amps the obscurity – although the trademark groove remains stalwart. While Ethan Rock remains the band’s pivot point as primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, a revamped lineup replacing bassist Jimmy Grogan and longtime drummer Zack Ledbetter emerges with its own streamlined take. As such, while Infernal Ordinance felt almost entirely like the one-man Ethan Rock show, Profane Altar finds bassist Jerry Garner adding more rumbling weight to the riffs while drummer Aaron Hortman brings a newfound manic energy and mania to the rhythms. While the influences remain the same in death metal royalty Bolt Thrower, Incantation, Entombed, and Asphyx – and the sound is deceptively straightforward – the streamlined approach, more pronounced black metal influence, and filthier riffs offer new planes for Act of Impalement.

    Act of Impalement’s biggest change is a more cohesive fusing of its sludge and death metal influences alongside its newfound obscure black metal bleakness. While opener “Summoning the Final Conflagration” from its predecessor set a precedent of buzzsaw riffs driven to a sludgy end, Profane Altar opens with “Apparition” – while the groove and riffs are similar, they are absolutely suffocating, a swampy tar filling every crevice of the sound. Act of Impalement is down with the thickness, and it grants them a fluidity that kept the disjointedness of its predecessor from truly soaring. From ten-ton bruisers dripping with patient swagger (“Apparition,” “Final Sacrifice”), filthy 6/8 death metal waltzes (“Sanguine Rites,” “Gnashing Teeth”) to vicious crust punk-influenced black metal beatdowns laden with blastbeats and shred (“Piercing the Heavens,” “Deities of the Weak”), their potentially disconnected collection of blasting and bruising is blessedly woven together by its all-consuming weight.

    Brevity is the name of Act of Impalement’s game, and it no longer feels like a one-man show. No track exceeds five minutes for a total of thirty-one minutes, which is absolutely reasonable and almost necessary for this breed of intensity. While the professed styles don’t feel particularly unique, Act of Impalement manages to lay them atop the incredibly sturdy foundation of groove, which serves the brevity extremely well – the album hits hard and fast and never overstays its welcome. Better still, Garner’s bass shines throughout and Hortman’s percussion feels both unhinged in its blastbeats and steadfastly reliable in its plodding groove – both members shining alongside Rock’s riffs and hellish roars. That being said, Act of Impalement offers a brutal riff-fest with elements borrowed from death, death/doom, crust punk, and black metal, a tribute to the hallowed halls of metal history – but the product is remarkably straightforward in its punishing groove.

    If you’re looking for a nuanced album that showcases a rich and layered approach to its songwriting, Profane Altar is not for you. However, if you’re okay seeing all its influences as riders of the one-trick pony called groove, it doesn’t get much better than Act of Impalement’s breed of pummeling. Profane Altar is fucking heavy, simultaneously a more in-your-face and obscure release for a band renowned for their breakneck intensity. Balance and the bravery to embrace its disparate blend of influences sets it apart from its already formidable predecessor, even though the shortsighted groove makes it blackened, deathened, crusty, doomy ear candy. Infectiously groovy ear candy.

    Rating: 3.5/5.0
    DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
    Label: Caligari Records
    Websites: instagram.com/actofimpalement | facebook.com/ActOfImpalement
    Releases Worldwide: February 28th, 2025

    #2025 #35 #ActOfImpalement #AmericanMetal #Asphyx #BlackMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal #BoltThrower #CaligariRecords #CrustPunk #DeathMetal #DeathDoomMetal #DoomMetal #Entombed #Feb25 #Incantation #ProfaneAltar #Review #Reviews

  17. Act of Impalement – Profane Altar Review

    By Dear Hollow

    Nashville trio Act of Impalement’s sophomore release Infernal Ordinance, in spite of the low-hanging HOA jokes, was badass. Its unfuckwithable blend of death and crust styles led to a sore neck from endless headbanging, while its passages of doom tempos and thick weight did the sludge and doom influences justice. I still spin the likes of “Summoning the Final Conflagration” and “Erased,” reliving that pummeling that hurts so good again and again. You can imagine how excited I was, then, to discover Act of Impalement has a new album.

    To accurately sum up Act of Impalement’s musical arsenal is an exercise in futility, and Profane Altar amps the obscurity – although the trademark groove remains stalwart. While Ethan Rock remains the band’s pivot point as primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, a revamped lineup replacing bassist Jimmy Grogan and longtime drummer Zack Ledbetter emerges with its own streamlined take. As such, while Infernal Ordinance felt almost entirely like the one-man Ethan Rock show, Profane Altar finds bassist Jerry Garner adding more rumbling weight to the riffs while drummer Aaron Hortman brings a newfound manic energy and mania to the rhythms. While the influences remain the same in death metal royalty Bolt Thrower, Incantation, Entombed, and Asphyx – and the sound is deceptively straightforward – the streamlined approach, more pronounced black metal influence, and filthier riffs offer new planes for Act of Impalement.

    Act of Impalement’s biggest change is a more cohesive fusing of its sludge and death metal influences alongside its newfound obscure black metal bleakness. While opener “Summoning the Final Conflagration” from its predecessor set a precedent of buzzsaw riffs driven to a sludgy end, Profane Altar opens with “Apparition” – while the groove and riffs are similar, they are absolutely suffocating, a swampy tar filling every crevice of the sound. Act of Impalement is down with the thickness, and it grants them a fluidity that kept the disjointedness of its predecessor from truly soaring. From ten-ton bruisers dripping with patient swagger (“Apparition,” “Final Sacrifice”), filthy 6/8 death metal waltzes (“Sanguine Rites,” “Gnashing Teeth”) to vicious crust punk-influenced black metal beatdowns laden with blastbeats and shred (“Piercing the Heavens,” “Deities of the Weak”), their potentially disconnected collection of blasting and bruising is blessedly woven together by its all-consuming weight.

    Brevity is the name of Act of Impalement’s game, and it no longer feels like a one-man show. No track exceeds five minutes for a total of thirty-one minutes, which is absolutely reasonable and almost necessary for this breed of intensity. While the professed styles don’t feel particularly unique, Act of Impalement manages to lay them atop the incredibly sturdy foundation of groove, which serves the brevity extremely well – the album hits hard and fast and never overstays its welcome. Better still, Garner’s bass shines throughout and Hortman’s percussion feels both unhinged in its blastbeats and steadfastly reliable in its plodding groove – both members shining alongside Rock’s riffs and hellish roars. That being said, Act of Impalement offers a brutal riff-fest with elements borrowed from death, death/doom, crust punk, and black metal, a tribute to the hallowed halls of metal history – but the product is remarkably straightforward in its punishing groove.

    If you’re looking for a nuanced album that showcases a rich and layered approach to its songwriting, Profane Altar is not for you. However, if you’re okay seeing all its influences as riders of the one-trick pony called groove, it doesn’t get much better than Act of Impalement’s breed of pummeling. Profane Altar is fucking heavy, simultaneously a more in-your-face and obscure release for a band renowned for their breakneck intensity. Balance and the bravery to embrace its disparate blend of influences sets it apart from its already formidable predecessor, even though the shortsighted groove makes it blackened, deathened, crusty, doomy ear candy. Infectiously groovy ear candy.

    Rating: 3.5/5.0
    DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
    Label: Caligari Records
    Websites: instagram.com/actofimpalement | facebook.com/ActOfImpalement
    Releases Worldwide: February 28th, 2025

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