#warmetal — Public Fediverse posts

I have one for #BlackMetalMonday this week -- this is how I like my black metal. Finland's BESTIAL SIEGE really have it going on with the bestial war metal (it's right there in their name). GREAT 3 track EP from the end of last year.

https://bestialsiege.bandcamp.com/album/antichrist-artillery-sermon

#WarMetal #BlackMetal #metal #Satanic #bestial #FuckNSBM #Finland #FinnishMetal #FinnishBlackMetal

This week's #ThursDeath is EP 'Voidspawn Sacrifice' from last year by northern Italy's IGNOBLETH. This is death with dynamics, it has both faster and sloggy parts, and it also has some black metal touches (kinda war metal). And these guys are doing it well. The band members are super young, in their teens (16 and 17 as of last year), and already making amazing shit like this. Hope they keep it up. These three songs (plus a short-ish intro track that isn't too bad) are great.

https://maskedeadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/voidspawn-sacrifice

#metal #DeathMetal #BlackMetal #BlackenedDeath #Italy #ItalianBands #ItalianMetal #WarMetal @HailsandAles @brian @rtw @swampgas @c0m4 @umrk @Kitty @guffo @nnenov

Das war mal wieder ein wunderbares #SwampFest, mit vielen Perlen aus dem #Sludge #Doom und #DeathMetal – nur in's Kino hab ich's schon wieder nicht geschafft. 😅

Und hier eines meiner Highlights:
https://skraeckoedlan.bandcamp.com/album/ppeltr-det

Viele Grüße aus dem Sumpf!

#radio27 #music #festival #metal #punk #MetalPunk #DoomMetal #Grindcore #WarMetal #SpeedMetal #BlackMetal #StonerRock #Dungeon #Wave #Art #Graffiti #Cinema #Horror

#NowPlaying on a Wednesday morning, metal for some reason. But this shit is killer. It's war metal but definitely some Bolt Thrower vibes in there too. Pretty damn solid, great dynamics, guitar stuff, vocals. This is New Jersey's SIEGE COLUMN and their ripping new LP 'Sulphur Omega'.

https://siegecolumn.bandcamp.com/album/sulphur-omega

#metal #DeathMetal #WarMetal #BlackMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #NewJersey #NewJerseyMetal #NewJerseyBands #SiegeColumn @HailsandAles @brian @rtw @guffo @umrk @Kitty @flockofnazguls @swampgas

#NowPlaying on a Wednesday morning, metal for some reason. But this shit is killer. It's war metal but definitely some Bolt Thrower vibes in there too. Pretty damn solid, great dynamics, guitar stuff, vocals. This is New Jersey's SIEGE COLUMN and their ripping new LP 'Sulphur Omega'.

https://siegecolumn.bandcamp.com/album/sulphur-omega

#metal #DeathMetal #WarMetal #BlackMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #NewJersey #NewJerseyMetal #NewJerseyBands #SiegeColumn @HailsandAles @brian @rtw @guffo @umrk @Kitty @flockofnazguls @swampgas

#NowPlaying on a Wednesday morning, metal for some reason. But this shit is killer. It's war metal but definitely some Bolt Thrower vibes in there too. Pretty damn solid, great dynamics, guitar stuff, vocals. This is New Jersey's SIEGE COLUMN and their ripping new LP 'Sulphur Omega'.

https://siegecolumn.bandcamp.com/album/sulphur-omega

#metal #DeathMetal #WarMetal #BlackMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #NewJersey #NewJerseyMetal #NewJerseyBands #SiegeColumn @HailsandAles @brian @rtw @guffo @umrk @Kitty @flockofnazguls @swampgas

#NowPlaying on a Wednesday morning, metal for some reason. But this shit is killer. It's war metal but definitely some Bolt Thrower vibes in there too. Pretty damn solid, great dynamics, guitar stuff, vocals. This is New Jersey's SIEGE COLUMN and their ripping new LP 'Sulphur Omega'.

https://siegecolumn.bandcamp.com/album/sulphur-omega

#metal #DeathMetal #WarMetal #BlackMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #NewJersey #NewJerseyMetal #NewJerseyBands #SiegeColumn @HailsandAles @brian @rtw @guffo @umrk @Kitty @flockofnazguls @swampgas

#NowPlaying on a Wednesday morning, metal for some reason. But this shit is killer. It's war metal but definitely some Bolt Thrower vibes in there too. Pretty damn solid, great dynamics, guitar stuff, vocals. This is New Jersey's SIEGE COLUMN and their ripping new LP 'Sulphur Omega'.

https://siegecolumn.bandcamp.com/album/sulphur-omega

#metal #DeathMetal #WarMetal #BlackMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #NewJersey #NewJerseyMetal #NewJerseyBands #SiegeColumn @HailsandAles @brian @rtw @guffo @umrk @Kitty @flockofnazguls @swampgas

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.

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/ripping-deathterror-vol-ii-lhemisphere-gauche-august-8th-2025

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.

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/ripping-deathterror-vol-ii-lhemisphere-gauche-august-8th-2025

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.

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/ripping-deathterror-vol-ii-lhemisphere-gauche-august-8th-2025

I ordered the new Goatblood CD since it's physical only, and just in time for another #BlackMetalMonday, it arrived from Germany. 'Mysticism of Unholy Cries' is top-notch bestial war metal just like their stellar 2023 record. 🔥

This one's limited to 300 copies and they still have some for sale here: https://astralnightmare.bandcamp.com/album/mysticism-of-unholy-cries

#WarMetal #Goatblood #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #2025Records #2025Albums #GermanBands #GermanMetal @Kitty @BlackenedGreen @rtw @vanessawynn @wendigo @HailsandAles @lola

I was going to save this for black metal Monday, as it's kinda black metal-y, but I'm posting it here today, as it's Bandcamp Friday, and literally the only way to get this album (even digitally) is to buy the CD. Which is kinda weird and gatekeepery, but I fucking LOVE Germany's GOATBLOOD, man, and I want them and the label to get all the money from my purchase today-- Goatblood's 2023 LP was one of my favorite 20 that year, and this one is just as damn good, if not better.

Hope everyone has a good Bandcamp Friday, tagging some black metal folks on this one (some of you may alread know about it), as it's some SICK, must-hear war metal, my dudes.

https://astralnightmare.bandcamp.com/album/mysticism-of-unholy-cries

#WarMetal #Goatblood #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #2025Records #Bandcamp #BandcampFriday #2025Albums #GermanBands #GermanMetal @Kitty @BlackenedGreen @rtw @cory @vanessawynn @wendigo @HailsandAles @lola

Surfing online I saw a general approval for the newest Teitanblood album, and as I'm listening to it, it's totally justified. What a KILLER effort!
And that last track...A W E S O M E STUFF

:bandcamp: https://teitanblood.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-visceral-abyss

#Teitanblood #FromTheVisceralAbyss #BlackDeathMetal #WarMetal

Surfing online I saw a general approval for the newest Teitanblood album, and as I'm listening to it, it's totally justified. What a KILLER effort!
And that last track...A W E S O M E STUFF

:bandcamp: https://teitanblood.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-visceral-abyss

#Teitanblood #FromTheVisceralAbyss #BlackDeathMetal #WarMetal

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

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

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

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

🇬🇧 Ooh, a new #Teitanblood album. Let's give that a spin. Melodic war metal? Bestial death metal? Deathened raw black metal? It's chaotic and extreme, that's for sure. I have to be in the mood for such an attack on the aural senses, as it can be a bit much. But it does have its moments.

https://teitanblood.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-visceral-abyss?from=embed

#deathmetal #blackmetal #warmetal #extrememetal #Madrid #Spain

🇬🇧 Ooh, a new #Teitanblood album. Let's give that a spin. Melodic war metal? Bestial death metal? Deathened raw black metal? It's chaotic and extreme, that's for sure. I have to be in the mood for such an attack on the aural senses, as it can be a bit much. But it does have its moments.

https://teitanblood.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-visceral-abyss?from=embed

#deathmetal #blackmetal #warmetal #extrememetal #Madrid #Spain

🇬🇧 Ooh, a new #Teitanblood album. Let's give that a spin. Melodic war metal? Bestial death metal? Deathened raw black metal? It's chaotic and extreme, that's for sure. I have to be in the mood for such an attack on the aural senses, as it can be a bit much. But it does have its moments.

https://teitanblood.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-visceral-abyss?from=embed

#deathmetal #blackmetal #warmetal #extrememetal #Madrid #Spain

#ThursDeath time. I've massively dug Nashville, Tennessee's ACT OF IMPALEMENT since I first ran across them in 2023. Their record that year was one of my top favorites, metal or otherwise. This year, they have a new LP, 'Profane Altar', and it's RIDICULOUSLY great (of course). 8 tracks of crushing, brutal war metal you won't want to miss. Act of Impalement are a major metal contender again this year. 🔥

https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/album/profane-altar

#metal #DeathMetal #WarMetal #ActOfImpalement #Tennessee #Nashville #TennesseeMetal #NashvilleMetal @HailsandAles @wendigo @lola @BlackenedGreen @umrk @Kitty

Mitochondrion – Vitriseptome Review

By Dear Hollow

Vancouver’s Mitochondrion has a knack for violence. The quartet has always hinted that its signature relentless breed of dissonant black/death war metal is a façade for a much darker reality, contrary to the lurid barbarousness of its counterparts. Longwinded compositions of unhinged brutality suddenly align into chuggy riffs and experimental prowess at the guidance of its triple-vocal attack from hell, making cohorts with just as much of the likes of Teitanblood and Adversarial as Ulcerate and Portal.1 Deceptively straightforward, incessantly pulverizing, and neck deep in otherworldly ambitions, it’s non-Euclidean punishment from men who are alchemists at heart. Mitochondrion returns.

Otherworldly ambition has largely separated Mitochondrion from its counterparts since its 2003 inception. Vitriseptome is the lineup of their classic albums, 2008’s Archaeaeon and 2011’s Parasignosis, with bassist Sebastian Montesi of Auroch and Atemporal the only new addition in 2012. It has been thirteen long years since Mitochondrion’s formidable Parasignosis, only an EP (Antinumerology) and a split with Auroch (In Cronian Hour) to fill the absence. What 2024’s Vitriseptome does is ambitious to compensate, a ninety-three-minute affair described as a trilogy in two phases, separated by a flurry of ambient interludes – often the only respite from the intensity. With classical alchemy in mind, Mitochondrion concocts this mixture: the two phases or halves representing “Dissolution” and “Coagulation,” the trilogy denoting the three classical alchemical elements salt, sulfur, and mercury, and its quarter movements coined “Separation,” “Confusion,” “Initiation,” and “Return.” Each portion consists of a distinct sound palette while adhering to its emphasis on non-Euclidean and claustrophobic punishment rooted in sinister blackened death, cavernous OSDM, and bellicose war metal while venturing into the realms of dark ambient and noise. While its length is challenging and ambition alienating, it is worth a trek through Mitochondrion’s darkness where the smoke curls up and the crooked galaxies hang.

Each division encapsulates a certain mood or focus. Opening five-track suite “Separation” would feel right at home in an Adversarial album, gashing the ears with relentless blasting, unhinged tremolo, wailing solos, and putrid roars amid shifting sands of jarring tempo shifts, aligning like rotten stars in pulsing staccato climaxes (“Increatum Vox,” “Oblithemesis”). The seven tracks of “Initiation” balance its muscular character with a thick shroud of grime-crusted noise (“The Cruxitome,” “Ignis Caecus”), punishing concrete riffage emerging like colossal fists (“Argentum Mortifixion,” “The Protanthrofuge”). Contrary to these blasting behemoths of excess, latter halves “Confusion” and “Return” are far more restrained,2 comparatively meditative explorations that encapsulate the respective war metal attack and noisy approach (“Vacuuole,” “Viabyssm”), while expanding into filthy oceans of emptiness with Ulcerate-esque dissonance and haunting solos (“Flail, Faexregem!,” “Antitonement”) – a darker place to land that serves as a reminder as to who holds the key on this intense journey. The mix is dense and nearly impenetrable, a key contrast to the likewise ambitious organic treks of Ingurgitating Oblivion or Orgone.

As disparate as the styles are within Vitriseptome’s various divisions, they never stray from Mitochondrion’s signature breed. The punishment is still all-encompassing and incessantly pulverizing, but balance is the priority. Its moments of relative stillness there is a tension to the looming attack (“Viabyssm,” “The Protanthrofuge”), and there are moments of tense placidity in the more warfaring partitions (“The Erythapside,” “Ignis Caecus”). Dynamically, the band utilizes its interludes and its underlying approach extremely effectively, with smooth transitions (“Oblithemesis” to “[]” to “Vitriseptome;” “Ignis Caecus” to “[antimonphoresis]” to “Vacuuole”) guiding the proceeds from experimental and unhinged former to patient and contemplative latter. As such, nary a second feels wasted on Vitriseptome despite its interlude-heavy tracklist and demanding runtime. Its two-then-three-then-four thematic divisions don’t feel confused or convoluted, because the density of the music and intricate construction lend purpose and distinction. Vitriseptome offers undeniable proof that Mitochondrion remains atop the death metal echelon, in spite of its thirteen-year quiet.

Vitriseptome is challenging, but it’s a challenge well worth undertaking. A puzzle unlocked, its secrets are revealed with every listen – a harrowing and putrid collection of knowledge. The dynamics therein tell a story of alchemical rage and occult obsession, fueled by madness and horror. Undeniably a test of patience, its first impression of unhinged insanity slowly gives way to intensely calculated brutishness, bolstered by its atmospheric prowess and bared teeth of noise. Mitochondrion hasn’t missed a beat after thirteen years: Vitriseptome succeeds as a reminder of their formidable greatness and sets the tone for the act’s pulverizing future.

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 53 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Profound Lore Records
Websites: mitochondrion.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/mitochondrion137
Releases Worldwide: November 1st, 2024

#2024 #40 #Adversarial #AtmosphericDeathMetal #Auroch #BlackenedDeathMetal #CanadianMetal #DarkAmbient #DeathMetal #DissonantDeathMetal #Egregore #IngurgitatingOblivion #Mitochondrion #Noise #Nov24 #Orgone #Portal #ProfoundLoreRecords #Review #Reviews #Teitanblood #Ulcerate #Vitriseptome #WarMetal

Mitochondrion – Vitriseptome Review

By Dear Hollow

Vancouver’s Mitochondrion has a knack for violence. The quartet has always hinted that its signature relentless breed of dissonant black/death war metal is a façade for a much darker reality, contrary to the lurid barbarousness of its counterparts. Longwinded compositions of unhinged brutality suddenly align into chuggy riffs and experimental prowess at the guidance of its triple-vocal attack from hell, making cohorts with just as much of the likes of Teitanblood and Adversarial as Ulcerate and Portal.1 Deceptively straightforward, incessantly pulverizing, and neck deep in otherworldly ambitions, it’s non-Euclidean punishment from men who are alchemists at heart. Mitochondrion returns.

Otherworldly ambition has largely separated Mitochondrion from its counterparts since its 2003 inception. Vitriseptome is the lineup of their classic albums, 2008’s Archaeaeon and 2011’s Parasignosis, with bassist Sebastian Montesi of Auroch and Atemporal the only new addition in 2012. It has been thirteen long years since Mitochondrion’s formidable Parasignosis, only an EP (Antinumerology) and a split with Auroch (In Cronian Hour) to fill the absence. What 2024’s Vitriseptome does is ambitious to compensate, a ninety-three-minute affair described as a trilogy in two phases, separated by a flurry of ambient interludes – often the only respite from the intensity. With classical alchemy in mind, Mitochondrion concocts this mixture: the two phases or halves representing “Dissolution” and “Coagulation,” the trilogy denoting the three classical alchemical elements salt, sulfur, and mercury, and its quarter movements coined “Separation,” “Confusion,” “Initiation,” and “Return.” Each portion consists of a distinct sound palette while adhering to its emphasis on non-Euclidean and claustrophobic punishment rooted in sinister blackened death, cavernous OSDM, and bellicose war metal while venturing into the realms of dark ambient and noise. While its length is challenging and ambition alienating, it is worth a trek through Mitochondrion’s darkness where the smoke curls up and the crooked galaxies hang.

Each division encapsulates a certain mood or focus. Opening five-track suite “Separation” would feel right at home in an Adversarial album, gashing the ears with relentless blasting, unhinged tremolo, wailing solos, and putrid roars amid shifting sands of jarring tempo shifts, aligning like rotten stars in pulsing staccato climaxes (“Increatum Vox,” “Oblithemesis”). The seven tracks of “Initiation” balance its muscular character with a thick shroud of grime-crusted noise (“The Cruxitome,” “Ignis Caecus”), punishing concrete riffage emerging like colossal fists (“Argentum Mortifixion,” “The Protanthrofuge”). Contrary to these blasting behemoths of excess, latter halves “Confusion” and “Return” are far more restrained,2 comparatively meditative explorations that encapsulate the respective war metal attack and noisy approach (“Vacuuole,” “Viabyssm”), while expanding into filthy oceans of emptiness with Ulcerate-esque dissonance and haunting solos (“Flail, Faexregem!,” “Antitonement”) – a darker place to land that serves as a reminder as to who holds the key on this intense journey. The mix is dense and nearly impenetrable, a key contrast to the likewise ambitious organic treks of Ingurgitating Oblivion or Orgone.

As disparate as the styles are within Vitriseptome’s various divisions, they never stray from Mitochondrion’s signature breed. The punishment is still all-encompassing and incessantly pulverizing, but balance is the priority. Its moments of relative stillness there is a tension to the looming attack (“Viabyssm,” “The Protanthrofuge”), and there are moments of tense placidity in the more warfaring partitions (“The Erythapside,” “Ignis Caecus”). Dynamically, the band utilizes its interludes and its underlying approach extremely effectively, with smooth transitions (“Oblithemesis” to “[]” to “Vitriseptome;” “Ignis Caecus” to “[antimonphoresis]” to “Vacuuole”) guiding the proceeds from experimental and unhinged former to patient and contemplative latter. As such, nary a second feels wasted on Vitriseptome despite its interlude-heavy tracklist and demanding runtime. Its two-then-three-then-four thematic divisions don’t feel confused or convoluted, because the density of the music and intricate construction lend purpose and distinction. Vitriseptome offers undeniable proof that Mitochondrion remains atop the death metal echelon, in spite of its thirteen-year quiet.

Vitriseptome is challenging, but it’s a challenge well worth undertaking. A puzzle unlocked, its secrets are revealed with every listen – a harrowing and putrid collection of knowledge. The dynamics therein tell a story of alchemical rage and occult obsession, fueled by madness and horror. Undeniably a test of patience, its first impression of unhinged insanity slowly gives way to intensely calculated brutishness, bolstered by its atmospheric prowess and bared teeth of noise. Mitochondrion hasn’t missed a beat after thirteen years: Vitriseptome succeeds as a reminder of their formidable greatness and sets the tone for the act’s pulverizing future.

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 53 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Profound Lore Records
Websites: mitochondrion.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/mitochondrion137
Releases Worldwide: November 1st, 2024

#2024 #40 #Adversarial #AtmosphericDeathMetal #Auroch #BlackenedDeathMetal #CanadianMetal #DarkAmbient #DeathMetal #DissonantDeathMetal #Egregore #IngurgitatingOblivion #Mitochondrion #Noise #Nov24 #Orgone #Portal #ProfoundLoreRecords #Review #Reviews #Teitanblood #Ulcerate #Vitriseptome #WarMetal

Mitochondrion – Vitriseptome Review

By Dear Hollow

Vancouver’s Mitochondrion has a knack for violence. The quartet has always hinted that its signature relentless breed of dissonant black/death war metal is a façade for a much darker reality, contrary to the lurid barbarousness of its counterparts. Longwinded compositions of unhinged brutality suddenly align into chuggy riffs and experimental prowess at the guidance of its triple-vocal attack from hell, making cohorts with just as much of the likes of Teitanblood and Adversarial as Ulcerate and Portal.1 Deceptively straightforward, incessantly pulverizing, and neck deep in otherworldly ambitions, it’s non-Euclidean punishment from men who are alchemists at heart. Mitochondrion returns.

Otherworldly ambition has largely separated Mitochondrion from its counterparts since its 2003 inception. Vitriseptome is the lineup of their classic albums, 2008’s Archaeaeon and 2011’s Parasignosis, with bassist Sebastian Montesi of Auroch and Atemporal the only new addition in 2012. It has been thirteen long years since Mitochondrion’s formidable Parasignosis, only an EP (Antinumerology) and a split with Auroch (In Cronian Hour) to fill the absence. What 2024’s Vitriseptome does is ambitious to compensate, a ninety-three-minute affair described as a trilogy in two phases, separated by a flurry of ambient interludes – often the only respite from the intensity. With classical alchemy in mind, Mitochondrion concocts this mixture: the two phases or halves representing “Dissolution” and “Coagulation,” the trilogy denoting the three classical alchemical elements salt, sulfur, and mercury, and its quarter movements coined “Separation,” “Confusion,” “Initiation,” and “Return.” Each portion consists of a distinct sound palette while adhering to its emphasis on non-Euclidean and claustrophobic punishment rooted in sinister blackened death, cavernous OSDM, and bellicose war metal while venturing into the realms of dark ambient and noise. While its length is challenging and ambition alienating, it is worth a trek through Mitochondrion’s darkness where the smoke curls up and the crooked galaxies hang.

Each division encapsulates a certain mood or focus. Opening five-track suite “Separation” would feel right at home in an Adversarial album, gashing the ears with relentless blasting, unhinged tremolo, wailing solos, and putrid roars amid shifting sands of jarring tempo shifts, aligning like rotten stars in pulsing staccato climaxes (“Increatum Vox,” “Oblithemesis”). The seven tracks of “Initiation” balance its muscular character with a thick shroud of grime-crusted noise (“The Cruxitome,” “Ignis Caecus”), punishing concrete riffage emerging like colossal fists (“Argentum Mortifixion,” “The Protanthrofuge”). Contrary to these blasting behemoths of excess, latter halves “Confusion” and “Return” are far more restrained,2 comparatively meditative explorations that encapsulate the respective war metal attack and noisy approach (“Vacuuole,” “Viabyssm”), while expanding into filthy oceans of emptiness with Ulcerate-esque dissonance and haunting solos (“Flail, Faexregem!,” “Antitonement”) – a darker place to land that serves as a reminder as to who holds the key on this intense journey. The mix is dense and nearly impenetrable, a key contrast to the likewise ambitious organic treks of Ingurgitating Oblivion or Orgone.

As disparate as the styles are within Vitriseptome’s various divisions, they never stray from Mitochondrion’s signature breed. The punishment is still all-encompassing and incessantly pulverizing, but balance is the priority. Its moments of relative stillness there is a tension to the looming attack (“Viabyssm,” “The Protanthrofuge”), and there are moments of tense placidity in the more warfaring partitions (“The Erythapside,” “Ignis Caecus”). Dynamically, the band utilizes its interludes and its underlying approach extremely effectively, with smooth transitions (“Oblithemesis” to “[]” to “Vitriseptome;” “Ignis Caecus” to “[antimonphoresis]” to “Vacuuole”) guiding the proceeds from experimental and unhinged former to patient and contemplative latter. As such, nary a second feels wasted on Vitriseptome despite its interlude-heavy tracklist and demanding runtime. Its two-then-three-then-four thematic divisions don’t feel confused or convoluted, because the density of the music and intricate construction lend purpose and distinction. Vitriseptome offers undeniable proof that Mitochondrion remains atop the death metal echelon, in spite of its thirteen-year quiet.

Vitriseptome is challenging, but it’s a challenge well worth undertaking. A puzzle unlocked, its secrets are revealed with every listen – a harrowing and putrid collection of knowledge. The dynamics therein tell a story of alchemical rage and occult obsession, fueled by madness and horror. Undeniably a test of patience, its first impression of unhinged insanity slowly gives way to intensely calculated brutishness, bolstered by its atmospheric prowess and bared teeth of noise. Mitochondrion hasn’t missed a beat after thirteen years: Vitriseptome succeeds as a reminder of their formidable greatness and sets the tone for the act’s pulverizing future.

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 53 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Profound Lore Records
Websites: mitochondrion.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/mitochondrion137
Releases Worldwide: November 1st, 2024

#2024 #40 #Adversarial #AtmosphericDeathMetal #Auroch #BlackenedDeathMetal #CanadianMetal #DarkAmbient #DeathMetal #DissonantDeathMetal #Egregore #IngurgitatingOblivion #Mitochondrion #Noise #Nov24 #Orgone #Portal #ProfoundLoreRecords #Review #Reviews #Teitanblood #Ulcerate #Vitriseptome #WarMetal

Adversarial – Solitude with the Eternal Review

By Dear Hollow

I guess I’m one of two Adversarial fans here at AMG, because I’ve name-dropped them in scattered reviews, while Angry Metal Guy himself made a 224-word TYMHM back in 2010 for the act’s debut All Idols Fall Before the Hammer, then slyly name-dropping them in a 2019 ROTM post compared to Musmahhu. The point is, Adversarial is apparently obscure. While sporting a style not unlike the dense n’ dissonant stylings of Antediluvian and Mitochondrion, the melodic dissonant template has always reminded me of Ulcerate; the difference is the absolutely apeshit blast-happy approach to punishment. After nine long years, we are hit with third full-length Solitude with the Eternal, and it embraces the duality, a double-edged sword, of dissonance and punishment.

Time has not worn Toronto’s Adversarial, as Solitude will attest. Punishment is still priority number one, as 2010’s All Idols… and 2015’s Death, Endless Nothing and the Black Knife of Nihilism firmly established – blastbeats and shredding riffs are in no short supply. The trio of raging guitarist/vocalist C.S. and thunderous bassist M.M., romping atop the galloping doomsday horse of drummer E.K., shred and gurgle like there’s no tomorrow. Despite its cutthroat intensity, Solitude with the Eternal manages to avoid war metal unhingedness while remaining just on this side of sane, guiding its compositions with a “Janus-faced” and “dual-tongued” attack, a pendulum swinging between sharp and slithering, gazing upon horrific truths while revering its macabre beauty. Ultimately, while nothing terribly groundbreaking, Adversarial makes the nine-year wait worth it in its more dynamic songwriting weaponized in this dichotomy for maximum darkness.

Solitude with the Eternal is a bit of Angelcorpse songs covered by Antediluvian and Tetragrammacide, while somehow avoiding the crawling crassness of the former and the DR0 eardrum decimation of the latter. Balancing thick and grimy riffs with a stinging dissonance that shines like a blast of shattered glass, tracks like “Beware the Howling Darkness on Thine Left Shoulder,” “Merging Within the Destroyer,” and “Fanes at the Engur” are relentless assaults guided by C.S.’s absolutely devastating bellows and subterranean shredding with simple yet effective dissonant overlays, while “Hatred Kiln of Vengeance” and “Endless Maze of Blackened Dominion” feel like Evangelion-era Behemoth on crack, guitar harmonics balancing tones blasphemous and regal in equal measure. Bass is blessedly present, shining amid the blinding melodies in “Beware the Howling Darkness…” and “Fanes of the Engur.” Drums have always been Adversarial’s main spotlight, a sharp pong dominating tracks in All Idols Fall Before the Hammer and a mammoth thud in Death, Endless Nothing…; Solitude with the Eternal sports a much more palatable in-between, effectively cutting through the murk while not testing listeners’ mettle.

While spending most of its time blasting, Adversarial’s textures still shine. “Witness to the Eternal Light” features an atmospheric wind-torn ambient motif amid the blasting with a more dissonant palette, which sets the tone for the centerpieces “Death is an Advisor in the Woods of the Devil” and “Crushed Into the Kingdom of Darkness.” These two tracks feel like the eye of the storm, focusing more heavily on dense atmospherics and stinging melody, injecting a powerful sense of purpose to the pummeling that surrounds it; the former deals in far more prominent guitar melodies, while the latter paints its dense riffs in broad strokes through slower tempos against the backdrop of night. Because of this setup, the album feels a bit like a journey through a heretical hurricane, giving further weight to the album’s second act. Adversarial’s more meditative songwriting shines here.

Of course, this is not to say that Solitude with the Eternal is perfect. It’s obnoxiously loud, riddled with tempo abuse, and C.S.’s saturated vocals can often drown out the instrumentals, questioning momentum – ultimately requiring multiple listens to discern every murky movement and burning lead. However, Adversarial’s unhinged attack that avoids war metal decadence is addictive, and its more nuanced textures give the third full-length a mysterious and sinister quality only hinted at in the band’s catalog. It may not make lists, but it remains a pummeling return from an act that feels like they’re just getting started.

Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Dark Descent Records
Websites: facebook.com/AdversarialOfficial
Released Worldwide: May 31st, 2024

#2024 #35 #Adversarial #Angelcorpse #Antediluvian #Behemoth #BlackenedDeathMetal #CanadianMetal #DarkDescentRecords #DeathMetal #DissonantDeathMetal #May24 #Mitochondrion #Review #Reviews #SolitudeWithTheEternal #Tetragrammacide #Ulcerate #WarMetal

Adversarial – Solitude with the Eternal Review

By Dear Hollow

I guess I’m one of two Adversarial fans here at AMG, because I’ve name-dropped them in scattered reviews, while Angry Metal Guy himself made a 224-word TYMHM back in 2010 for the act’s debut All Idols Fall Before the Hammer, then slyly name-dropping them in a 2019 ROTM post compared to Musmahhu. The point is, Adversarial is apparently obscure. While sporting a style not unlike the dense n’ dissonant stylings of Antediluvian and Mitochondrion, the melodic dissonant template has always reminded me of Ulcerate; the difference is the absolutely apeshit blast-happy approach to punishment. After nine long years, we are hit with third full-length Solitude with the Eternal, and it embraces the duality, a double-edged sword, of dissonance and punishment.

Time has not worn Toronto’s Adversarial, as Solitude will attest. Punishment is still priority number one, as 2010’s All Idols… and 2015’s Death, Endless Nothing and the Black Knife of Nihilism firmly established – blastbeats and shredding riffs are in no short supply. The trio of raging guitarist/vocalist C.S. and thunderous bassist M.M., romping atop the galloping doomsday horse of drummer E.K., shred and gurgle like there’s no tomorrow. Despite its cutthroat intensity, Solitude with the Eternal manages to avoid war metal unhingedness while remaining just on this side of sane, guiding its compositions with a “Janus-faced” and “dual-tongued” attack, a pendulum swinging between sharp and slithering, gazing upon horrific truths while revering its macabre beauty. Ultimately, while nothing terribly groundbreaking, Adversarial makes the nine-year wait worth it in its more dynamic songwriting weaponized in this dichotomy for maximum darkness.

Solitude with the Eternal is a bit of Angelcorpse songs covered by Antediluvian and Tetragrammacide, while somehow avoiding the crawling crassness of the former and the DR0 eardrum decimation of the latter. Balancing thick and grimy riffs with a stinging dissonance that shines like a blast of shattered glass, tracks like “Beware the Howling Darkness on Thine Left Shoulder,” “Merging Within the Destroyer,” and “Fanes at the Engur” are relentless assaults guided by C.S.’s absolutely devastating bellows and subterranean shredding with simple yet effective dissonant overlays, while “Hatred Kiln of Vengeance” and “Endless Maze of Blackened Dominion” feel like Evangelion-era Behemoth on crack, guitar harmonics balancing tones blasphemous and regal in equal measure. Bass is blessedly present, shining amid the blinding melodies in “Beware the Howling Darkness…” and “Fanes of the Engur.” Drums have always been Adversarial’s main spotlight, a sharp pong dominating tracks in All Idols Fall Before the Hammer and a mammoth thud in Death, Endless Nothing…; Solitude with the Eternal sports a much more palatable in-between, effectively cutting through the murk while not testing listeners’ mettle.

While spending most of its time blasting, Adversarial’s textures still shine. “Witness to the Eternal Light” features an atmospheric wind-torn ambient motif amid the blasting with a more dissonant palette, which sets the tone for the centerpieces “Death is an Advisor in the Woods of the Devil” and “Crushed Into the Kingdom of Darkness.” These two tracks feel like the eye of the storm, focusing more heavily on dense atmospherics and stinging melody, injecting a powerful sense of purpose to the pummeling that surrounds it; the former deals in far more prominent guitar melodies, while the latter paints its dense riffs in broad strokes through slower tempos against the backdrop of night. Because of this setup, the album feels a bit like a journey through a heretical hurricane, giving further weight to the album’s second act. Adversarial’s more meditative songwriting shines here.

Of course, this is not to say that Solitude with the Eternal is perfect. It’s obnoxiously loud, riddled with tempo abuse, and C.S.’s saturated vocals can often drown out the instrumentals, questioning momentum – ultimately requiring multiple listens to discern every murky movement and burning lead. However, Adversarial’s unhinged attack that avoids war metal decadence is addictive, and its more nuanced textures give the third full-length a mysterious and sinister quality only hinted at in the band’s catalog. It may not make lists, but it remains a pummeling return from an act that feels like they’re just getting started.

Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Dark Descent Records
Websites: facebook.com/AdversarialOfficial
Released Worldwide: May 31st, 2024

#2024 #35 #Adversarial #Angelcorpse #Antediluvian #Behemoth #BlackenedDeathMetal #CanadianMetal #DarkDescentRecords #DeathMetal #DissonantDeathMetal #May24 #Mitochondrion #Review #Reviews #SolitudeWithTheEternal #Tetragrammacide #Ulcerate #WarMetal

A release, to which I've also provided the cover art

#Spellblood - demo

Some wicked bestial #blackmetal / #deathmetal / #warmetal from #Finland in the vein of #Archgoat and similar projects

https://spellblood.bandcamp.com/album/spellblood-demo

Totally forgot to post my latest #albumcover #artwork in here. It's for the first demo by #Spellblood, highly recommended #warmetal / #deathmetal that already made some rounds online.

Available here https://spellblood.bandcamp.com/album/spellblood-demo

and on some youtube channels

#newmusic #demo #metal #blackmetal #archgoat #revenge #blasphemy #art #artwork #design #oldschool #red #white #black #drawing #AetherVortexDesigns

#BandLogo for #SpellBlood made by me via #AetherVortexDesigns

music is coming when the cover is done, which will also be made by me. Going to post my stuff here on Mastodon before any of my other public social media instances get it.

#art #metal #blackmetal #warmetal #logo #design #pentagram #demon #spell #blood #detailed

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#stoner #doommetal from #Germany

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#warmetal from #turkey (demo)

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post bm from #russia with accordion

#LesDiscrets - Prédateurs
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