Articles by Brayden Turenne

Disembowel

Plagues and Ancient Rites

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2018

In the half-hour runtime of Plagues and Ancient Rites, Disembowel have perpetuated the dread feeling of a single moment, when the Old Gods...

Esoctrilihum

Pandaemorthium (Forbidden Formulas to Awaken the Blind Sovereigns of Nothingness)

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2018

The second full-length from French one-man-project Esoctrilihum is an ode to the abyssal pantheon that the sole member, Asthâghul, has craf...

Insect Ark

Marrow Hymns

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2018

The signature of Insect Ark's Marrow Hymns is one of both beauty and dread. The style of playing is subdued and relaxed, like a desert mira...

Windhand / Satan's Satyrs

Split

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2018

In the case of this particular release, we are presented with two bands that differ greatly in style. Windhand, like a woeful siren out of...

Coffin Torture

Dismal Planet

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2018

Rusty, rotten nastiness! That's what comes to mind listening to Coffin Torture's first, Earth-shattering full-length, Dismal Planet. Lumber...

Old Tower

Stellary Wisdom

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2018

The first new release to follow up 2017's critically acclaimed Rise of the Spectre, Stellary Wisdom is the latest work by dungeon synth tit...

Genocide Pact

Order of Torment

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2018

With Order of Torment, Genocide Pact provide an aural march to global war. Thick, chugging riffs take on the thrum of engines, as the rhyth...

Hooded Menace Offer Up Emotional Death-Doom on 'Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed'

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2018

Though a relatively young band, Finland's Hooded Menace have become one of the titans in death-doom, itself one of the most interesting sub...