Articles by Brayden Turenne

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  Hooded Menace

  Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2018

  Hooded Menace are a beast of a particular breed that stand apart from much of their death-doom brethren. From their inception, this Finnish...

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  Portal

  ION

  PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2018

  Portal are not a band — they are scientists experimenting with the limits of death metal and the constitution of their audience. Since thei...

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  Druid Lord

  Grotesque Offerings

  PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2018

  Like an obscure '70s horror film, Druid Lord mix horror and brutality with a good amount of camp cheesiness of Grotesque Offerings. The ban...

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  Penombre

  Mephistopheles (ou le Diable sur Terre)

  PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2018

  In one four-track stroke, Montreal's Penombre have resurrected the spirit of the definitive second wave of black metal, taking us back to a...

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  Summoning

  With Doom We Come

  PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2018

  After a five-year silence, Austrian two-piece Summoning have returned, heralded by a sound as majestic and lofty as ever. In With Doom We C...

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  Watain

  Trident Wolf Eclipse

  PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2018

  It is a fine line to walk between tradition and evolution, one that is judged even more harshly amongst stubborn black metal elitists. Wata...

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  Midnight

  Sweet Death and Ecstasy

  PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2017

  From out of the scum pits Midnight have returned, with sole creative and founding member Athenar truly outdoing himself and displaying genu...

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  Prurient

  Rainbow Mirror

  PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2017

  Over 20 years, Dominick Fernow's work as Prurient has manifested as scathing blasts of masochistic audio torment, as he utilizes the esoter...