Articles by Brayden Turenne

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  Evoken

  Hypnagogia

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2018

  Six years after the release of their last full-length, Evoken have joined the decorated ranks of Profound Lore for Hypnagogia, a construct...

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  Hissing

  Permanent Destitution

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2018

  In what might be the most explicitly evocative record of the year, Hissing's Permanent Destitution captures the sonic equivalent of overwhe...

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  Sargeist

  Unbound

  PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2018

  In what might be one of the most deceptively quiet and understated releases of the year, Sargeist's latest album is an endlessly listenable...

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  Pulverized

  Monuments of Misanthropy

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2018

  Chile has become a veritable hotbed of quality underground extremity, bubbling over with such groups as Grave Desecrator, Disembowel and Pe...

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  House of Atreus

  From the Madness of Ixiom

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2018

  In these times of oversaturation within metal, the integration of multiple styles has become commonplace, and arguably a necessity, to prev...

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  Author & Punisher

  Beastland

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2018

  The work of Tristan Shone, the singular mastermind behind the bizarre biomechanical anomaly Author & Punisher, is largely based on pushing...

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  Anaal Nathrakh

  A New Kind of Horror

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2018

  If one considers the context for Anaal Nathrakh's latest barrage of sonic vitriol, somehow the already apocalyptic sound becomes that much...

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  Conan

  Existential Void Guardian

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2018

  From their first release, Horseback Battle Hammer, to their latest effort of gargantuan heaviness, Existential Void Guardian, Conan have no...