Prosthetic Records
JUDICATOR - THE MAJESTY OF DECAY - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
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Stream the acoustic version here: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/junius1/transcend-the-ghost-acoustic
Written and Performed by Joseph E. Martinez
Mixed by Tom Syrowski (Mastodon, Chris Cornell)
Mastered by Billy Bowers (Metallica, Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog)
Additional vocals by Eleanor
ELDER DEVIL’s mission statement of crafting coruscating grindcore and apoplectic sludge for the love of extreme music and the scene they were birthed from has remained unwavering in its execution. Everything Worth Loving, sees the California quartet stand tall on and come into their own in uncompromisingly dark fashion.
ELDER DEVIL is:
Stephen Muir – vocals
Jacob Lee – guitar
Peter Ruacho – drums and noise
Ryan Urquidez – bass
Tracklist:
0:00 - Endless Need
01:57 - The Hounds At Night
04:25 - Awash In Light
05:52 - My Body is An Earthen Shrine
08:53 - New Grief
10:49 - Insomnia
15:37 - What Do You See?
18:17 - After Flesh
20:19 - Puncture Wound
23:22 - Burning Forest
25:42 - What Do You Hear?
27:55 - Dismal and Alone
30:22 - Everything Worth Loving
A Kingdom Built Upon The Wreckage Of Heaven fuses together elements of death metal, black metal and grindcore - blending Outergods' abrasive early influences such as Morbid Angel and Strapping Young Lad with the intensity of more modern, expansive but intense bands like Full of Hell.
Produced by Loki Films
www.lokifilms.co.uk
LYRICS:
The great machine
So bright, so clean
But from the inside it’s covered in rust
The toxic fumes that start to exude
Will fill our lungs with a poisonous smoke
The tearing of skin
The grinding of bones
The panicked screams
The hand that is trapped
The great machine
So bright, so clean
But from the inside it’s covered in rust
The tearing of skin
The grinding of bones
The panicked screams
The hand that is trapped
The tearing of skin
The grinding of bones
The panicked screams
The hand that is trapped
We are nothing but slaves inside a system where we’re all so easily replaced Nothing but drones
We’re caught in the cogs
Our hands trapped as we choke on the toxic smog
All hail the machine
So bright and so clean
Its beauty is subjective depending where you lean
From above it looks slick and works like a dream
From below it is a nightmare with horrors obscene
The tearing of skin
The grinding of bones
The panicked screams
The hand that is trapped
Outergods is:
Sam Strachan (vocals)
Nathe Sinfield (guitar, electronics)
Alex LeGrice (guitar)
Dan Oldcorn (bass)
Jordan Spencer (drums)
Long running atmospheric black metal group AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN are set to return in 2023 with the release of their new full-length, 'Closure', due out on August 4 via Prosthetic Records
On their latest full-length, AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN’s well trodden themes of loss, love, and self-actualisation continue to be expanded on in depth with an all too human ache permeating throughout. Well over a decade into their existence, primary songwriter MCHL’s vessel for melancholia and catharsis remains as poignant and vital to the modern atmospheric black metal canon as ever.
Follow AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN online:
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‘My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me’ is the mature effort of a band approaching the midpoint of both their career and their lives, fine-tuning audio violence and desperate to leave nothing on the table before the hormones fade and dementia kicks in.
This album is as idiotic as the rest, if not more. CAVEMAN RIFFS. Blasting. Screaming. Bowing to a shrine with pictures of Mortician, Marduk, and Angelcorpse. This isn’t going to be the album that brings people together and catalyses world peace.
Produced by Aimed & Framed
WEREWOLVES IS:
DAVE HALEY - DRUMS
SAM BEAN - BASS/VOCALS
MATT WILCOCK - GUITAR
Position | Momentum, the follow up to 2020’s The Eye Is The First Circle doesn’t ease up on intensity; if anything, giving the chaos a little more room to breathe has shaped Calligram into something even more formidable than before.
Sonically they have further refined their amalgamation of bilious D-beat punk and ice cold black metal. The results are as abrasive as one would hope, but ceding space to atmospheric passages helps create a claustrophobic, ominous ambience to proceedings; allowing some light in only serves to accentuate the darkness further.
LYRICS:
Respira il fuoco sacro che arde lento tra le mie membra. Se tu bruciassi con me la nostra oscenità ci salverebbe dai profondi buchi neri dell’ovvio che ci fanno arrancare, immersi nel rifugio del sonno. Rubando la luce dell’aria, celati tra radici secche e marcite, rimarremmo cenere d’inferno, la forma infinita del nulla, aperta al disgelo, e soffriremmo felici in eterno. La bestiale soddisfazione è vedervi da uno specchio, dopo innumerevoli notti bianche passate a costruire l’urgenza di una perorazione.
Drawing influence from a myriad of genre classics across books, movies and videogames, Pupil Slicer crafted a story that conveys personal experiences via an other-worldly narrative creating a cohesive and confident sounding album that embraces ethereal singing, electronic breakdowns, and bold experimentation - though doesn’t shy away from a good hook and a catchy chorus - without ever losing sight of their core tenets.
Tracklist:
0:00 - Glaring Dark of Night
01:15 - Momentary Actuality
04:48 - Departure in Solitude
09:12 - Creating the Devil in Our Image
14:53 - The Song at Creation's End
22:52 - No Temple
27:24 - Terminal Lucidity
31:01 - Language of the Stars
34:01 - Dim Morning Light
40:25 - Blossom
Depth Perception is a volatile mix of nu-metal, hardcore and metalcore that will have CREAK swiftly making their way to the upper echelons of the UK underground. The live recording achieves the near-impossible task of capturing the frenetic, unbridled vigor of their live show; their angular metalcore punctuating an eerie soundscape permeated with anxious energy.
Depth Perception will be released by Prosthetic Records on August 18.
Directed and shot all by Zak Pinchin.
CREAK IS:
Jack Dunn - Vocals
Patrick Morton - Guitar
Reece Boakes - Guitar
Robert Wilkinson - Drums
Catch Dawn of Ouroboros live with Prosthetic Records' labelmates, Fire in the Distance:
10/04 Chicago, IL @ Basecamp Pub
10/06 Akron OH @ The Vortex
10/07 Cincinnati, OH @ Legends
10/09 Nashville, TN @ The End
10/10 Jacksonville, FL @ Justice Pub
10/11 Tampa, FL @ Brass Mug
10/12 Orlando, FL @ Conduit
10/13 Atlanta, GA @ Boggs Social
10/4 Birmingham, AL @ The Nick*
10/5 New Orlans, LA @ Casa Casa*
*Dawn of Ouroboros only
Original version taken from the album, VELVET INCANDESCENCE
ORDER HERE: lnk.to/DawnofOuroboros
Velvet Incandescence, DAWN OF OUROBOROS’ latest offering, refines and redefines their blackened progressive metal heard on their critically acclaimed debut album, The Art of Morphology. Placing an emphasis on melody and feel above technical virtuosity, the album's eight tracks revel in sanguine triumph both musically and lyrically. Velvet Incandescence will no doubt serve as a luminous spark for the quintet’s increasingly bright future.
DIRECTED BY: Watkins Media
instagram.com/watkins_media_metal
DAWN OF OUROBOROS is:
Tony Thomas - Guitar / Synths
Chelsea Murphy - Vocals
David Scanlon - Bass
Ian Baker - Guitar / Piano
Ron Bertrand - Drums
https://linktr.ee/dawnofouroboros
Death’s Toll, the debut album from Midland's DEATHCOLLECTOR, is nine tracks of death metal that confidently bridges the old school with a more modern sound without losing any of its organic rawness. The hardcore and punk that influenced the original roots of death metal in the UK scene are flowing through the veins of the band, rounding out a sound that is as gritty as it is authentic.
Andrew Whale - Drums
Mick Carey - Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Lee Cummings - Bass
Kieran Scott - Vocals
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On Across the Aeons, ASTRALBORNE’s sophomore full length, compellingly intricate melodicism and dexterous brutality contend equally while a knack for lofty fretwork and rhythmic pummel shine among sanguine acoustic arrangements and beguiling orchestration.
ASTRALBORNE is:
Paul Fuzinski - Bass and vocals
Derik Smith - Guitar
Jayson Cessna - Drums
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NIXIL’s scorched earth approach to black metal’s sonic extremities offer a radical alternative to secular approaches to, and readings of, their craft.
FROM THE WOUND SPILLED FORTH FIRE is the manifestation of will of five individuals in collaboration, clawing toward catharsis and escape from the oppressive grasp of this rotting society. It is about finding power through adversity and the increase of spirit that can be gained through the intentional death of what our feeble human minds perceive as "Self." It is also a magickal act, containing hymns of rebellion and strength in honor of the teachers and muses along the ever winding path toward liberation.
Video created by NIXIL
Directed, DP & Edited by Shane K Gardner
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Assistant Camera by Benjamin C Tankersley
bentankersley.com
Drone footage by Greg Ketterman
1304photos.com
PA: Amanda Gardner
Cloud animation by Kiryl Balbatunou
Black hole animation: by ezstudio
NIXIL is:
C.: vocals
Key: drums
Aurora: bass, backing vox
Alden: guitar, backing vox
Shane: guitar
\S/\A/\K/\C/\A/
https://bio.site/nixil
ELDER DEVIL’s mission statement of crafting coruscating grindcore and apoplectic sludge for the love of extreme music and the scene they were birthed from has remained unwavering in its execution. Everything Worth Loving, sees the California quartet stand tall on and come into their own in uncompromisingly dark fashion.
Produced by Mike Adame @iloveyoujustforfun.
ELDER DEVIL is:
Stephen Muir – vocals
Jacob Lee – guitar
Peter Ruacho – drums and noise
Ryan Urquidez – bass
00:00 Monolith
05:40 Methlehem
08:43 Hallucinative Terror
13:19 Rejecting Obliteration
18:17 Wraith
22:36 Cicada
28:00 Funeral Smiles
29:57 The Waves
33:29 Hands of Contrition
38:16 Caustic Burns
Christchurch, New Zealand’s BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS have returned and intend to leave an indelible mark on the landscape of extreme music in 2023 with Rejecting Obliteration, the group's 4th LP. The group's penchant for converging avant-garde progressive metal with caustic technicality and grinding intensity remains intact while seething with dissonant chords and a commandeering vocal performance.
Directed and Edited by Matt Evamplieff at Whisko Creative.
First AC: Ollie Hudson
Location: Waterloo Business Park
https://linktr.ee/Balttw
Long running atmospheric black metal group AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN are set to return in 2023 with the release of their new full-length, 'Closure', due out on August 4 via Prosthetic Records
On their latest full-length, AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN’s well trodden themes of loss, love, and self-actualisation continue to be expanded on in depth with an all too human ache permeating throughout. Well over a decade into their existence, primary songwriter MCHL’s vessel for melancholia and catharsis remains as poignant and vital to the modern atmospheric black metal canon as ever.
Follow AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN online:
facebook.com/aafcc2009
http://shop.prostheticrecords.com
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BATTLE BORN are set to make their presence felt in 2023 through power metal hymnals of war, dragons and inner courage when they release their debut album, BLOOD, FIRE, MAGIC AND STEEL.
The group efforts of BLOOD, FIRE, MAGIC AND STEEL'S meticulous creative process was vital to bringing their world of swords and sorcery to life, forging them one step ahead of genre traditionalists, with wide eyed theatricality and grandiose flair being put at the forefront of their sound. Where others might slip into imitation or retro nostalgia, BATTLE BORN deftly pay their respects to a long running genre whilst injecting a youthful verve in the process.
BATTLE BORN’s BLOOD, FIRE, MAGIC AND STEEL is not only an invitation to join forces with the quartet on their perilous mission, it also finally answers the question, “What would Skyrim’s greatest band sound like?”.
PRODUCED BY AIMED & FRAMED
MIXED AND MASTERED BY SEBASTIAN “SEEB” LEVERMANN AT WWW.GREENMAN-STUDIOS.DE
https://linktr.ee/battlebornuk
00:00 Wind Caller
04:04 Dragon Heart
07:49 Blood and Fire
11:36 Power Force
14:48 When Empires Die
19:42 The Endless Grey
24:35 Fire Storm
28:14 Down Your Drinks and Raise Your Swords
32:21 Meridia
36:08 Ride North for Winterhold
40:39 Sky Guard You
BATTLE BORN are set to make their presence felt in 2023 through power metal hymnals of war, dragons and inner courage when they release their debut album, BLOOD, FIRE, MAGIC AND STEEL.
The group efforts of BLOOD, FIRE, MAGIC AND STEEL'S meticulous creative process was vital to bringing their world of swords and sorcery to life, forging them one step ahead of genre traditionalists, with wide eyed theatricality and grandiose flair being put at the forefront of their sound. Where others might slip into imitation or retro nostalgia, BATTLE BORN deftly pay their respects to a long running genre whilst injecting a youthful verve in the process.
BATTLE BORN’s BLOOD, FIRE, MAGIC AND STEEL is not only an invitation to join forces with the quartet on their perilous mission, it also finally answers the question, “What would Skyrim’s greatest band sound like?”.
https://linktr.ee/battlebornuk
Drawing influence from a myriad of genre classics across books, movies and videogames, Pupil Slicer crafted a story that conveys personal experiences via an other-worldly narrative creating a cohesive and confident sounding album that embraces ethereal singing, electronic breakdowns, and bold experimentation - though doesn’t shy away from a good hook and a catchy chorus - without ever losing sight of their core tenets.
A Cineoteric Films production
Produced and Directed by David Gregory
Director of Photography - James Morgan
Performer - May G Kelly
Filmed at the Theatre Royal Windsor, Windsor
On this release PUPIL SLICER is:
Kate Davies - Guitars, Vocals, Keys
Josh Andrews - Drums
Luke Fabian - Bass & Backing Vocals
Frank Muir - Additional Lead Guitar
Produced and Mixed by Lewis Johns
Mastered by Grant Berry at Fader Mastering
Additional editing by Kurt Fagen & Kel Pinchin
Recorded at The Ranch Production House
Additional programming/keys by Lewis Johns
Artwork by .EPOD
Design and Concept by Kate Davies
LYRICS:
The sound, as if coming from the earth itself.
It pierced my mind, awakening,
something primal, indescribable.
I stared into the mirror, the image seemed to shift
with every glance, this wasn't right,
nothing was, I knew there was, anything,
something more, I had to find it.
I stare into the sun,
the only thing that makes sense anymore.
You wouldn't know the pain I faced when I had to go and leave it all behind,
You wouldn't know the agony when I walked away. It's hard to say.
The art of cruelty is a construct of rational beings.
to partake in life it's a cold cruel joke,
I will drink of this calamity.
Oh
Drink of this
never-ending strife, straining at the yoke,
breaking away and I'm running free.
As a chrysalis, evolving insects,
it doesn't matter to me.
Conflict of instinct,
basic, afraid of what's next.
I'm sorry you had to find me like this.
let me go.
Did I really want this?
You wouldn't know the pain I faced when i had to go and leave it all behind,
You wouldn't know the agony when I walked away. It's hard to say.
I stared into the mirror, the image seemed to shift
with every glance, this wasn't right.
The feeling of permanence
is slipping and I welcome it
with a warm embrace.
I'll wait forever if you'll just come to me.
‘My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me’ is the mature effort of a band approaching the midpoint of both their career and their lives, fine-tuning audio violence and desperate to leave nothing on the table before the hormones fade and dementia kicks in.
This album is as idiotic as the rest, if not more. CAVEMAN RIFFS. Blasting. Screaming. Bowing to a shrine with pictures of Mortician, Marduk, and Angelcorpse. This isn’t going to be the album that brings people together and catalyses world peace.
WEREWOLVES IS:
DAVE HALEY - DRUMS
SAM BEAN - BASS/VOCALS
MATT WILCOCK - GUITAR
SADISTIC RITUAL drummer, JOE SWEAT, takes you through the track, RAVING VOYEURISM, taken from their album, THE ENIGMA, BOUNDLESS.
Atlanta’s Psychedelic infused thrash outfit, Sadistic Ritual delivers classic licks in spades, set against a backdrop of chugging, headbang-worthy tunes. The Enigma, Boundless was written, recorded, and ritualized under the dystopian schism that was 2020 - and arrives here in 2022 to annihilate the fallacies of a fabricated reality.
Sadistic Ritual is:
Charlie Southern - Guitar/Vocals
Alex Parra - Guitar
LaMar George - Bass
Joe Sweat - Drums
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instagram.com/sadisticritual
DEATH GOALS guide the listener through secret woodland hookups, fighting against queer erasure, nightmarish middle of the night fears, addiction and rehab, dysphoria, and - potentially most importantly - euphoric community acceptance.
Whilst there are undoubtedly dark moments on on the album, DEATH GOALS are gleefully antagonistic and have created an engaging anthology of reflections on lived experiences, offering up hope, support and community to those around them.
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Tracklist:
0:00 - Genderless Clones of Gameshow Hosts
02:56 - A Garden of Dead Flowers
06:10 - Ultraviolence
08:23 - Loveless
11:44 - P.A.N.S.Y
14:51 - Death Goals in Cursive
17:06 - I Wouldn't Be Caught Dead (Taking A Bullet For You)
20:07 - If I'm The Enemy Then Who's The Protagonist?
21:46 - Last Night I Had A Dream About Death
23:44 - Year of the Guillotine
24:58 - Faux Macho
Position | Momentum, the follow up to 2020’s The Eye Is The First Circle doesn’t ease up on intensity; if anything, giving the chaos a little more room to breathe has shaped Calligram into something even more formidable than before.
Sonically they have further refined their amalgamation of bilious D-beat punk and ice cold black metal. The results are as abrasive as one would hope, but ceding space to atmospheric passages helps create a claustrophobic, ominous ambience to proceedings; allowing some light in only serves to accentuate the darkness further.
Video created by Billy Howard Price
DOP: Johsua Hammaren
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Russ Russell at Parlour Studios
Mastered by Grant Berry at Fader Mastering
LYRICS:
L’oblio del se regna.
La follia sta nel credere che nei lampi di magro conforto,
di trovata stima stia un’ordinata parvenza di identità,
di irriducibile verità: l’atto che rompe il flusso che mi dilania.
La prosa non ti salverà, sei già morto.
Le tue convinzioni sono la bara vuota.
Distillato da mille anni di torture senza fine emergo dall’abisso ignorato.
Non c'è nessun cielo a coprirti.
On Across the Aeons, ASTRALBORNE’s sophomore full length, compellingly intricate melodicism and dexterous brutality contend equally while a knack for lofty fretwork and rhythmic pummel shine among sanguine acoustic arrangements and beguiling orchestration.
ASTRALBORNE is:
Paul Fuzinski - Bass and vocals
Derik Smith - Guitar
Jayson Cessna - Drums
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instagram.com/astralborneband
twitter.com/astralborneband
On their second long player, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE further expand on their musical foundations of wistful melodicism, crushingly heavy guitar work and intricate atmospherics. Across Air Not Meant For Us’ six tracks, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE tie together intensely personal ruminations on mental health and themes of existentialism in the form of mortality salience, without losing sight of the importance of perseverance.
With a runtime of 51 minutes across six songs, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE’s sophomore effort is a melodic doom and death metal odyssey in both artistic vision and sound.
FIRES IN THE DISTANCE is:
Yegor Savonin – composition, guitars, programming, lyrics
Craig Breitsprecher – bass, vocals
Kristian Grimaldi – guitars, vocals
Jordan Rippe - drums
Tracklisting:
0:00 - Harbingers
10:41 - Wisdom of the Falling Leaves
18:16 - Crumbling Pillars of a Tranquil Mind
27:39 - Adrift, Beneath the Listless Waves
33:41 - Psalm of the Merciless
40:47 - Idiopathic Despair
On their second long player, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE further expand on their musical foundations of wistful melodicism, crushingly heavy guitar work and intricate atmospherics. Across Air Not Meant For Us’ six tracks, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE tie together intensely personal ruminations on mental health and themes of existentialism in the form of mortality salience, without losing sight of the importance of perseverance.
With a runtime of 51 minutes across six songs, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE’s sophomore effort is a melodic doom and death metal odyssey in both artistic vision and sound.
Directed by: Jayson Cessna and Paul Fuzinski (Astralborne)
FIRES IN THE DISTANCE is:
Yegor Savonin – composition, guitars, programming, lyrics
Craig Breitsprecher – bass, vocals
Kristian Grimaldi – guitars, vocals
Jordan Rippe - drums
Christchurch, New Zealand’s BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS have returned and intend to leave an indelible mark on the landscape of extreme music in 2023 with Rejecting Obliteration, the group's 4th LP. The group's penchant for converging avant-garde progressive metal with caustic technicality and grinding intensity remains intact while seething with dissonant chords and a commandeering vocal performance.
Directed and Edited by Matt Evamplieff at Whisko Creative.
First AC: Ollie Hudson
Location: Waterloo Business Park
https://linktr.ee/Balttw
Death’s Toll, the debut album from Midland's DEATHCOLLECTOR, is nine tracks of death metal that confidently bridges the old school with a more modern sound without losing any of its organic rawness. The hardcore and punk that influenced the original roots of death metal in the UK scene are flowing through the veins of the band, rounding out a sound that is as gritty as it is authentic.
Andrew Whale - Drums
Mick Carey - Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Lee Cummings - Bass
Kieran Scott - Vocals
Produced by Brutulz Art
Footage provided by Jack Onslow
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twitter.com/DeathCollector_
Velvet Incandescence, DAWN OF OUROBOROS’ latest offering, refines and redefines their blackened progressive metal heard on their critically acclaimed debut album, The Art of Morphology. Placing an emphasis on melody and feel above technical virtuosity, the album's eight tracks revel in sanguine triumph both musically and lyrically. Velvet Incandescence will no doubt serve as a luminous spark for the quintet’s increasingly bright future.
DAWN OF OUROBOROS is:
Tony Thomas - Guitar / Synths
Chelsea Murphy - Vocals
David Scanlon - Bass
Ian Baker - Guitar / Piano
Ron Bertrand - Drums
https://linktr.ee/dawnofouroboros
Tracklist:
0:00 - Healing Grounds
05:29 - Testudines
10:14 - Iron Whispers
16:33 - Levitating Pacifics
24:37 - Rise From Disillusion
32:07 - Castigation
35:36 - Cephalopodic Void
39:36 - Velvet Moon
Velvet Incandescence, DAWN OF OUROBOROS’ latest offering, refines and redefines their blackened progressive metal heard on their critically acclaimed debut album, The Art of Morphology. Placing an emphasis on melody and feel above technical virtuosity, the album's eight tracks revel in sanguine triumph both musically and lyrically. Velvet Incandescence will no doubt serve as a luminous spark for the quintet’s increasingly bright future.
DAWN OF OUROBOROS is:
Tony Thomas - Guitar / Synths
Chelsea Murphy - Vocals
David Scanlon - Bass
Ian Baker - Guitar / Piano
Ron Bertrand - Drums
https://linktr.ee/dawnofouroboros
ELDER DEVIL’s mission statement of crafting coruscating grindcore and apoplectic sludge for the love of extreme music and the scene they were birthed from has remained unwavering in its execution. Everything Worth Loving, sees the California quartet stand tall on and come into their own in uncompromisingly dark fashion.
Directed and edited by Stephen Muir.
ELDER DEVIL is:
Stephen Muir – vocals
Jacob Lee – guitar
Peter Ruacho – drums and noise
Ryan Urquidez – bass
Drawing influence from a myriad of genre classics across books, movies and videogames, Pupil Slicer crafted a story that conveys personal experiences via an other-worldly narrative creating a cohesive and confident sounding album that embraces ethereal singing, electronic breakdowns, and bold experimentation - though doesn’t shy away from a good hook and a catchy chorus - without ever losing sight of their core tenets.
A Cineoteric Films production
Produced and Directed by David Gregory
Director of Photography - James Morgan
Performer - May G Kelly
On this release PUPIL SLICER is:
Kate Davies - Guitars, Vocals, Keys
Josh Andrews - Drums
Luke Fabian - Bass & Backing Vocals
Frank Muir - Additional Lead Guitar
Produced and Mixed by Lewis Johns
Mastered by Grant Berry at Fader Mastering
Additional editing by Kurt Fagen & Kel Pinchin
Recorded at The Ranch Production House
Additional programming/keys by Lewis Johns
Artwork by .EPOD
Design and Concept by Kate Davies
LYRICS:
Don't try to break through.
Can't run from me.
Beg for your gods now.
Get down on your knees.
Die for one another,
blissful.
Don't you understand it?
What this means?
Blistering and tortured,
that’s you.
By fortune unfavoured,
these bonds they
have held blessed immortality.
A final calling to
step down from your throne.
My declaration - there is no temple.
I'll show you what you really are.
Dissension.
Meat just like the rest of us,
afraid of letting go.
Trapped in confession,
an unknown direction,
The world before.
From your skin I will glean
history, everything, what I am.
Destruction
Flashing,
surface,
process,
searching,
selfish,
immolation,
vision,
fading,
seeking,
simulation.
Shelter is found.
Escape through routes underground.
Temporary.
The safety compromised now.
Don't try to break through.
Can't run from me.
Beg for your gods now.
I will set you free.
A final calling to
step down from your throne.
My declaration - there is no temple.
Stay true and face oblivion.
Stop crawling.
Flooded with light impure,
there is no temple anymore.
Death.
Fascination with
clinging onto this there's no mistaking it.
Cycle must go on,
continuing eschewing renewing the galaxy.
It comes so costly.
lives are lost on it looking back trusting in
family again.
Where once flourishing, arid and atrophy, follow me.
No temple.
Collapsing into
horizon anew,
possibilities are
overwhelming, see
such atrocities.
All of the knowledge is me.
Quantum flatline.
REAPING ASMODEIA guitarist, ALEXANDER KELLY, epically plays through the track, Oneironautic Oblivion, taken from the band's latest album, Darkened Infinity.
Recorded and edited by Steven Lane.
Darkened Infinity is twelve tracks of rhythmically acerbic modern technical death metal and thematically dauntless songwriting, weaving together a conceptual story of transcendence, consciousness and humanity’s ongoing struggle with the psychological self.
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New Jersey’s SUNROT is preparing to release their first full length album under the Prosthetic Records banner. The Unfailing Rope is due on April 7 and comprises eight tracks of devastating sludge and noise - and promises to afford SUNROT the attention that they so richly deserve.
From the micro to the macro, personal to political, every scar, every tale is etched into the fabric of The Unfailing Rope with unflinching detail. SUNROT keen to stress that for all of the trauma, loss and catharsis, joy is only just below the surface.
SUNROT is:
Christopher Eustaquio (he/him) - guitar
Rob Gonzalez (he/him) - guitar
Lex Santiago (he/they) - vocals & noise
Alex Dobrowolski (they/them) - drums
Ross Bradley (he/him) - bass
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'The Unfailing Rope' tracklist:
0:00 - Descent
02:51 - Trepanation
11:29 - Gutter (featuring Bryan Funck and Emily McWilliams)
17:42 - The One You Feed, Pt. 2
20:51 - The Cull
21:38 - Patricide
26:22 - Tower of Silence
37:24 - Love
Velvet Incandescence, DAWN OF OUROBOROS’ latest offering, refines and redefines their blackened progressive metal heard on their critically acclaimed debut album, The Art of Morphology. Placing an emphasis on melody and feel above technical virtuosity, the album's eight tracks revel in sanguine triumph both musically and lyrically. Velvet Incandescence will no doubt serve as a luminous spark for the quintet’s increasingly bright future.
DAWN OF OUROBOROS is:
Tony Thomas - Guitar / Synths
Chelsea Murphy - Vocals
David Scanlon - Bass
Ian Baker - Guitar / Piano
Ron Bertrand - Drums
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DEATH GOALS are preparing to release their first album under the Prosthetic Records banner; titled A Garden of Dead Flowers, it’s due to bloom in spring 2023.
DEATH GOALS guide the listener through secret woodland hookups, fighting against queer erasure, nightmarish middle of the night fears, addiction and rehab, dysphoria, and - potentially most importantly - euphoric community acceptance.
Whilst there are undoubtedly dark moments on on the album, DEATH GOALS are gleefully antagonistic and have created an engaging anthology of reflections on lived experiences, offering up hope, support and community to those around them.
Video by Abhorrent Disobedience
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BATTLE BORN are set to make their presence felt in 2023 through power metal hymnals of war, dragons and inner courage when they release their debut album, BLOOD, FIRE, MAGIC AND STEEL.
The group efforts of BLOOD, FIRE, MAGIC AND STEEL's meticulous creative process was vital to bringing their world of swords and sorcery to life, forging them one step ahead of genre traditionalists, with wide eyed theatricality and grandiose flair being put at the forefront of their sound. Where others might slip into imitation or retro nostalgia, BATTLE BORN deftly pay their respects to a long running genre whilst injecting a youthful verve in the process.
BATTLE BORN’s BLOOD, FIRE, MAGIC AND STEEL is not only an invitation to join forces with the quartet on their perilous mission, it also finally answers the question, “What would Skyrim’s greatest band sound like?”.
Illustration and Animation by:
Quenvy Malavé
@qamaart
Illustrator Assistant
Aurimar Lezama
@Apix
Mixed and mastered by Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann at www.greenman-studios.de
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00:00 The Great March
01:14 Royal
06:57 Light the Witch
11:58 In Black
13:02 The Distance
19:37 Senescence
27:24 Wake the Silent
33:18 Golden
40:14 Centre
41:44 Departure
Sermon blurs the boundaries between forward-thinking progressive metal and something deeper, darker and more emotionally demanding. Of Golden Verse is dense with melody and melancholy, showcasing the band’s expanded sonic vision across fifty minutes of noirish and unpredictable prog.
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Death’s Toll, the debut album from Midland's DEATHCOLLECTOR, is nine tracks of death metal that confidently bridges the old school with a more modern sound without losing any of its organic rawness. The hardcore and punk that influenced the original roots of death metal in the UK scene are flowing through the veins of the band, rounding out a sound that is as gritty as it is authentic.
Andrew Whale - Drums
Mick Carey - Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Lee Cummings - Bass
Kieran Scott - Vocals
Produced by Aimed and Fraimed
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Sermon blurs the boundaries between forward-thinking progressive metal and something deeper, darker and more emotionally demanding. Of Golden Verse is dense with melody and melancholy, showcasing the band’s expanded sonic vision across fifty minutes of noirish and unpredictable prog.
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BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS discuss the making and meaning of their latest video, HALLUCINATIVE TERROR.
"It was important for us to make this one"
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"Not a year goes by without losing someone we love to suicide. This was evident again throughout the writing, recording, and prep cycles for Rejecting Obliteration where collectively as a group we lost more friends and sadly an old band member. The thought that we will never see their faces or hear their voices again still hurts us.
"Mental Health issues are predominant here in New Zealand, especially in our city that also deals with the trauma of a city leveling Earthquake, and one of the world's worst single person terrorist attacks.
"We are repeatedly assured that we should be reaching out when we are feeling low in mood, feeling as though we may hurt ourselves or endanger our lives. Which when we can, yes we should. But, not everyone who is feeling suicidal has that person, opportunity or capability to do so."
Christchurch, New Zealand’s BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS have returned and intend to leave an indelible mark on the landscape of extreme music in 2023 with Rejecting Obliteration, the group's 4th LP. The group's penchant for converging avant-garde progressive metal with caustic technicality and grinding intensity remains intact while seething with dissonant chords and a commandeering vocal performance.
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FORETOKEN’s latest album sees the group expand upon their foundations of meticulously lofty soundscapes, mythological narratives, and elaborate musicianship. Taking musical inspiration from melodic and tech death metal, as well as power, folk and black metal, Foretoken’s core sound on Triumphs is bolstered by subtle and captivating use of traditionally Scandinavian, Southeast Asian, and Middle Eastern instruments for atmospheric depth within the album’s 51 minute runtime.
Utilizing traditional narratives of myths, legends, and folklore from a wide range of Western and Middle Eastern origins, Triumphs examines the ignored collateral damage of the cost of victory through these established mythos.
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DAWN RAY’D return with To Know The Light - as a reinvigorated version of themselves, and presenting a reimagining of exactly what black metal is and can be in the future.
With no interest in adhering to what is commonly accepted as black metal, DAWN RAY'D made a record that encompasses much of what is great about the genre - whilst incorporating components that set them comfortably on the peripheries of a scene mired by its own self imposed rules. Whilst much of the thematic content is rooted in rage and resistance, there are also elements of positivity to be found throughout.
Citing influences as genre-diverse as Chumbawumba, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Propagandhi, Lankum, and Crass, it is evident that the message is still as important as the music. The thread that runs through all these bands - and many others - is one that allows for creative expression around common themes of class struggle, freedom and resistance
Consider this an invitation to disregard preconceptions about DAWN RAY’D and the genre(s) within which they reside. Consider To Know The Light as not just a rallying cry but a sincere offering of a new way of looking at the world.
Dawn Ray’d is:
Simon Barr - Vocals, violin, synths
Fabian Devlin - Guitars, vocals
Matthew Broadley - Drums and percussion, harmonium, piano
Tracklist:
0:00 - The Battle of Sudden Flame
03:28 - Ancient Light
08:40 - Inferno
12:41 - Requital
15:04 - Sepulchre (Don't Vote)
18:15 - Cruel Optimisms
20:34 - In The Shadow of the Past
26:02 - Freedom in Retrograde
30:26 - Wild Fire
36:08 - Go As Free Companions
Christchurch, New Zealand’s BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS have returned and intend to leave an indelible mark on the landscape of extreme music in 2023 with Rejecting Obliteration, the group's 4th LP. The group's penchant for converging avant-garde progressive metal with caustic technicality and grinding intensity remains intact while seething with dissonant chords and a commandeering vocal performance.
Director, Editor, DOP: Matt Evlampieff (@whiskocreative)
Producer/ AD: Mikaela Rüegg
1st AC: Ollie Hudson
Set Assistant: Nic Rollinson
BTS video: Kirsty Cameron
BTS photography : Jordan Tait
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D1G1T14L_DR1FT sees burgeoning international cybergrind collective, THOTCRIME continue to gleefully abandon genre convention in favor of boundless individuality and invention. Shunning all that is conventional whilst cohesively blending together disparate influences from 100 Gecs to The Locust, D1G1T4L_DR1FT steadfastly embraces exultation with an emphatic declaration of triumph in the face of modern day adversity.
Stop the doomscrolling, THOTCRIME are the perfect antidote.
0:00 - I COULDN'T END ME, SO I'D LIKE TO YOU SEE TRY (Neoslave remix)
03:01 - I COULDN'T END ME, SO I'D LIKE TO YOU SEE TRY (SevenChakras remix)
New Jersey’s SUNROT is preparing to release their first full length album under the Prosthetic Records banner. The Unfailing Rope is due on April 7 and comprises eight tracks of devastating sludge and noise - and promises to afford SUNROT the attention that they so richly deserve.
From the micro to the macro, personal to political, every scar, every tale is etched into the fabric of The Unfailing Rope with unflinching detail. SUNROT keen to stress that for all of the trauma, loss and catharsis, joy is only just below the surface.
SUNROT is:
Christopher Eustaquio (he/him) - guitar
Rob Gonzalez (he/him) - guitar
Lex Santiago (he/they) - vocals & noise
Alex Dobrowolski (they/them) - drums
Ross Bradley (he/him) - bass
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On their second long player, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE further expand on their musical foundations of wistful melodicism, crushingly heavy guitar work and intricate atmospherics. Across Air Not Meant For Us’ six tracks, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE tie together intensely personal ruminations on mental health and themes of existentialism in the form of mortality salience, without losing sight of the importance of perseverance.
With a runtime of 51 minutes across six songs, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE’s sophomore effort is a melodic doom and death metal odyssey in both artistic vision and sound.
Directed by: Jayson Cessna and Paul Fuzinski (Astralborne)
FIRES IN THE DISTANCE is:
Yegor Savonin – composition, guitars, programming, lyrics
Craig Breitsprecher – bass, vocals
Kristian Grimaldi – guitars, vocals
Jordan Rippe - drums
Position | Momentum, the follow up to 2020’s The Eye Is The First Circle doesn’t ease up on intensity; if anything, giving the chaos a little more room to breathe has shaped Calligram into something even more formidable than before.
Sonically they have further refined their amalgamation of bilious D-beat punk and ice cold black metal. The results are as abrasive as one would hope, but ceding space to atmospheric passages helps create a claustrophobic, ominous ambience to proceedings; allowing some light in only serves to accentuate the darkness further.
Video created by Billy Howard Price
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Russ Russell at Parlour Studios
Mastered by Grant Berry at Fader Mastering
LYRICS:
Nella nebbia sei già / tutto quello che cerco,
l’apocalisse che / rifà i miei contorni.
Piaghe aperte,
solitudine cosmica.
Perduti allo stato puro
regno del caos in me
Nell’agonia del dominio, l’agonia del perdono,
senza odio senza amore,
incapace di
affrontare gli spazi aperti tra le righe la
sicurezza
che
mi
instilla questo lago morto ferisce
piu delle tue
inutili parole
Si desidererebbe il caos, ma si ha paura delle sue luci.
Si desidererebbe il caos, ma si ha paura delle sue...
Si ottiene vittoria al culmine della sapienza,
attraverso il dolore il sapere acquista
potenza precisa.
Non esiste più nulla di reale.
Piaghe aperte,
solitudine cosmica.
Nella nebbia sei già / tutto quello che cerco,
l’apocalisse che rifà tutti i miei contorni.
Piaghe aperte,
solitudine cosmica.
Questi occhi che non vedono più,
queste mani da cui sempre sfuggo
mi raccontano baratri da
cui non voglio
riaffiorare.
Questi occhi che non vedono più,
queste mani da cui sempre sfuggo
mi raccontano baratri da
cui non voglio
riaffiorare.
Calligram is:
Matteo Rizzardo - Vocals
Ardo Cotones - Drums / Vocals
Bruno Cambiaghi - Guitar
Tim Desbos - Guitar
Smittens - bass
https://linktr.ee/calligramuk
FORETOKEN’s latest album sees the group expand upon their foundations of meticulously lofty soundscapes, mythological narratives, and elaborate musicianship. Taking musical inspiration from melodic and tech death metal, as well as power, folk and black metal, Foretoken’s core sound on Triumphs is bolstered by subtle and captivating use of traditionally Scandinavian, Southeast Asian, and Middle Eastern instruments for atmospheric depth within the album’s 51 minute runtime.
Utilizing traditional narratives of myths, legends, and folklore from a wide range of Western and Middle Eastern origins, Triumphs examines the ignored collateral damage of the cost of victory through these established mythos.
Produced by Aimed & Framed (fraimed.com)
Cú Chulainn art - Howard David Johnson (howarddavidjohnson.com)
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ELDER DEVIL’s mission statement of crafting coruscating grindcore and apoplectic sludge for the love of extreme music and the scene they were birthed from has remained unwavering in its execution. Everything Worth Loving, sees the California quartet stand tall on and come into their own in uncompromisingly dark fashion.
Produced by Mike Adame @iloveyoujustforfun.
ELDER DEVIL is:
Stephen Muir – vocals
Jacob Lee – guitar
Peter Ruacho – drums and noise
Ryan Urquidez – bass
Sermon blurs the boundaries between forward-thinking progressive metal and something deeper, darker and more emotionally demanding. Of Golden Verse is dense with melody and melancholy, showcasing the band’s expanded sonic vision across fifty minutes of noirish and unpredictable prog.
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