Cemetery Lament

  I honestly don't know much about 0 (I'm assuming the band name is "Zero" and not the just the letter O) but since most of their Bandcamp site is in Icelandic I'm not 100% sure. Anyway, regardless of what their name is... (I'm going with Zero), they are fucking amazing. If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times, my favorite things about sites like Bandcamp and Soundcloud are all the incredible unsigned, underground artists you can find there. Right out of the rip the first track, None, is an eight minute and fifty second beast that sets the tone for the rest of the album. The vocals range from demonic screams, brutal growls and a moody "clean" chanting of sorts. Musically there is definitely no lack of talent and each track has a unique sound that keeps you engaged from beginning to end.  I don't what genre of music they consider themselves (again, Icelandic) but I would go with Atmospheric Black Metal. So if you are in search o...

  ASARMOTH is the new solo project from Gigi Casini the former Bass/Vocalist of the Italian Death Metal band MIND SNARE. Casini's new project merges the influences of early 80's extreme metal acts like Venom, Bathory and Celtic Frost with early death metal bands like Obituary, Deicide, Morbid Angel and Death Vader. Princess of the Darkness is an interesting blend of old school metal and death metal with a toned down driving bass and drum line that runs thought the album tying all the tracks together like a brooding death march. Casini has done some interesting stuff on this album and incorporated some elements that you don't often hear in metal. Listening to this album for the first time I picked up a slight prog-metal  influence on a few of the tracks with echo effects and what sounds like a simple yet classic keyboard synthesizer. Don't get me wrong, isn't a bad thing at all and I really like it when artists take influences from other genres and work them into th...

Unholy fucking Jesus!!!  Has 2020 been a clusterfuck shitbomb of a year so far. Aside from yours truly losing his job (okay, maybe that wasn't the worst thing that has happened because I hated that fucking job.) but on top of that all the absolute stupidity that is happening all over the U.S. with riots and cops shooting people and people being assholes etc. It's amazing we haven't just blown ourselves up yet. But since we haven't I guess we will just have to make the best of a bad situation.  A few months ago I let a few people I work with on a regular basis know that I was exploring the podcast format for Cemetery Lament. That hasn't changed and I'm still very much looking at this as something I plan to launch this fall hopefully by October 2020 if possible.  The reason for the delay on this project has to do with the legal aspects of a music podcast. Even with unsigned, underground music there is still a layer of red tape that needs to be worked around before...

WEREWOLF RECORDS is proud to present FAUSTIAN PACT's highly anticipated debut album, Outojen Tornien Varjoissa, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Since 2007, FAUSTIAN PACT have been one of Finnish black metal's best-kept secrets: "those who know, know." Their first three demos, one following the other between 2008-2010, poignantly presented a magickal, folkloric aspect long missing from serious black metal. They were a band out of time, seemingly - "born too late," not fit for these increasingly modern times. Now, nearly a decade after FAUSTIAN PACT's last demo, this trio of sorcerers bring the past into the present with their LONG-awaited debut album. Outojen Tornien Varjoissa by FAUSTIAN PACT Titled Outojen Tornien Varjoissa, FAUSTIAN PACT's full-length debut is the grand culmination of all the gloriously bewitching work they brewed across that trio of demos. Exploding with an effervescence that's addicting and undeniable, their swor...

**************** I get a shit ton of promo stuff emailed to me every day... Most of it never makes it on the blog because honestly... well it's fucking garbage... But every now and then I find something in the mail bag that really stands out from the rest. Now before anyone freaks out I know this isn't black metal or even death metal... This is old school classic metal from a group that really understands how to put out a quality retro sound. As soon as I heard Midas I knew I had to share them because this is classic rock from an era when aviator sun glasses, white high top sneakers and denim jackets were fucking boss. So dust off your battle jacket because this is the real deal kids!   **************** DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the first two demos of MIDAS on vinyl LP, CD and digital formats under the title Demo Tapes.  Hailing from the mean streets of Detroit, MIDAS are a four-piece band of hard rock warriors. Theirs is an ancient, time...