Cemetery Lament

  As some of you know I've been talking about doing a podcast for at least two years now. And for two years I just haven't gotten off my ass to do it. Now before you just assume I'm a lazy shit bag (okay maybe a little), in my defense I have had a lot of other bullshit going on in my life. A lot of times it has effected how often I was able to post to this blog let alone try to maintain a show scheduled for a podcast.  Another big issue was having the resources to create a decent product. I didn't want the show to sound like complete and total garbage so I had to be in a position where I could get the right equipment and learn the programs involved with all this craziness.  So... after much ado, I'm happy to announce that I have started recording the first episode of the soon to be released... Cemetery Lament Podcast. My goal is to have the first show recorded and out on the black market by the second week of October 2020. So if you aren't busy or whatever maybe...

  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...

Maybe I'm just a sucker for folk/Nordic inspired black metal, but when it's done as well as what Haljōrūna is offering who can argue with it. An interesting mix of clean and black metal vocals with a slow driving beat to the music really sets the mood for their entire Midvinterblot album.  Midtvinterblot by Haljōrūna By far my favorite track on the album is Urds Kjelde but the rest of the album isn't lacking in any regard. The marching beat of this track blended with the keyboards and drums is a perfect merger of folk and metal that few bands nail as successfully as  Haljōrūna. Head over to their Bandcamp page and give them a listen... The entire digital download is only around $6.00 (50 Sek) so be sure to Follow  Haljōrūna  and support them in any way you can!  www.haljoruna.bandcamp.com

New metal from Germany. Head over to SoundCloud and check it out. Be sure to Follow and Share!

Another superb offering from  Ankou featuring Skyggefigurrer . Prepare for a voyage aboard the HMS Terror and feel the freezing Arctic air cut you to the bone with this brutal track. Be sure to check out Ankou and Skyggefigurrer on SoundCloud for more bone chilling underground metal.

Conjuring the sinister spirits of yesteryear, Moenen of Xezbeth rises to deliver its first full incantation of mid-paced black metal, Ancient Spells of Darkness…, with its seven arcane invocations primed to unleash their plague on all who bear witness. Captured with the same approach and under the same austere conditions as its preceding demo and EP, Ancient Spells of Darkness… thus realizes the same unearthly effect, yet it is even more sinister and oppressive. These foreboding hymns serve as a conduit for the return of the original black flame, which was first sparked by Moenen of Xezbeth’s revered forbearers, has since nurtured itself in the underworld, and is now emboldened to return in its dark glory. Ancient Spells of Darkness... by Moenen of Xezbeth

I've said it before and I will say it again... One of the most amazing things about a site like SoundCloud is how it brings artists from around the world into contact with one another so they can pool their evil genius into a dark opus that would have otherwise never happened. If you've been following the blog for a while you are probably familiar with names like  Tahazu , Skyggefigurrer and Belzebut who have all been featured on Cemetery Lament at one time or another. Each of these artists have put out a mass of incredible work individually but when you bring their talent together you end up with... well you end up with Ordo Malum an EP of blackened brutality that can only be born in the true underground black metal scene.  Living half a world apart the trio didn't seem to have much trouble pulling this project together with each of them contributing their own unique talents to create a single cohesive vision of darkness that oozes from each of the six tracks....

I think everybody understands that sometimes shit happens... and for the last few months I've had a lot of shit going on. While not all of it has been " bad " I've just been incredibly busy with personal stuff that needed my attention. So if you've been wondering if the blog is dead or maybe if I'm dead ( no such luck assholes ) I just want to assure you that I'm alive and kicking and things are starting to chill the fuck out on my end. Over the next few weeks I plan to do a bit of updating here on the blog and get back into the swing of things with some fucking amazing underground music from around the world.  During my hiatus I've kept busy dreaming up a few new features for the blog that I hope everyone will enjoy. One of the biggest projects I'm currently working on getting off the ground is the Cemetery Lament podcast. I'm still hashing out the logistics for something like this and I don't want it to be total shit so before I...

I'm a little disappointed in MotherWood (from Americana, Brazil) but it has nothing to do with the quality of their music. I'm disappointed they only have two fucking songs right now!!! Whatever you are doing right now stop... I SAID STOP! and listen to MotherWood because this is some amazing music right here. Just so everyone knows I have already sent these guys a message to find out the status of the band and if they will be releasing a full album in the future. No worries I got ya covered.

The most awesome thing about Belzebut (aside from the kick ass music) is the fact that many of the tracks feature other underground artists from around the world. You don't just discover one amazing artist but you get to explore the creative minds of several at the same time. Belzebut....Black, dark, atmospheric music from Romania featuring Tahazu  from the United States. Be sure to check out both of these guys. You wont regret it.

A damn near perfect atmospheric black metal sound coming out of Detroit Michigan. Skyggefigurrer  started following me (i.e. Cemetery Lament ) on SoundCloud and thus another foul gem from the underground was unearthed. Skyggefigurrer offers just the right mix of everything from lighting fast drums and guitar to slow trudging riffs mixed with incredible vocals.   So if you have been looking for a new underground artist to follow... Your welcome.