Brendan Sloan is a sexy man and his music is also very sexy.

Big Doom energy that hits right where it should. Massive sound.

Chaotic and batshit crazy bones, yet never comes across as if there isn't intent behind the weirdness of the music. It's all purposefully done and the performance and musicianship is quite masterfully done. Just insanely impressive for a one man project. Eager to hear what's next.

Pretty essential listening in a progressive minded death metal form. This band has been around a while but seems to be making the rounds only recently. Which is a crime against humanity because holy fuckballs does this album not fuck around. Riffs for days backed up by a really ethereal and dark sound. Lovely fucking stuff. A must listen.

An easy way to get me to love an album is to throw some Doom oriented stuff into it. And Vengeful Spectre do that, which makes me love this album. Hell Yeah!!

Foreverglade is obviously heavily inspired by dISEMBOWLMENT's masterpiece Transcendence Into the Peripheral. But Worm do plenty enough on their own to differentiate themselves from them Olde School homies. This stuff is Murky, Gross and very good. It's got a good clean sound to it, all the nasty riffs and inhuman vocals are very audible. Damn good stuff fo sho.

Tomb Mold's return is a much more proggy peice than the rest of their output and I think it helps really differentiate themselves from the rest of the pack. This thing is loaded to the brim with riffs. And them riffs be gucci.

Heavy, Techy, Slammy. All words that describe Molested Divinity, and they play this style to a tee. Really damn entertaining with great pacing and extremely brisk. At under half an hour as soon as this thing ends, I tend to run it back and get bludgeoned once again.

Horrendous are not horrendous. In fact, I'd say they're the complete opposite of the definition. Ontological Mysterium is quite a bit different from Idol, it's still largely progressive, yet really different. The pace is much quicker and very thrashy in sound. And Horrendous utilize that sound masterfully. Not sure if this quite surpasses Anareta as my favorite from these guys, but yeah, album is a fucking banger.

It's highly regarded for a reason. Everything is Fire is a showcase of epic proportions. And anyone who is even slightly interested in extreme music needs to hear this thing. Masterpiece.

Ice cold depressive black metal that really emphasizes the feeling and tone of pure sadness and despair. Few albums can convey what this album does and I love it. Never gets boring and easily ranks among the best albums released in 2023.

Dear Parius.

Please continue writing riffs. They're very good. Thank you.

Love
Heterodontosauridae

Tamás has once again crafted a gem of an album. Far more straightforward than basically everything else from this project, Alföld sees Thy Catafalque playing it straight for basically the first time. And damn bro. Yeah, these riffs are sick as hell. Tamás Katai is a lovely Hungarian man and I wish him the best always. Thank you for this sexy music <3

A really interesting and truly original album that stands far above most within the sea of bland and vapid progressive metal released these days. Each track has tons of stunning moments that never feel forced or as if they're just showing off. The payoffs are immense and every time I spin this thing it gets better and better. One of the best things to release in 2023. Top tier, this band needs more exposure.

Funeral Doom with a Sludge coating. Oh yeah, it slaps. One of the best albums of 2023 for sure.

Obvious comparisons to Mirror Reaper are inevitable when discussing The Clandestine Gate, however I think this album sounds pretty great on its own merit. There's a lot less repetition to be found here, and while the atmosphere isn't as depressing or heavy, it makes up for that in memorability. Some sections on here are absolutely fantastic, as is the record. Big thumbs up from me.

What a splendid album this is. Top tier female vocals that truly sell the album. If I had to describe this album in one word, it'd be this: Bussin.

Glorious Death/Doom with a large progressive flair, Vin De Mia Trix has quickly become a band I'll keeping a very close eye on for the foreseeable future. Waves~Stars has less of a Funeral Doom core as their prior LP Palimpsests, yet that doesn't make the music itself any less phenomenal. Also, mad respect to Drummer Ihor Babaiev for their effort in helping the citizens of Ukraine in a really difficult and scary situation. My hope is with the people of Ukraine and with Vin De Mia Trix.

This is one of the cheesiest albums I have ever heard. It's also unbelievably catchy and pretty damn good. I don't often listen to power metal due to my cheese tolerance being rather low, yet its apparent the cheese used here is some of that gourmet shit. Good riffs, good vocals, good album.