Black Friday III – Underground Reco
Band: Foul
Title: Of Worms
Label: Caligari Records
Release date: 25th January 2019
Country: USA
Format reviewed: Digital Promo
FOUL is a band from Seattle, Washington and they play a Doom/Death Metal and I didn’t find any info about them. This release originally was released via digital in 2018 and will see the light in physical format by Caligari Records in tape format in 25th January 2019. Divided into 4 songs this EP as the band says it has 27m. I already heard albums will less time. The band reminds me of the 90’s era with the mix of Death and Doom but with a dirtier sound. Good riffs made this EP with good songs. A strong voice too. A band to keep in mind.
Band
Bandcamp
Label
Facebook
Instagram
Bandcamp
Webstore
Band: Rigor Sardonicous
Title: Ridenti Mortuus
Label: Independent
Release date: 11th November 2018
Country: USA
Format reviewed: Digital Promo
RIGOR SARDONICUS is from Long Island, New York and they are active since… 1988!?!?!?!?!? Wow… Why I never heard about them? Crap… And about the music? Well… They play a Funeral Doom with a very raw sound, not so typical in the Funeral Doom bands. This EP it has almost 33m and it is divided into 4 songs. It is an interesting release with a good atmosphere around it. I like it. In the press release file, I got the lyrics and I tried to sing while I was listening to the songs. Thanks a lot for that. If you are a Funeral Doom lover this release is for you.
Band: Vessel of Iniquity
Title: Void of Infinite Horror
Label: Sentient Ruin Laboratories (USA) / Xenoglossy Productions (Europe)
Release date: 21st January 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Format reviewed: Digital Promo
VESSEL OF INIQUITY is (Well, is… Is just one person) from Oxfordshire, South East England, and what a chaotic, fast, strange, noise, etc etc etc release… But you know what? It sounds good. It’s hard to say the correct music style that the band plays because of all the structure and sounds on the songs. VESSEL OF INIQUITY is a mix of Black Metal with Death Metal and some noise music. Its a band that will not convince everybody and they will loose in my opinion. The reason? They (he) are doing music that is not for mass. For me this band is good and I advise it. Listen to them.
Label
(Xenoglossy Productions)
Bandcamp
Facebook
Soundcloud
YouTube
Label
(Sentient Ruin laboratories)
Facebook
Instagram
Bandcamp
Website
Band: Battlegrave
Title: Relics of a Dead Earth
Label: Independent
Release date: 28th November 2018
Country: Australia
Format reviewed: Digital Promo
BATTLEGRAVE are from Melbourne, Victoria and released at the end of the past year the first album named “Relics of a Death Earth”.
And what we have here? Aggressive Thrash Metal with very good and killer riffs but with a Groove Metal touch. The album has a very good sound production, killer riffs, that sometimes sounds a bit of Slayer. The Groove Metal is more related to the way the vocalist sings, because the musical part, is simply (way to say) an excellent Thrash Metal album. It’s a strong release that I advise. Check them.
**Please support the underground! It’s vital to the future of our genre.
#WeAreBlessedAltarZine
#TheZineSupportingTheUnderground
