krypts - cadaver circulation

i really fell in love with krypts bleak yet majestic, chilling yet heavy tunes from "remnants of expansion". so of course, when there was the opportunity to get a colour vinyl re-press of the latest full length "cadaver circulation" together with the aforementioned, i didn't think twice.

i probably like "remnants..." a bit more but "cadaver..." is basically a flawless and fantastic album start to finish. the guys really hit the spot with those two records. can't stop listening to them. the colour-way is not my favourite but looks cool in its own right. dark descent records. 2019/2020. 

krypts - remnants of expansion

death doom is a metal subgenre which is fairly new to me. it started with mortiferum and i enjoyed the hell out of their album "disgorged from psychotic depths" and thus was very delighted when i found out about this finnish band called krypts. so of course this is not an up-and-coming new band, i just missed out on them for too long. as usual.

they released "remnants of expansion" already four years ago in 2016 on dark descent records. this lovely grey and black merge vinyl, one can see here, is part of the 2020 re-press and i snagged a copy from the band's e-store. that cover artwork resembles the music perfectly. dark, ominous and otherworldly. dark descent records. 2016/2020.

promethee - convalescence

these guys from switzerland absolutely rip! "convalescence" is already their third full length but to me this is the first encounter with promethee. i stumbled upon them while i was browsing through the lifeforce records store and thought the cover looked cool. checked them out and had to have a vinyl copy right away!

they play a very modern branch of groove laden progressive metal. reminds me a bit of a way better version of periphery. so if you're into those modern metal sumerian records bands, this is for you! the vinyl looks pretty nice too! clear with subtle purple marble is a good match for the great cover artwork. more of this! lifeforce records. 2018.

code orange - underneath

these dudes really evolving more and more into an artsy-fartsy yet devastating entity with every new album released. "underneath" is a hell of an intense industrial metal ride and stands in line with the greatness of the predecessors "i am king" and "forever".

this vinyl version is the common european press which i got as a present. looks pretty neat with its two inserts and big poster. the vinyl colour-way is cool when held against the light but looks black otherwise. i don't really get the point of such pressings. i mean, colour vinyl is supposed to look colourful, right? anyway, great album! roadrunner records. 2020.

xibalba - años en infierno

after five years xibalba are back with their latest effort "años en infierno", and what a heavy hitter it is. this band crushes, so far so obvious, the album doesn't change that impression. it's a mean bastard child of hardcore, death metal and a lot of doom metal.

a mixture that really appeals to me. probably it won't top my favourite record of them, "hasta la muerte", but you simply can't do no wrong with "años en infierno". i'm happy that i scored one of those tri-colour striped copies out of 500. it resembles the mexican flag and is a real looker. southern lord. 2020.

nightmarer - cacophony of terror

as nightmarer is some kind of follow-up band to war from a harlots mouth (main song-writer and guitarist simon and drummer paul play in nightmarer), one should think it was easy to keep track for a wfahm fan like me. but somehow i completely missed out. didn't hear anything from them until this year. bought the e.p. "chasm" and now i finally got my hands on the debut "cacophony of terror".

the album is a deeply disturbing, intense and yet beautiful experience. packed with dissonance, doom, sluge and any kind of extreme metal, "cacophony of terror" sinks its claws in you and won't let go. got a left-over copy on gold marble vinyl via the supreme chaos records distro. season of mist. 2018.