“This body of shorn limbs and torn veins…”
We’re fast approaching the apex of summer in the northern hemisphere, and each of the studious worm gear monks are carrying further offerings to the solstice: old-school hymns to the death of spring from Coffins and Beyond, reverent black metal from the altars of Abazagorath and Night of the World, the rustic psychedelia of Ulaan Passerine, and the celestial radiance of Seirom. And there’s more to come… an outpouring of quality music this summer is supplying each of us with more reviews to keep the solstice fires burning.
Marty Rytkonen Playlist
Panopticon – Collapse
Pitch Shifter – Submit
Pitch Shifter – Industrisal
Abazagorath – Abazagorath EP
Portal – Swarth
Coffins – The Fleshland
Pungent Stench – For God your Soul… For Me your Flesh
Disharmonic Orchestra – Not to be Unidimensional Conscious
Forced Entry – Uncertain Future
Ildra – Edelland
Jim Clifton
My Dying Bride – As The Flower Withers
Midnight Odyssey – Firmament
Incantation – Diabolical Conquest
Ulver – Nattens Madrigal
Imperium Dekadenz – Meadows of Nostalgia
Cryptopsy – None So Vile
Battle Dagorath – Cursed Storm of Ages
Vex – Memorious
Master – Unknown Soldier
Sacriphyx – S/T
Jake Moran
Fearthainne – Knowing
Walknut – Graveforests and Their Shadows
Cedar Spirits – Cedar Spirits
Burial Hex – Book of Delusions
Seirom – 1973
Low – Things We Lost in the Fire
The Cloisters – The Cloisters + Little Summer / Little Winter
Echtra – Paragate
Agalloch – The Mantle
Alda – Tahoma
Worm Gear 
Angel Witch – Angel Witch
Holocaust – The Nightcomers
Mercyful Fate – The Beginning (A Corpse Without Soul has to be my favorite track of the moment)
Among Gods – Among Gods
Testament – The Ritual (underrated!)
Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance
Lantern – Below
Metal Church – Blessing in Disguise
Mutilation Rites – Empyrean
Nuclearhammer/Begrime Exemious – Heretical Serpent Cult split
Vredehammer – Mintaka (their EPs are getting better and better, hope there will be a full length soon)
Sigh – Imaginary Sonicscape
Ab Imo Pectore – The Dissociative Path
Aptorian Demon – Libertus
new Monarque
Azarath – Blasphemers’ Maledictions
Elysian Blaze – Levitating the Carnal
Katechon – Man, God, Giant
Ogdru Jahad – I
Omitir – Cotard
Paroxsihzem – Paroxsihzem
Portal – Vexovoid
Revenant – Prophecies of a Dying World
Sonne Adam – Messengers Of Desolate Ways
Timeghoul – 1992-1994 Discography
Wormed – Exodromos
UA> How’s that Timeghoul? It seems to be a best seller at Dark Descent, is it really that good?
The Timeghoul is a fucking must! Those 2 demos are excellente! It comes with a rehersal and live show.
Playlist hasn’t materially changed from last week, but have now added the masterful Beyond reviewed here and the Mystic Charm from last week. See you guys finally got your shit together and actually did some god damn reviews this week. heheheh wink wink…..All love here.
And alas, join the evil loins of hate this Saturday 9PM PST – Contamination Conquest (www.coreofdestructionradio.com) P.S. – that website is full of shitbags and douches so I am just using their forum to broadcast my shiz, and they can all get fucked! : )))))))
Yeah, the Timeghoul material is pretty much essential, IMO. At least check it out…
I will!