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Mortal Thrall – ‘A Path To Fire’ (Trepanation Recordings

Mortal Thrall – ‘A Path To Fire’ (Trepanation Recordings

Posted by | May 23, 2022 | ,

Baroque-influenced, post-black metal duo Mortal Thrall was forged in September 2020 by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Todd Harris (ex-Oubliette, Battle Path). Spontaneously conceptualized, written, and recorded over lockdown, the press release describes ‘A Path To Fire’ as “an emotive fresco of intertwining guitar lines, stunning chord progressions, passionate vocals, textural synth, and martial drumming which evolved from Harris’ obsession with Renaissance paintings”. Sounds interesting so far…

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Vaamatar – ‘Medievalgeist’ (Iron Bonehead)

Vaamatar – ‘Medievalgeist’ (Iron Bonehead)

Posted by | May 23, 2022 | ,

Traditional styled black metal is a scene Alex M very much has a love it or hate it relationship with. When it’s done well it’s some of the finest extreme metal out there blending atmosphere and aggression perfectly and giving you an excellent soundtrack to cosplay Gandalf in the forest to. The other side of this is “if I hear one more asshole or group of assholes in panda makeup try to recreate Transilvanian Hunger or Panzer Division Marduk I’ll stick a screwdriver in my ears”. Fortunately, Vaamatar have given him a reason to spare his ears for another day.

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The Über Rock Singles Club – Mayhem In May (Volume Two)

The Über Rock Singles Club – Mayhem In May (Volume Two)

Posted by | May 22, 2022 | , , ,

Welcome to the latest edition of the Über Rock Singles Club. We have managed to keep the Club up-and-running despite the numerous Covidications which we all have had to endure over the past 24 months, in order to bring you the hottest new sounds around. And once again we have another hitlist of superb sonic experiences to tickle your sonic senses, with a selection of my favourite tunes to have found their way on to the ÜRHQ deathdecks over the past few weeks… Bearing in mind that we took a bit of a longer break between clubs this month, we received more than 600 submissions since we last fired up the trusty death decks, it was not an easy task to whittle them down to this all-too-short playlist of just a handful musical gems…

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