AN NCS PREMIERE: LUCIFERA — “LOS DEMONIOS DE LOUDUN”

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Feb 142017
 

 

Lucifera come our way from Colombia, and they don’t come gently, even on Valentine’s Day. Their explosive advent here at our site is about as gentle as the ministrations of Sarcófago, Desaster, and Hellhammer, which are only three of the old-school exponents of satanic electrification that come to mind when listening to the song we’re about to premiere — “Los Demonios de Loudun“.

This track comes off the band’s debut album Preludio del Mar, which is set for a February 24 release by Morbid Skull Records. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: THE BEARER — “MARU SAYS HELLO”

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Feb 142017
 

 

I suppose I’ll always have a soft spot for bands from Austin, Texas, as it’s the place where I was born, spent the first 18 years of life, and return to frequently. But hopefully I’m not soft in the head when it comes to evaluating music from Austin. In this case, you can be the judge of that.

What we have for you here is a song called “Maru Says Hello” from a new EP by Austin’s The Bearer. Entitled Fiction, it will be jointly released on March 10 (digital and vinyl) by CoinTossRecords and Blasphemour Records, and it’s available for pre-order as of today. Continue reading »

AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): OBITUS — “SLAVES OF THE VAST MACHINE”

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Feb 132017
 

 

The Swedish black metal band Obitus have done something remarkable: They’ve made a 45-minute album consisting of a single song that’s on the attack relentlessly, and yet it’s a harrowing thrill-ride straight through to the end.

Now you can either skip straight to the end of this post and start listening to our stream premiere, or you can continue reading, but I wouldn’t recommend trying to do both at the same time — or trying to do anything else while listening to this onslaught. For those who might be interested in more of a preview before you throw yourself into the tornado, I shall continue. Continue reading »

AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE: HEREZA — “I BECOME DEATH”

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Feb 132017
 

 

There’s a song on the new album by HerezA called “Uništi, Pali, Ruši”, which are the Croatian words for “destroy, burn, tear it down”. Those same words could be the banner for the album as a whole, though the album’s name is equally indicative of what lies within: I Become Death.

This is HerezA’s second album, following their 2015 debut full-length, Misanthrope. The new one is being released today by the Polish extreme metal label Godz ov War Productions, and below we have a full stream of the album for you. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: REVEL IN FLESH — “CASKET RIDE”

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Feb 102017
 

 

In December of last year Cyclone Empire released the fourth album by the German death metal band Revel In Flesh, who have been a favorite of mine since I first heard their second album, Manifested Darkness, in 2013. This latest full-length is the group’s strongest release yet. As Jonny Pettersson of Wombbath stated when he named the album to his 2016 year-end list at our site, it’s “their most dynamic release so far”.

One of my own favorite tracks from the album is “Casket Ride”, and so I’m especially happy to share with you the band’s new video for that very song. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: CONJONCTIVE — “LET BLOW THE GRIM WIND”

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Feb 102017
 

 

In the Mouth of the Devil is the name of the second album by the Swiss metal band Conjonctive. In advance of its March 10 release by Tenacity Music, we bring you today the premiere of a song from the album called “Let Blow The Grim Wind“, which is presented through a video of the band performing the song at Conatus Studios, where the album was recorded.

After the band released their debut album Until The Whole World Dies in 2013, they spent time touring Switzerland and opening for the likes of Crowbar, Biohazard, and Aborted, among others… and their music evolved as well. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: CRYPTIC BROOD — “SLURPING REEKING SLIME”

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Feb 102017
 

 

Somewhere, sometime, there must be a convening of psychotherapists and musicologists who will devote themselves to analyzing why large factions of metalheads revel in the sound of rot and bathe their minds in the filth of suppurating decay. I certainly can’t explain it, but I certainly do enjoy it — and I’ve found a new group of ghouls who deliver the experience with precocious mastery.

I’m referring to a trio from the wonderfully named town of Wolfsburg, Germany, who call themselves Cryptic Brood. In 2015 they self-released a demo cassette named Morbid Rite, which was soon released by different labels that same year, and then Xtreem Music vomited forth the band’s debut EP Wormhead in September 2015. Now the same death-loving Spanish label is going to release Cryptic Brood’s debut album Brain Eater on the first day of March.

In advance of that foul event we have a song to share with you. Not mincing words, the band named it “Slurping Reeking Slime”. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: DEVOURING STAR — “ANGEL OF NULL”

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Feb 102017
 

 

When I first learned last October that the Finnish black metal band Devouring Star planned to discharge a new EP this year, it immediately vaulted into the upper reaches of my personal list of most anticipated 2017 releases. I wrote about the news then, but now I can share with you further details about the new EP — which is named Antihedron — and we also have the privilege of bringing you the premiere of one of its three powerful tracks, a song called “Angel of Null“.

Antihedron will be released by the band’s new label Dark Descent on March 24 and becomes available for pre-order today.

I haven’t been alone in my eagerness for this EP. Devouring Star’s debut album Through Lung and Heart was widely recognized as one of 2015’s highlights, and an especially striking achievement given that it was the band’s first full-length. With Antihedron, they have moved from strength to further strength. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: LVX HAERESIS — “IV”

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Feb 102017
 

 

Last month the first advance track from the debut album by Lvx Haeresis hit me like a meteorite, unexpectedly rocketing in from the void and leaving a smoking crater in my skull. Now there’s a second crater to go along with the first one, and you’re about to hear it as well.

Lvx Haeresis is a Swiss black metal band formed in 2013, and their debut album is named Descensŭs Spīrĭtŭs. It was mastered by V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress, Secrets of the Moon, etc.), its cover art was created by Lemmy Gonthier, and it’s scheduled for a March 11 digipack CD release by Atavism Records. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: AYAHUASCA DARK TRIP — “ETERNAL RETURN”

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Feb 102017
 

 

As we all know, technological advances have made possible musical collaborations among people separated by significant distances that once would never have been possible. But even though multinational collaborations are no longer a rarity, few bands have been drawn together personnel from as many widely separated parts of the globe as Ayahuasca Dark Trip — and the music has drawn together an almost equally broad and unusual array of traditions as well.

When the band was first formed in 2010, its members included Buddy Van Nieuwenhoven from The Netherlands, Brayan Buckt from Peru, and Pedro Ivo Aráujo from Brazil. Now, the band also includes Dutch musicians Floris Moerkamp and Robin Van Rooy, U.S.-based Indrayudh Shome, and Sifis Karadakis from Greece. Continue reading »

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