AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: CARNAL SAVAGERY — “CURSE OF THE CATACOMB”

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Nov 052025
 

(written by Islander)

Although the Swedish death metal band Carnal Savagery released their first demo only five and a half years ago they’ve kept their feet jammed on the gas pedal ever since, releasing six albums in rapid succession and now with a seventh one on the way. Their album titles brazenly brandish their musical devotion to themes of supernatural horror and foul decomposition: Grotesque Macabre; Fiendish; Scent of Death; Worm Eaten; Into the Abysmal Void; Graveworms, Cadavers, Coffins and Bones; and now Crypt of Decay.

Here’s part of the tantalizing linguistic preview of the new album offered on behalf Moribund Records, who will release it on November 28th: “The band’s seventh full-length album, Crypt of Decay, is a brutal exploration of human depravity, darkness, and death. This savage collection of tracks will drag you through the deepest catacombs of sonic devastation, where death metal, blackened riffs, and dark atmospheres converge in an unholy union of chaos.”

As a more tangible sign of what the new record delivers, we’re now premiering a horrifying video for the album track “Curse of the Catacomb“. Continue reading »

OVERFLOWING STREAMS: AEONIAN SORROW, ARCANE SANCTUARY, BARISHI, CARNAL SAVAGERY, DECAYING, HAIL SPIRIT NOIR, HYZZTEREZIS, LIGHTNING BOLT, ORANSSI PAZUZU, PARADISE LOST, THE RUINS OF BEVERAST

 Metal News, RANDOM FUCKING MUSIC  4 Responses »
Mar 242020
 

 

For reasons I can’t identify, these days I feel compelled to throw as much music your way as I can. I’ve noticed that, contrary to my expectations, this unnerving shut-in phase that most of us are going through has led to a significant increase in daily visits to our site. Maybe people need music more than usual to get through these dark days. Maybe that’s the source of my greater-than-usual compulsion.

Whatever the reason, it seems like you’ll be seeing more and more of these big compilations (with brevity of words) rather than the more typical SEEN AND HEARD posts. I hope I can do another one tomorrow, because I still have a lot I want to recommend.

AEONIAN SORROW (Finland/Greece)

A beautifully contrasting experience from this multinational funeral doom band, the song juxtaposes graceful and ethereal sounds of mist and mysticism and episodes of ravaging heaviness and splintering sorrow, combining the most harrowing roars and haunting feminine singing, creating moods of stately bereavement and wrenching frenzy. A really beautifully executed new video, too. Continue reading »