AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: CENOTAFIO — “ACAUSAL ESCISIÓN”

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Feb 242026
 

(written by Islander)

This seems like a good time to leap right into a linguistic preview of the song “Acausal Escisión” that you’re about to hear, and then come back to you with further details about where the music comes from.

You would be best advised to gulp lots of air before listening, because violent madness and dreadful misery reign in the song with punishing power. The madness comes first. Without prelude, Cenotafio explode in a stunning assault of light-speed blasting, viciously roiling and insanely shrieking guitars, monstrously malignant roars, and fanatical howls. It is an absolutely unchained, electrifying, and harrowing experience. Continue reading »

SHADES OF BLACK: CENOTAFIO, TEHOM, DEAD MOON TEMPLE, BATHYUM, FACELESS GOD, NIDSTANG

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Jul 082018
 

 

Sometimes I refer to these collections as playlists, despite the fact that I often include at least brief reviews of complete EPs or albums. But this week’s SHADES OF BLACK really is just a playlist. You’ll find links to full streams of six recent or recently discovered albums or EPs here, but all I’ve done is to pick out one song from each of them as “teasers”. I just don’t have time to do more, much as I wish I did.

And even if you don’t have time to explore everything in depth on your own, I do think it’s a good playlist, with interesting variations of style and mood. If I were on Spotify, I might be able to make an actual playlist of these tracks, but I’m not. Perhaps you’ll do it on your own — after reading all of my words, of course, because they’re so vital as an introduction. (Please stop snickering — it undermines my self-esteem.)

CENOTAFIO

We’re not easing into this playlist, but launching it in harrowing fashion with “Letargo a su posterior hipnosis“, the third track from La Fatídica Excrecencia De La Subtierra, the 2017 debut album by the Chilean band Cenotafio, which was re-released at the end of May 2018 by the Mexican label Throats Productions. Continue reading »