ECTOVOID – IN UNREALITY’S COFFIN

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Jan 192026
 

(Andy Synn gets his Death Metal on with the new album from Ectovoid, out now on Everlasting Spew)

Playing “Extreme Metal” – whatever your chosen flavour may be – is, as we all know, serious business.

That being said, it’s not a crime to have some fun while you’re doing it, and Birmingham, Alabamaniacs Ectovoid – whose line-up comprises members of serious death-dealers like Metaphobic, Father Befouled, and Seraphic Entombment – sound like they’re having an absolute blast (pun only marginally intended) on their recently-released third album, In Unreality’s Coffin.

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AN NCS PREMIERE: ECTOVOID — “IN UNREALITY’S COFFIN”

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Dec 222025
 

(written by Islander)

In this year-end holiday season many of you are attempting to calm your nerves, to arrange your jumbled thoughts in some orderly fashion conducive to rationality, to find a smidgeon of peaceful reflection in a chaotic world. If so, you’ve come to the wrong place.

You might think instead about being entombed wide awake within a formless coffin, devoid of purpose, transfixed by chaos, bled for eons, your memory fading in clouds of ash, your inner voice becoming a scream, in unreality confined for eternity.

Those words in that last paragraph are drawn from the lyrics of the title song to Ectovoid’s new album In Unreality’s Coffin which we’re premiering today. The remainder of the lyrics are equally nightmarish. So is the music. Find your year-end peace somewhere else. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: ECTOVOID — “COLLAPSING SPIRITUAL NEBULA”

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Nov 132025
 

(written by Islander)

“From the abyssal and blistering depths of Alabama and featuring members from Seraphic Entombment and Father Befouled, Ectovoid return with their new album In Unreality’s Coffin! An exhumation of death metal’s spectral essence and a relentless pulse of putrefaction, summoning shadows into eternal decay and entombing listeners in cavernous pummeling riffs!”

Those are among the vivid words offered by Everlasting Spew Records for Ectovoid’s third album, which the label has decided to use as a means of quickly unraveling the New Year; it’s set for release on January 9, 2026. What we have for you today is the premiere of the album’s first advance track, “Collapsing Spiritual Nebula“. Continue reading »

BENEATH THE NCS RADAR (PART 12)

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May 092016
 

CD Folder

 

(Our Norwegian comrade Gorger continues his distinctive series recommending albums that have somehow eluded our attention. To find more of his discoveries, visit Gorger’s Metal.)

Running a one-man site (old-school style, edited via usb-typewriter and quill on touch surface) takes its toll when attempting to cover as much as possible.

Hence, I’ve been too busy to leand a hand to Islander lately. To make up for it, and to rid myself of my March writings, I’m tossing in six albums this time. I hope you’re hungry. Continue reading »

SEEN AND HEARD ON A SATURDAY: CONAN, FIFTH TO INFINITY, SABBATORY, ECTOVOID, TONGUE, VORKREIST

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Dec 052015
 

conan-revengeance

 

Infernal greetings to one and all on this fine Saturday. Once again I’ve assembled a playlist of especially impressive new songs from among those I heard over the last 24 hours. I hope you like them.

CONAN

This first song has appeared under mysterious circumstances. I learned of it from Grant Skelton, who learned of it from someone else and then passed the link on to me. It appears to be the title track to Revengeance, the third album by Conan from the UK, which is set for release on January 29 by Napalm Records. This is Conan‘s first release with producer Chris Fielding on bass and vocals, along with drummer Rich Lewis and founding guitarist/vocalist Jon Davis. Continue reading »

SEEN AND HEARD (PART 2): WITCHCRAFT, BORKNAGAR, WOMB, CEMETERY FILTH, LOW FLYING HAWKS, BRUTALITY

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Nov 252015
 

Witchcraft - Nucleus

 

(Grant Skelton wrote this round-up of recommended new music.)

WITCHCRAFT

On top of what’s been an already amazing year for doom releases, 2016 brings with it the release of Witchcraft’s new album Nucleus, which will be available January 15 on Nuclear Blast Records. In advance of the album’s release, the first single “The Outcast” is available for streaming below. Continue reading »