(written by Islander)

In this strange in-between period of days separating one holiday and another, between the final gasps of the Old Year and the first whimpers of the New One, we still have a few premieres to share with you. This one, in particular, will make it even easier to lose track of what day it is… and whatever else your confused minds might have been pondering.

The Atlanta death metal band Metaphobic weren’t playing games when they named their debut album Deranged Excruciations. They were being brutally forthright about the nature of the music they made, as you shall learn for yourselves when you listen to this first advance track from the album — “Spectral Circle” — a couple months before the album release by Everlasting Spew. Continue reading »