Ah, what better way to kick start the mid-day than with some progressive sludge metal. This time it's coming from the Louisiana based duo, RADIANT KNIFE. Never heard of the band but their upcoming EP The Ghost promises to be an amusing and introspective one judging by the video accompanying their supporting single, 'True Believers'.

I love the art style, it has that 70s touch of psychedelia with the typical christian hysteria as the video in the backdrop to the music. Ah! and yes the music, the very reason we have congregated here at MetalBite; good old sludge, mixed with some psychedelic and progressive elements.

RADIANT KNIFE cut to the bone of the genre but bring along their own penchants to add to the waves of sonic hypnotism through the addition of keyboard synth. 'True Believers' is a really spacy song that complements the visual angle and message of the promotional video. The pacing and primary structure reminds me a bit of Sleep's 'Dragonaut', plus the guitars and drumming do a great job of connecting with the vocals that's oftentimes a problem in sludge metal. However, RADIANT KNIFE as a unit plays like they cannot function without each other, hence the music is a brilliant reflection of cohesion. Get The Ghost when it's released October 9th 2020 and roll-down this rabbit hole we call reality.

RADIANT KNIFE is:

Greg Travasos - Drums/Percussion
Stephen Sheppert - Guitar, Vocals, Synth

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Radiantknife/
https://radiantknife.bandcamp.com/

Chicago, Illinois nihilistic black/sludge metal band LORD MANTIS reveals new track, 'Qliphotic Alpha' from the upcoming full-length "Universal Death Church", that will be released on November 22nd, 2019 via Profound Lore Records.

Lord Mantis - Universal Death Church
	1. Santa Muerte 2. God's Animal 3. Qliphotic Alpha 4. Consciousness.exe 5. Low Entropy Narcosis 6. Damocles Falls 7. Fleshworld 8. Hole

France's avant-garde black metallers GLORIOR BELLI will release a new album entitled Sundown (The Flock That Welcomes) on May 6th via Agonia Records. A first taste of the album is available below, in the form of a lyric video to the title song.

"The production is by far one of the best that Glorior Belli ever had" - comments the band. "Drums & Bass are absolutely devilish and placed under the spotlight. Everything was recorded, mixed and mastered in our own studios, having an absolute control as usual over the sound. The guitar work overall will bring you back to the origins of Glorior Belli".

"Conceptually wise, Sundown (The Flock That Welcomes) will smother you with darkness and light, both stuffed down your throat with the same rage that could be heard on Glorior Belli's ealier records. When the Night is coming down on you, will you find a way through the dark? A record for the very few of us who truly embrace the desire to break from the cosmic prison".

Glorior Belli - Sundown (The Flock That Welcomes)
	1. Lies-Strangled Skies 2. World So Spurious 3. Rebels In Disguise 4. Thrall Of Illusions 5. Sundown (The Flock That Welcomes) 6. Satanists Out Of Cosmic Jail 7. Upheaval In Chaos Waters 8. We Whose Glory Was Despised