WALD KRYPTA put out a relatively decent sophomore full length about 2 years ago that displayed enough potential for the band name to go beyond the faint echoes of so many within the black metal genre. Their method of fusing first and second wave black metal with rock and roll-esque tilted compositions along with their extremely raw sound has supplied the band with enough air to keep them moving at least in the stagnated swamp that is black metal these days. And coming in from the USA, one could not be more satisfied with this effort given the region's obsession with death metal.

Possessed By Nothingness is short; it clocks in at just around the 30 minute mark but does a commendable job of keeping your interests high with lots of memorable melodies and tremolo picking. The drumming is nothing special and is quite repetitive but it works with the raw production and lays down a platform for the riffs to build. The attitude as a whole when combined with the screaming vocals comes across as a violent yet quite melodious and beautiful record. Songs like 'Wind's Anger', 'Drowned Into The Last Realm' and 'Beneath A Dying Sun' take the fury of the scraping vocals and contrast them with sweeping landscapes of melancholic riffs and/or triumphant rhythm sections. Hence though the album may be short, it's a very compact and well thought out effort that echoes beyond its concluding moments.

One could go on saying more, but I'd rather reserve the rest of the praise and good word about Possessed By Nothingness for the listener. It's an album that would easily remind you of the value of simplicity and humbleness.

WALD KRYPTA's highly anticipated third album, Possessed By Nothingness, will be released on September 7th 2021 by Eternal Death on vinyl LP format.

WALD KRYPTA is:

Heresiarch - Drums, Vocals
Einsam - Guitars

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

http://www.eternal-death.com/
https://eternaldeath.bandcamp.com/album/possessed-by-nothingness
https://www.facebook.com/eternaldeathUSA

Today we're proud to present the pure slab of underground black metal in a form of new single 'Genom Döden Återfödt' from Sweden's HINSIDES. The band is a brand-new project of Ultra Silvam's M.A., and while that band's black metal tends toward the melodic and magisterial, HINSIDES emerge from the underground of filth and go all in on utter madness and blasphemy.

With the debut album Under Betlehems Brinnande Stjärna, HINSIDES reveal the full depth of their depravity. Immediately and remorselessly is the listener attacked with a necro soundfield steeped in the earliest, most fiery birth-pangs of Scandinavian black metal. Peer within that piercing sound - if you can survive the initial onslaught, that is - and you'll discover a wealth of fascinating and fearless twists to ancient black metal tropes.

HINSIDES's debut album, "Under Betlehems Brinnande Stjärna" comes via Shadow Records / Regain Records on July 9th, 2021 on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

HINSIDES is:

M.A. - Everything

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

http://www.regainrecords.se/
https://regainrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/regainrecords.se
https://www.shadowrecords.se/
https://www.facebook.com/shadowrecords.se/

Underground death metal heroes THORN conjure up their third full length which is easily their most mature and immersive one yet. They've elevated their unique style of barbaric old school death metal blended with emotionally-charged atmospheric parts which very few bands are able to pull off convincingly.

Thorn's songs on this album are quite dissonant and diabolic in terms of their riffing, frequent melodies and solos, deep guttural vocals with harsh backing vocals, and dynamic drum work that often does double-bass drumming, blast beats and very slow-paced mid-tempo. The riffing in particular has a very dirty and savage style with the tight guitar playing of either tremolo picking or down-picking, blending with the drums to create some eerie and morbid atmosphere which feels like your impending doom awaits. On top of that, the guitar melodies and solos add another dose of creepiness to that omnipresent dread and horror which has been with us from the very beginning. The guttural vocals are very thick and strong in terms of their execution, fitting wonderfully with all that instrumental work, but they also provide a very unusual feeling to that already impending doom as if you're being stalked by a hideous eldritch beast that will devour your body to the bone. Read full review here.

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'Xenolith Of Slime' from the upcoming THORN's new record Evergloom coming out this September 15th, 2023 via Transcending Obscurity Records. This bludgeoning dose of death metal should appeal to music fans of Desecresy, Intestine Baalism, Edge of Sanity, Desultory, Fumes.

THORN is:

Brennen Westermeyer - Everything

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.instagram.com/thornxaz/
https://thornx.bandcamp.com/
https://tometal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/transcendingobscurityrecords
https://transcendingobscurity.aisamerch.com/
https://transcendingobscurity.8merch.com/