Birmingham’s stoner/doom metal collective KROH are now streaming their new EP “Pyres”.
KROH is the brainchild of Paul Kenney, a former member of Mistress, and founder of Fukpig. He reunited with his former Mistress band mate, Darren Donovan (also ex-Sally and current Burden of the Noose bassist), plus recruited Rich Stanton (also of Burden of the Noose), Paul Harrington and Oliwia Sobieszek to complete the line up.
Enigmatic Spanish metal extremists ALTARAGE are now premiering their forthcoming infernal album, ‘Endinghent’, which has been scheduled for release on October 13th.
IMPUREZA are streaming a new flamenco death metal track taken from their forthcoming album, ‘La Caída de Tonatiuh’, which has been scheduled for release on November 10th.
The French-Spanish innovators are premiering their song “Abre-Aguas (En la Tormenta de Tlaloc)”
Portland, OR ‘Street Doom’ quartet R.I.P. is streaming their forthcoming sophomore album Street Reaper in full ahead of the release date on the 13th October. Hear and share the full album on YouTube and Bandcamp.
When R.I.P. came crawling out of the sewers of Portland, OR last year, their grimy, sleazy Street Doom was already a fully formed monstrosity that quickly infected the minds of everyone it encountered. Now, borne from the band’s declining state of mental health and increasing focus on songwriting, Street Reaper is an even more unhinged and menacing album than their 2016 debut In The Wind.
Borrowing equally from 80s Rick Rubin productions and Murder Dog magazine aesthetics, Street Reaper is a streamlined, yet brutally raw manifesto of heavy metal ferocity hearkening to the era when both metal and hip hop were reviled as the work of street thugs intent on destroying America’s youth.
Throughout, Angel Martinez’s guitar and John Mullett’s bass are inextricably interlocked, sounding like a massive sonic steamroller, while drummer Willie D keeps the beat solid and simple for the most powerful impact. And, the band’s extensive touring and excessive virgin sacrifices have clearly endued singer Fuzz with evermore agile vocal chords to drive it all home with extreme precision.
Operating on the belief that doom is not tied to a tuning or a time signature, but rather a raw and terrified feeling, R.I.P. eschews well trodden fantasy and mysticism tropes of the genre and focuses on conveying the horror and chaos inherent in the everyday reality of the human mind. With several years of touring under their heavily studded belt, R.I.P. has distinguished themselves from the interchangeable hordes of bands trying to play heavy metal by crafting an aesthetic and a sound all their own, focusing on the things that make metal heavy rather than adhering to the formulaic confines of a particular sub-genre.
Street Reaper opens with the knockout punch of “Unmarked Grave” and the rest is just sheer bludgeoning for bludgeoning’s sake as the album echoes the grimy vibe of legends like Saint Vitus, Pentagram and Motorhead, with the no b.s. aesthetic of the early Metal Massacre compilations.
Street Reaper will be available on LP, CD and download on October 13th, 2017 via RidingEasy Records.
R.I.P. LIVE:
10/13 Portland, OR @ Tonic Lounge – album release party
Sweden’s metal/post-rock newcomers ANTARKTIS stream their debut album“Ildlaante” ahead of its October 6th release on Agonia Records. Listen to the album in advance here:
What was long buried and forgotten has once again been dug up. Die Kunst der Finsternis returns from the dead and brings forth twelve utterly filthy hymns entitled “Queen of Owls”.
“Queen of Owls” will be released by Lamech Records and Amor Fati Productions on CD and DLP in late 2017.
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