Ulthar And Scorched Are Going On Tour Through North America This Year.

Ulthar and Scorched are going on tour through North America this year.

Ulthar killed it at Red River Family Fest III, so it'll be awesome to see them again.

Support for the Austin, Texas date are Crawl and Haunter, so if you're in that area it is a show that shouldn't be missed.

Churchacide- Bilesoaked Blades

This EP from Austin, Texas area death metallers Churchacide is a rip-roaring take on classic death metal. Riffs upon riffs drive this bludgeoning force, full-steam ahead to tear apart your ears. The musicianship is top-notch, coming from several central- Texas metal masters, and the excellent song-writing will keep you spinning this over and over. While the album title might make one envision a grimy, slimey death metal sound, this album is a barrage of violence, a speedy battering ram for your senses that still maintains plenty of groove. I definitely look forward to a future full-length!

(CDs have mostly been sold out on the band's end, but if you contact them they can tell you which distros may still have copies!)

Black metal from Wisconsin.

One of the first black metal releases of 2019 I'm really digging is this little 3 track EP. The riffs are quite enjoyable, well done vocal work, groovey rythym. Good stuff.

Black Jackal

Halloween Night Show

Photo by Blogger. The Mix, San Antonio, Texas, October 31, 2018.

Swedish black metal band Malakhim will be releasing a follow up EP to their stellar 2017 demo this year.

Raw, blasting black metal out on Iron Bonehead Productions.

Here's the demo if you happened to miss it:

Elegiac

Pagan Storm

The newest release from this Portland, Oregon based solo black metal project follows last year's superb release Black Clouds of War, and continues the merging of classic black metal and hints of folk and pagan metal elements. Raw and unapologetic, but still well-produced and fantastically mixed, this album never sacrifices melody or enjoyment while being a raging assault on the senses in the vein of Satanic Warmaster or Darkthrone.

While the title itself indicates the pagan black metal stylistic leanings, it is not overdone, and the album remains firmly rooted in the traditional black metal sound. Rather, the pagan stylings are used to grow the songs, turning typical roaring riffs into hypnotic passages that allow the pagan longings to flourish. This generates a mixture of somber, mournful, yet celebratory emotions, an apt devotional to old ways, expressed with beautiful melody and stout heart. The songs tend towards a longer run time, permitting the soundscape to expand organically and meld the various little parts into a mesmerizing whole. As with the rest of this project's discography, it is worth listening, keeping the ancient spirit of black metal alive and kicking.

CDs can be obtained from ATMF Recordings.

Released September 28, 2018