MANTAR  -  SPIT

This newer German band is incredibly loud, full, clever and creative. For such a massive, monstrous sound, it is difficult to believe it is just two dudes. Their sound is relentless and surprising through each track, remaining raw and intense. I am frequently left speechless by how much power these two carry. 

SOAP&SKIN  -  SUGARBREAD

Dark, unsettling and sinister. Transports you somewhere else. 

SKINNY PUPPY - ADDICTION

from Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse

so pound the nails in tight
eyes screaming out of sight
against a grain like curtain
unbearably alive

Ten years ago, I was spending the summer of my 14th year deep in new music. This was one of my favorite songs. To this day, I still can't figure out how Skinny Puppy does it--they pull you in, and you absorb it completely. Whenever a Puppy song comes on, I can't skip it. And every time Addiction plays, the opening few seconds twist my stomach in the same way it did a decade ago, when it sounded so new and terrifying and inspiring. Forever grateful for Skinny Puppy. 

REPUGNANT - PREMATURE BURIAL

from Epitome of Darkness, 2006

Power Trip

Dallas-based crossover thrash metal with powerful throwback riffs. 

"CROSSBREAKER" off Manifest Decimation, 2013

"MURDERER'S ROW" off Manifest Decimation, 2013

KYLESA  -  RUNNING RED 

from Static Tensions, 2009

Cool cold flesh killing night
Without warm light becoming nothing
I watch the falling embers beckon
Come inside, come to me

IN SOLITUDE  -  FACELESS MISTRESS

from In Solitude

2008

GHOST  -  OPUS EPONYMOUS

1  Deus Culpa

2  Con Clavi Con Dio

3  Ritual

4  Elizabeth

5  Stand By Him

6  Satan Prayer

7  Death Knell

8  Prime Mover

9  Genesis

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