Author Archives: Old Disgruntled Bastard

Ruin – Plague Transmissions Vol. I (2017)

Posted on October 29, 2018

Ruin from California released one demo back in 1991 before disbanding. This compilation contains recordings of those tracks as well as new music released by the band on various splits since reforming in 2015. The style here is death/doom but … Continue reading →

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Desultory – Through Aching Aeons (2017)

Posted on October 29, 2018

Many bands from the classic era of death metal suffered ignominious and often self-inflicted downswings in fortune. The mood that once prevailed to inspire an entire generation of metalheads changed into something altogether base and material in aspect. Following the … Continue reading →

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Harsh noise

Posted on October 24, 2018

Under the right circumstances, possibly at the right time of day, listening to harsh noise can be a meditative experience; if per chance you are involved in an activity demanding mental concentration, it can even provide the kind of unemotional, … Continue reading →

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More Fool Me

Posted on October 19, 2018

How do you engage with somebody on a point of dissent when they don’t have the required vocabulary, literal or experiential, to do so? There is great wisdom in ceding ground when one doesn’t possess that vocabulary, but there is … Continue reading →

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Krisiun – Scourge of the Enthroned (2018)

Posted on October 19, 2018

Up till Ageless Venomous, Krisiun played a furious, if slightly unmemorable, style of death metal consisting almost entirely of cyclical, tremolo-picked riffs. From Works of Carnage onwards, that came to be replaced with the preponderance of a staccato element in … Continue reading →

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Monstrosity – The Passage Of Existence (2018)

Posted on October 18, 2018

While Monstrosity albums from the 90s are true genre staples, it wouldn’t be unfair to say that the band have come to be so well-regarded by the underground as much for staying out of the spotlight as they have for … Continue reading →

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Profanatica’s artful simplicity

Posted on October 13, 2018

All music ever aims to do is capture one aspect of psychology with sincerity and a degree of verisimilitude. Music doesn’t necessarily have to cover the entire breadth of human emotion; such a task is not only near-impossible, but also … Continue reading →

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Medieval Steel

Posted on August 30, 2018

“Beyond the sands of time, in the realm of the mind, there is a land where life and death are ruled by steel.” Of gigantic mirth and gigantic melancholy, Medieval Steel‘s eponymous song is the finest they ever wrote. It … Continue reading →

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Living in a neurotic world

Posted on August 28, 2018

How does one keep their wits about in a neurotic world? All lives have their troubles, but it seems to me that the notion of suffering in solitude, with grace and dignity, has gone entirely out of fashion. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Condemner – Burning The Decadent (2018)

Posted on August 26, 2018

Condemner – Burning The Decadent Condemner return from a brief hiatus with a debut full length that tries to balance the chromatic progressiveness of Omens Of Perdition with the insistent simplicity and brutality of American bands like Embalmer, Cardiac Arrest, and … Continue reading →

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