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Angry Metal Guy<p><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/stuck-in-the-filter-march-2025s-angry-misses/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Stuck in the Filter: March 2025’s Angry Misses</a></p><p><i>By Kenstrosity</i></p><p></p><p>Spring is in the air, and with it comes… an <em>insane</em> number of cicadas! Yes, that’s right, <span>Brood XIV spawned this year and is currently overwhelming my staff as they trudge through embuggened ducts to clear out the Filter of semi-precious metal. I bet it’s fucking loud in there…</span></p><p>…. eh I’m sure they are all fine. Just fine. Anyway, enjoy the spoils of our toils!</p> <p><strong><span>Kenstrosity’s Gloopy Grubber<br></span></strong></p><p><strong><strong>Acid Age </strong><strong>// <em>Perilous Compulsion </em></strong>[February 28th, 2025 – Self Released]</strong></p><p>Belfast’s wacky thrash conglomerate <strong>Acid Age</strong> came out of absolutely nowhere back in March, unleashing their fourth LP <em>Perilous Compulsion</em> and equipping it with one helluva van-worthy cover. This is some funky, bluesy, quasi-psychedelic thrash metal that pulls no punches. Riffs abound, bonkers songwriting pervades, immense groove agitates. From the onset, “Bikini Island” establishes <em>Perilous Compulsion</em> as a no-nonsense, balls-out affair which reminds me heavily of <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/voivod-synchro-anarchy-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Voivod</strong></a> and a simplified <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/flummox-southern-progress-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Flummox</strong></a> informed by <strong>Atheist</strong>’s progressive proclivities, and expanded by a touch of <strong>Pink Floyd</strong>’s nebulous jams. Of course, thrash remains <strong>Acid Age</strong>’s hero flavor, as choice cuts “State Your Business,” “Revenge for Sale,” and closing one-two punch “Rotten Tooth” and “Hamster Wheel” clearly demonstrate. While their fearless exploration of style and structure maintains a sky-high level of interest, it also introduces a couple of challenges. Firstly, this material can feel a bit disjointed at first, but focused spins reward the listener greatly as all of <em>Perilous Compulsion</em>’s moving parts start to mesh and move in unison. Secondly, <strong>Acid Age</strong> throws a spotlight on a few brilliant inclusions that, over time, I wish were more often utilized—namely, the delightfully bluesy harmonica solos on “Rotten Tooth.” Regardless, <strong>Acid Age</strong> put themselves on my map with <em>Perilous Compulsion</em>. I recommend you put them on yours, too!</p><p></p> <p><strong><span>Owlswald’s Desiccated Discoveries</span></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https://verbian.bandcamp.com/album/casarder" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Verbian</a> // <em>Casarder</em> [March 21st, 2025 – Lost Future Records]</strong></strong></p><p>It’s unjust that Portuguese rockers <strong>Verbian</strong>—who have been producing quality post-rock since 2019’s <em>Jaez</em>—haven’t received the attention they deserve. Fusing elements of post-rock with metal, psychedelic, and stoner, <em>Casarder</em> is <strong>Verbian</strong>’s third full-length and the first with new drummer Guilherme Gonçalves. Taking the sounds and inspirations of 2020’s <em>Irrupção</em> and enriching it with new permutations and modulations, <em>Casarder</em>’s largely instrumental character rides punchy riffs and roiling grooves—à la <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/russian-circles-blood-year-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Russian Circles</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/elder-omens-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Elder</strong></a>—to transmit its thought-provoking legitimacy. Dystopian and surreal séances, via echoing Korg synthscapes (“Pausa Entre Dias,” “Vozes da Ilha”) and celestial harmonies, permeate <em>Casarder</em>’s forty-three-minute runtime, translating Madalena Pinto’s striking <em>Aeon Flux</em>-esque cover art with precision. Ominous horn sections and crusty recurrent vocals (“Marcha do Vulto,” “Depois de Toda a Mudança”) by guitarist Vasco Reis and bassist Alexandre Silva underscore <strong>Verbian</strong>’s individuality in a crowded post-rock domain. Gonçalves’s drumming—with his intricate and enchanting hard rock and samba rhythms (“Nada Muda,” “Fruta Caída do Mar”)—adds a new dimension to <strong>Verbian</strong>’s sound, assuring my attention never falters. The group describes <em>Casarder</em> as communicating the “…insecurities of artistic expression and personal exposure when it comes to fearing being judged for something that is somewhat outside of what is done in each artist’s niche.” Indeed, <em>Casarder</em> reveals <strong>Verbian</strong> is unafraid to forge their own path, and the results are gripping.</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://symbioticgrowth.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-sleepless-aether-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Symbiotic Growth</a> // <em>Beyond the Sleepless Aether </em>[March 28th, 2025 – Self Released]</strong></p><p><em>Beyond the Sleepless Aether</em>, the sophomore effort by Ontario, Canada’s <strong>Symbiotic Growth</strong>, immediately caught my attention with its dreamy-looking cover. Building upon their 2020 self-titled debut, the Canadian trio hones epic and long-form progressive death metal soundscapes, narrating a quest for meaning across alternate realities in mostly lengthy, yet rewarding, tracks that blend technicality, atmosphere, and melody. The group frequently employs dynamic shifts, moving between raging brutality and serene shoegaze beauty (“Arid Trials and Barren Sands,” “The Sleepless Void”). This is achieved through complex and vengeful passages alongside atmospheric synth lines and softer piano interludes (“Sires of Boundless Sunset,” “Of Painted Skies and Dancing Lights”), cultivating an air of wonder, mystery, and ethereality that permeates much of <strong>Symbiotic Growth</strong>’s material. “The Architect of Annihilation” echoes the style of <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/ne-obliviscaris-exul-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Ne Obliviscaris</strong></a> with its blend of clean harmonies and harsh growls meshed with tremolo-picked arpeggiations and catchy hooks (the guitar solo even features a violin-like quality). “Lost in Fractured Reveries” evokes <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/in-mourning-the-bleeding-veil-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>In Mourning</strong></a> with its parallel synth and guitar lines giving way to devastating grooves that make it impossible not to headbang. Although some fine-tuning remains—the clean vocals could use some more weight and tracks like “Of Painted Skies and Dancing Lights” and “The Architect of Annihilation” overstay their welcome at times—<em>Beyond the Sleepless Aether</em> shows <strong>Symbiotic Growth</strong>’s burgeoning talent and signals the group is one to watch in progressive death metal.</p><p></p> <p><strong><span><strong>Dear Hollow’s Drudgery Sludgery Hoist<br></strong></span></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://spiritbox.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Spiritbox</a> // <a href="https://spiritboxofficial.bandcamp.com/album/tsunami-sea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Tsunami Sea</em></a><i> </i>[March 7th, 2025 – <a href="https://palechord.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pale Chord Records</a> | <a href="https://riserecords.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rise Records</a>]</strong></p><p><strong></strong>From humble beginnings in a more artsy-fartsy djent post-<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/iwrestledabearonce-hail-mary-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Iwrestledabearonce</strong></a> world to becoming the darlings of Octane Radio, <strong>Spiritbox </strong>has seen quite the ascent. While it’s easy to look at their work and scoff at its radio-friendliness, sophomore full-length <em>Tsunami Sea </em>shows Courtney LaPlante and company sticking to their guns. Simultaneously more obscure and more radio-friendly in its selection of tracks, expect its signature blend of colossal riffs and ethereal melodies guided by LaPlante’s siren-then-sea serpent dichotomy of furious roars and haunting cleans. Yes, <strong>Spiritbox </strong>helms its attack with the radio singles (“Perfect Soul,”<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/stuck-in-the-filter-march-2025s-angry-misses/#fn-216699-1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1</a> “Crystal Roses”) in layered soaring choruses and touches of hip-hop undergirded by fierce grooves, but the meat of <em>Tsunami Sea </em>finds the flexibility and patience in the skull-crushing brutality (“Soft Spine,” “No Loss, No Love”) and its more exploratory songwriting that amps layers of the ethereal and the hellish with catchy riffs and vocals alike (“Fata Morgana,” “A Haven of Two Faces”). It’s far from perfect, and its tendency towards radio will be divisive, but it shows <strong>Spiritbox </strong>firing on all cylinders.</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/unfleshing/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Unfleshing</a> // <a href="https://unfleshing.bandcamp.com/album/violent-reason" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Violent Reason </em></a>[March 28th, 2025 – Self Released]</strong></p><p>I am always tickled pink by blackened crust. It takes the crusty violence and propensity for filth and adds black metal’s signature sinister nature. <strong>Unfleshing </strong>is a young, unsigned blackened crust band from St. Louis, and with debut <em>Violent Reason, </em>you can expect a traditional punk-infused beatdown with a battered guitar tone and sinister vocals. However, more than many, the quartet offers a beatdown that feels as atmospheric as it is pummeling. Don’t get me wrong, you get your skull caved in like the poor guy on the cover with minute-long crust beatdowns (“Body Bag,” “From the Gutter”) and full-length smackdowns (“Knife in the Dark,” “Final Breath”), both styles complete with scathing grooves, squalid feedback, climactic solos and punishing blastbeats, atop a blackened roar dripping with hate. But amid the full-throttle assault, <strong>Unfleshing </strong>utilizes ominous black metal chord progressions and unsettling plucking to add a more dynamic feature to <em>Violent Reason</em> (“Cathedral Rust,” “One With the Mud”). The album never overstays, and while traditional, it’s a hell of a start for <strong>Unfleshing</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ghostsmokerband/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ghostsmoker</a> // <a href="https://ghostsmokerau.bandcamp.com/album/inertia-cult-2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Inertia Cult</em></a><i> </i>[March 21st, 2025 – <a href="https://www.artascatharsis.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Art as Catharsis Records</a>]</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Ghostsmoker </strong>seems like the perfect stoner metal band name, but aside from the swampy guitar tone, there’s something much sinister lurking. Proffering a caustic blackened doom/sludge not unlike <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/thou-umbilical-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Thou</strong></a>, <strong>Wormphlegm</strong>, and <b>Sea Bastard</b>, the Melbourne group quartet devotes a crisp forty-two minutes to sprawling doom weighted by a crushing guitar tone that rivals <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/morast-fentanyl-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Morast</strong></a>‘s latest, and shrieked vocals straight from the latest church burning. Beyond what’s expected from this particular breed of devastation, <strong>Ghostsmoker </strong>infuses an evocative patience reminiscent of post-metal’s more sludgy offerings like <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/neurosis-fires-within-fires-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Neurosis</strong></a> or <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/pelican-nighttime-stories-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Pelican</strong></a>, lending a certain atmosphere and mood of dread and wilderness depicted on its cover. From the outright chugging attacks of churning aggression (“Elogium,” “Haven”) to the more experimental and thoughtful pieces (“Bodies to Shore,” instrumental closer “The Death of Solitude”), <em>Inertia Cult </em>largely feels like a journey through uncharted forests, with voices whispering from the trees. <strong>Ghostsmoker </strong>is something special.</p><p></p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span>GardensTale’s Paralyzed Spine</span></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spiineofficial/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Spiine</a> // <em><a href="https://spiine.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tetraptych</a></em></strong> [March 27th, 2025 – Self Released]</strong></p><p>Is it still a supergroup release when half the lineup are session musicians? <strong>Spiine</strong> is made up of Sesca Scaarba (<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/virgin-black-requiem-pianissimo-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Virgin Black</strong></a>) and Xen (ex-<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/ne-obliviscaris-exul-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Ne Obliviscaris</strong></a>), but on debut <em>Tetraptych</em> they are joined by guests Waltteri Väyrynen (<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/opeth-the-last-will-and-testament-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Opeth</strong></a>) and Lena Abé (<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/my-dying-bride-a-mortal-binding-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>My Dying Bride</strong></a>). Usually, so much talent put into the same room does not yield great results. <em>Tetraptych </em>is one hell of an exception. A monstrous slab of crawling heaviness, <strong>Spiine</strong> lurches with abject despair through the mires of deathly funeral doom. Though I usually eschew this genre, my attention remains rapt through a variety of variations. The songwriting keeps the 4 tracks progressing, slow and steady builds, and the promise of momentary tempo changes working a two-pronged structural plan to buoy the majestic yet miserable riffs. “Oubliiette” is the best example here, going from galloping death-doom to Georgian choirs to a fantastic bridge where all the instrumentation hits only on the roared syllables. Xen’s unholy bellows flatten any objections I may have had, managing both thunder and deepest woe in the same notes. The subtle orchestration and occasional choir arrangements finish the package with regal grandeur, and the lush and warm production is the cherry on top. If you feel like drowning your sorrows with an hour of colossal doom, this is the album for you.</p><p></p> <p><strong><span><strong>Saunders’ Stenched Staples</strong></span></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/adelegions" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ade</a> // <em>Supplicium </em></strong>[March 14th, 2025 – <a href="https://timetokillrecords.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Time to Kill Records</a>]</strong></p><p>Sometimes unjustly pigeonholed as the Roman-inspired version of <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/nile-the-underworld-awaits-us-all-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Nile</strong></a>, the hugely underrated <strong>Ade</strong> have punched out a solid career of quality death metal releases since emerging roughly fifteen years ago, charting their own path. Albums like 2013’s ripping <em>Spartacus</em> and 2019’s solid <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/ade-rise-of-the-empire-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Rise of the Empire</em></a> represent a tidy snapshot of the band’s career. Fifth album <em>Supplicium</em>, their first LP in six years, marks a low-key, welcome return. Exotic instrumentation and attention to history and storytelling are alive and well in the <strong>Ade</strong> camp, as is their penchant for punishing, unrelenting death, featuring a deftly curated mix of bombast, brutality, technical spark, and epic atmospheres. Edoardo Di Santo (<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/hideous-divinity-unextinct-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Hideous Divinity</strong></a>) joins a largely refreshed line-up, including a new bassist and second guitarist since their last album. Line-up changes aside, familiar <strong>Ade</strong> tools of harrowing ancient Roman tales and modern death destruction remain as consistently solid as always. Top-notch riffs, intricate arrangements, fluid tempo shifts, and explosive drumming highlight songs that frequently flex their flair for drama-fueled atmospheres, hellfire blasts, and burly grooves. The immense, multi-faceted “Burnt Before Gods,” exotic melodies and raw savagery of “Ad Beastias!,” spitfire intensity of “Vinum,” and epically charged throes of “From Fault to Disfigurement” highlight more solid returns from <strong>Ade</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mastersofreality/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Masters of Reality</a> // <em>The Archer </em></strong>[March 28th, 2025 – <a href="https://www.mascotlabelgroup.com/?srsltid=AfmBOor1Z3MS8cJ2oI199MdBMgESCzFb1oMoZWGDYXElqcs3lMW-YBmF" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Artone Label Group/Mascot Records</a>]</strong></p><p>Underappreciated desert rock pioneers and quirky stalwarts <strong>Masters of Reality</strong> returned from recording oblivion some fifteen-plus years since they last unleashed an LP. Led by the legendary Chris Goss and his collaborative counterparts across a career that first kicked off in the late ’80s, <strong>Masters of Reality</strong> return sounding inspired, wisened, and a little more chilled. Re-tinkering their familiar but ever-shifting sound, <strong>Masters of Reality</strong> incorporate woozy, bluesy laidback vibes featuring their oddball songwriting traits through a sedate, intriguing collection of new songs. <em>The Archer</em> showcases <strong>Masters of Reality</strong>’s longevity as seasoned, skilled songwriters, regardless of the shifting rock modes they explore. While perhaps lacking some of the energetic spark and earworm hooks of albums like <em>Sunrise on the Sufferbus</em> and <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/into-the-obscure-masters-of-reality-deep-in-the-hole/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Deep in the Hole</em></a>, <em>The Archer</em> still marks a fine return outing. Goss’ signature voice is in fine form, and the bluesy, psych-drenched guitars, cushy basslines, ’60s and ’70s influences, and spacey vibes create a comforting haze. The delightfully dreamy, trippy “Chicken Little,” laidback hooks and old school charms of “I Had a Dream,” lively, quirky grooves of “Mr Tap n’ Go,” and moody, melancholic balladry of “Powder Man” highlight another diverse, strange brew from the veteran act.</p><p></p> <p><strong><span><strong>Tyme’s Unheard Annunciations</strong></span></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/doomsday.ca/?hl=en" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Doomsday</strong></a> // <em>Never Known Peace </em>[March 28th, 2025 – Creator-Destructor Records]</strong></p><p><span>March’s filter means spring is here, mostly, which is when I start searching for bands to populate my annual edition of Tyme’s Mowing Metal. There’s nothing I enjoy more than cracking a cold beer, sliding my headphones over my ears, and hopping on the mower to complete one of summer’s—at least for me—most enjoyable chores. A band that will feature prominently this summer is Oakland, California’s crossover thrash quintet </span><strong><span>Doomsday</span></strong><span>,</span> <span>and their Creator-Destructor Records debut album, </span><em><span>Never Known Peace</span></em><span>. </span><strong><span>Doomsday</span></strong><span> lays down a ton of mindless fun in the vein of other crossover greats like </span><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/enforced-war-remains-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong><span>Enforced</span></strong></a><span> and </span><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/power-trip-nightmare-logic-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong><span>Power Trip</span></strong></a><span>. There are riffs aplenty on this deliciously executed hardcore-tinged thrashtastic platter full of snarly, spiteful, Jamey Jasta-esque vocals, trademark gang shouts, and, oh, did I mention the riffs? Yeah, cuz there’s a butt-ton of ’em. Leads and solos are melodic (“Death is Here,” “Eternal Tombs”). Within its beefily warm mix, the chug-a-lug breakdowns run rampant across </span><em><span>Never Known Peace</span></em><span>‘s thirty-one minutes (seriously, there’s one in every track), leaving nary a tune that won’t have you at least bobbing your head and, at most, causing your neck a very nasty case of whipthrash. I’m going to be listening to </span><em><span>Never Known Peace</span></em><span> ALOT this summer, on and </span><em><span>off</span></em><span> my mower, and while I don’t care that the lawn lines in my yard will be a little wavier this year than others, I’ll chalk it up to the beer and the head banging </span><strong><span>Doomsday</span></strong><span>‘s </span><em><span>Never Known Peace </span></em><span>instills</span><em><span>. </span></em></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rancidcadaver" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rancid Cadaver</a> // <em>Mortality Denied</em> [March 21st, 2025 – Self Released]</strong></p><p><span>Another filter, another fetid fragment of foulness; this month, it’s up-and-coming deathstarts </span><strong><span>Rancid Cadaver </span></strong><span>and their independently released debut album </span><em><span>Mortality Denied</span></em><span>. Adam Burke’s excellent cover art caught my eye during a quick dip into the Bandcamp pool and had me pushing play. A thick slab of murderous meat ripe with fatty veins of </span><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/coffin-mulch-spectral-intercession-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong><span>Coffin Mulch</span></strong></a><span> and </span><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/morbific-bloom-of-the-abnormal-flesh-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong><span>Morbific</span></strong></a> <span>running through it, </span><em><span>Mortality Denied</span></em><span> overflows with tons of bestial vocals, crushing drums, barbaric bass, and squealing solos, all ensorcelled within the majesty of </span><strong><span>Rancid Cadaver</span></strong><span>‘s miasmic riff-gurgitations (“Slurping the Cerebral Slime,” “Mass of Gore,” and “Drained of Brains”). Fists will pump, and faces will stank during the </span><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/fulci-duck-face-killings-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong><span>Fulci</span></strong></a><span>-friendly “Zombified,” a pulverizing slow-death chug fest with an intro that landed me right back on the shores of Dr. Menard’s island of the undead.<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/stuck-in-the-filter-march-2025s-angry-misses/#fn-216699-2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2</a> This quartet of Glaswegians has plopped down a death metal debut that ages like wine, getting better and better with consecutive spins. Surprisingly, </span><strong><span>Rancid Cadaver</span></strong><span> is unsigned, but I’m confident that status should change before we see a sophomore effort, and you can bet I’ll be there when that happens. </span></p><p></p> <p><strong><span>Dolphin Whisperer’s Unsophisticated Slappers</span></strong></p><p><strong><b>Crossed // <em><a href="https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/realismo-ausente" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Realismo Ausente </a></em></b><strong>[March 21st, 2025 – <a href="https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Zegema Beach Records</a>]</strong></strong></p><p>Timing means everything in groove. I know that some people say that they have a hard time finding that kind of bob and sway in extreme music. But with an act like Spain’s <strong>Crossed</strong>, whose every carved word and every skronked guitar noise follows an insatiable punky stride, groove lies in every moment of third full-length <em>Realismo Ausente</em>. Whether it’s on the classic beat of D (“Vaciar Un Corazón,” “Cuerpo Distorsionado”), the twanging drone of a screaming bend (“Monotonía de la lluvia en la Ventana”), or the <strong>Celtic Frost</strong>-ed hammer of a chord crush (“Catedral”), a calculated, urgent, and intoxicating cadence colors the grayscale attitude throughout. But just because <strong>Crossed</strong> can find a groove in any twisted mathy rhythm—early <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/converge-the-dusk-in-us-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Converge</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/dillinger-escape-plan-dissociation-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Dillinger Escape Plan</strong></a> come to mind on quick cuts like “Cerrojo” and “Sentirse Solo”—doesn’t mean that their panic chord-loaded crescendos and close-outs can’t rip your head clean off in banging ecstasy. Easy listening and blackened hardcore can’t go hand-in-hand, but <strong>Crossed</strong> does their very best to make unintelligible, scathing screeches and ceiling-scraping feedback hissing palatable against crunchy punk builds and throbbing, warm bass grumbles. Likewise, <em>Realismo Ausente</em> stabs into a dejected body tales of loathing, fear, self-rejection, and defeated existence—nothing smiles in its urgent and apathetic crevices. But despite the lack of light at the end of the tunnel of <strong>Crossed</strong>’s horror-touched vision of impassioned hardcore, an analog warmth and human spirit trapped inside a writhing and pleading throat reveal a presence that’s still fighting. It’s the fight that counts. If you didn’t join the fight <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/stuck-in-the-filter-aprils-angry-misses/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">last time</a>, now’s as good a time as any.</p><p></p><p><strong><b>Nothing // <a href="https://nothingmetal.bandcamp.com/album/the-self-repair-manifesto" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>The Self Repair Manifesto</em></a></b><strong> [March 26th, 2025 – Self Released]</strong></strong></p><p>If you noticed a tree zombie heading steaming through its trepanned opening, then you too found the same initial draw I had to <em>The Self Repair Manifesto</em>. Nothing complex often can draw us to the things we desire, yet in <strong>Nothing</strong>’s particular attack of relentless, groove-based death metal, many nooks of additional interest exist. <em>The Self Repair Manifesto</em>’s tribal rhythm-stirred “Initiation,” in its bouncy play, does little to set up the double-kick pummel and snarling refrains that lurk in this brutal, Australian soundscape. The simple chiming cymbal-fluttering bass call-and-response of “Subterfuge,” the throat singing summoning of “The Shroud,” the immediate onslaught of “Abrogation”—all in under 30 minutes, an infectious and progressive experience unfolds. And never fear, living by the motto “<em>no clean singing</em>,”<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/stuck-in-the-filter-march-2025s-angry-misses/#fn-216699-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">3</a> <strong>Nothing</strong> has no intention of traveling the wandering and crooning path of an <strong>Opeth</strong> or <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/in-vain-solemn-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>In Vain</strong></a>. Rather, <strong>Nothing</strong> finds a hypnotic rhythmic presence both in fanciful kit play that stirs a foot shuffle and high-tempo stick abuse that urges bodies on bodies in the pit (“Subterfuge,” “The Shroud”), much in the same way you might hear in early <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/decapitated-anticult-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Decapitated</strong></a> or <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/hate-eternal-upon-desolate-sands-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Hate Eternal</strong></a> works. With flair of their own, though, and a mic near the mouth vessel of each member (yes, even the drummer!) to maintain a layered harsh intensity, <strong>Nothing</strong> serves a potent blend of death metal that is as jam-able as it is gym-able. Whether you seek gains or progressive enrichment, <strong>Nothing</strong> is the answer.</p><p></p> <p><strong><span><strong>Steel Druhm’s Massive Aggressive</strong></span></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/impurityofficial/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Impurity</strong></a> // <em><a href="https://hammerheart.bandcamp.com/album/the-eternal-sleep" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>The Eternal Slee</strong>p</a></em> [ March 7th, 2025 – <a href="https://www.hammerheart.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hammerheart Records</a>]</strong></p><p><strong>Impurity</strong>’s lust for all things <em>Left Hand Path</em> is not the least bit <em>Clandestine</em>, and on their <span>full-length debut,<em> The Eternal Sleep,</em> they attempt to craft their own ode to the rabid HM-2 worship of the early 90s Swedeath</span> sound. No new elements are shoehorned in aside from vaguely blackened ones, and there’s not the slightest effort to push the boundaries of the admittedly limited Swedeath sound. <em>The Eternal Sleep</em> sounds like the album that could have come between <strong>Entombed</strong>’s timeless debut and the <em>Clandestine</em> follow-up, and that’s not a bad place to be. It’s heavy, brutish, buzzing death metal with an OSDM edge, and it hits like a runaway 18-wheeler full of concrete and titanium rebar. One only needs to weather the shitstorm of opener “Denial of Clarity” to realize this is the deep water of the niche genre. It’s extremely heavy, face-melting death with more fuzz and buzz than your brain can process. Other cuts feel like a direct lift from <em>Left Hand Path</em> and/or <em>Clandestine</em> (“Tribute to Creation,”) and fetid <strong>Dismember</strong> tidbits creep in during “Pilgrimage to Utumno,” and these feel like olde friends showing up unexpectedly at the hometown watering hole. Swedeath is all about those ragged, jagged riffs, and they’re delivered in abundance over <em>The Eternal Sleep</em>, and despite the intrinsic lack of originality, <strong>Impurity</strong> pump enough steroids and Cialis into the genre archetypes to make the material endearing and engaging. Yes, you’ve heard this shit before. 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sariash<p>One song, nearly 32 minutes... The Spectrum of Human Emotion by Anarchÿ for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://metalhead.club/@DXMacGuffin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DXMacGuffin</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ProgTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProgTuesday</span></a> 🎶 🤘🏼 </p><p>The song on bandcamp is here:<br><a href="https://anarchythrash.bandcamp.com/track/the-spectrum-of-human-emotion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anarchythrash.bandcamp.com/tra</span><span class="invisible">ck/the-spectrum-of-human-emotion</span></a></p><p>More sites to stream it on song.link here:<br><a href="https://song.link/i/1649714550" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/i/1649714550</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ProgressiveThrashMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProgressiveThrashMetal</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Anarch%C3%BF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchÿ</span></a></p>
Angry Metal Guy<p><strong><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/inner-strength-daydreaming-in-moonlight-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Inner Strength – Daydreaming in Moonlight Review</a></strong></p><p><i>By Dolphin Whisperer</i></p><p>The face of progressive metal has warped and splintered and mutated since its origins in divergence from heavy metal. From the theatrical and rifftastical charm of <strong>Savatage</strong> to the pomp and groove of <strong>Psychotic Waltz</strong> to the emotional and shifting tug of <strong>Fates Warning</strong>, progressive music holds roots in complex narrative structures that range in tone from whimsical fantasy to deeply and painfully human. In the American arena, technicality flourished through <strong>Watchtower</strong>—and eventually <strong>Dream Theater</strong>—virtuosic elements, and intrinsic thrash pedigrees to give rise to a 90s and 00s movement that birthed bands like <strong>Zero Hour</strong>, <strong>Control Denied</strong>, and <strong>Nevermore</strong>, each ranging between these extremities of noodle-noting and tear-jerking. But before them all, <strong>Inner Strength</strong> stood at the cusp of these advents with their lone 1993 full-length <em>Shallow Reflections</em> making an underground splash,<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/inner-strength-daydreaming-in-moonlight-review/#fn-201043-1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1</a> which contained all the aforementioned elements laced together with an of-the-time funk metal groove. And now, another thirty years later, that smorgasbord of influences has crested into this newest <em>Daydreaming in Moonlight</em>.</p><p>From Scott Oliva’s (<strong>The Nightmare Stage</strong>, ex-<strong>Wind Wraith</strong>) vocal rasp and strained harmonies to guitarist Joe Marselle’s slightly down-tuned and dry twang, every bit of <em>Daydreaming</em> sounds unearthed from a 1995 time capsule. With a focus on open-stringed chiming, melodic chord-driven passages (“Daydreaming in Moonlight,” “Dearly Departed”) find a hypnotic legato that recalls aggressive later-era <strong>Rush</strong> or <strong>King’s X</strong> works. Whereas bluesy, pull-off riff tension that explodes into snappy and slinky solo work pushes the <strong>Rainbow</strong>-on-thrash energy that you can hear in the still developing muscular sound of <em>The Damnation Game</em>-era <strong>Symphony X</strong>. And when it’s not Marselle’s winding fretwork leading the charge, drummer Joe Kirsch in his Zonderful (ex-<strong>Fates Warning</strong>, <strong>Warlord</strong>)<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/inner-strength-daydreaming-in-moonlight-review/#fn-201043-2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2</a> and classy, hi-hat accented approach provides all the rhythmic shuffle necessary to power the progtrain. Forward motion defines <strong>Inner Strength</strong>’s approach.</p><p>But where <em>Daydreaming</em> really finds its secret, aged sauce is in the application of varied sonic hooks in each song. Early album cut “Face Another Hero,” and the later “Truth and Lies,” <strong>Inner Strength</strong> finds a switch-up to its groove in <strong>Voivod</strong>ian chord stabs that set up a need to resolve with later soaring, melodic capriciousness. And late album romp “War Song” in contrast to its muscle-forward name marches in a constant stumble guided by a sliding nasal bass line that finds a steady thump only during the closing solo and reprise. In <em>Daydreaming</em>’s most modern move, <strong>Inner Strength</strong> ties up the curtains with the mammoth “The Strength Within – Part II” which pulses a few tones lower—never djent, rather <em>Train of Thought</em>-era <strong>Dream Theater</strong>—to tie off a journey started so long ago, an aggressive and hammer-headed in contrast to its <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCLzoi-dNyc&amp;t=1496s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">origins</a>.</p><p></p><p>To the ears of a prog-head reared in a post-<strong>Meshuggah</strong> world, though, <em>Daydreaming</em>’s exact studio playbook may not land as quickly as bass-loaded contemporary production does. Choosing to highlight instead the play and intricacy of a ghost note bolstered rhythm section, and a rise and fall guitar aesthetic, its intricacy resides mostly in higher frequencies. Mid-album anchor (and song o’ the year contender) “Dearly Departed” showcases <strong>Inner Strength</strong>’s mission best with its smoky, extended guitar intro that crashes against Olivia’s time-worn snarl and full riff contraction, only to find a histrionic charm again as choruses expand with chiming guitar resolutions and reaching vocal harmonies. Steeped in technicality without ever being overbearingly so (have fun counting “Compelled” or following the snare and cymbal dance in the closer), this choice to remain in <em>Daydreaming</em>’s chosen sound pocket keeps the listening experience focused while exposing its many layers.</p><p>Being the product of thirty years of planning, living, loving, listening, and losing, <em>Daydreaming in Moonlight</em> could be a product of these name-drops here or none of them at all—a missing link in the prog annals that never was. <strong>Inner Strength</strong> in 2024 is just as much a reimagining of their own sound as they are a refinement and iteration of learned and borrowed tricks.<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/inner-strength-daydreaming-in-moonlight-review/#fn-201043-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">3</a> With careful devotion to mastering their works for studio bolstering—multi-tracked guitar and vocal pieces that sum to an astounding whole—<em>Daydreaming in Moonlight</em> soars as the opus the band always knew they could create. Any lover of idiosyncratic and fully realized progressive missions, should take notice, as <strong>Inner Strength</strong> does not have wash away again in the footnotes of emergent sounds.</p><p></p> <p><strong>Rating</strong>: 4.0/5.0<em><br></em><strong>DR</strong>: N/A | <strong>Format Reviewed</strong>: Stream<br><strong>Label</strong>: <a href="https://divebombrecords.bigcartel.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Divebomb Records</a> | <a href="https://tribunalrecords.bandcamp.com/music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tribunal Records</a><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/inner-strength-daydreaming-in-moonlight-review/#fn-201043-4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">4</a><br><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/InnerStrengthNY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">facebook.com/innerstrengthny</a><br><strong>Releases Worldwide</strong>: July 19th, 2024</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" 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