Nihill

Our anniversary week wouldn’t be complete without another installment of our scathing, raging, masochistic Blackened Everything mixtape, so here’s Vol.  XI.  We’ve put together the most vile sounds of brutality that we are listening to right now, so if you need an outlet for your malcontent, look no further than

SIX: VOLAHN – Aq’Ab’Al Far flung from the grim and frostbitten kingdoms of Scandinavia, California’s sun-kissed landscapes offer an entirely different breath of inspiration, and this in turn forms a part of what makes Volahn’s music so strikingly superlative.  As excruciating as it is to listen to something that sounds

SIX: WOES // WÖLVEFROST You are about to hear a split that will make you want to spit in the face of all authority and gauge out the eyes of corrupt politicians!  WOES, from Bradford, England, have joined forces with Seattle’s WÖLVEFROST for a split that is the most ferocious collection

One of my favorite bands is up for review this time around.  It shouldn’t be too much of a surprise for some of you that Nihill don’t fit into any sub-genre or niche in metal.  They use so many elements: noise, post-punk, black metal, doom, industrial.  Their music is extreme,

The Abyss Stares Back series from Hypertension Records has given me some of my favorite splits of 2014.  Number 4 features ALKERDEEL & NIHILL, and both bands’ songs have ripped a hole in my chest while injecting me with their audio excrement!  I’m not going to write a lot, because