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NO MALLCORE, NO METAL CORE, NO CORE, NO HIPSTERS.FREEDOM FOR UKRAINE
The New York football GIANTS beat the DALLAS COWBOYS 28-20.
The New York Giants secondary needs a little help as they accrued pass interference penalties.
the New York Giants defense, while not dominating , did what they didn't do last year is stop the run.
I think the New Giants held the DALLAS COWBOYS to only 60 yards rushing.
The New York Giants quarterback JAXON DART had a good game.
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. based gothic-death doom metal warriors
MOTHER OF GRAVES have posted "THE SILENT WEIGHT OF THE STARS" , a track from the bands anticipated new release "THE LIGHT THAT KEEPS US", due to be unleashed 10/16/2026 via PROFOUND LORE RECORDS.
MOTHER OF GRAVES, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new
release "WHERE THE SHADOWS ADORN", unleashed 10/14/2022 via WISE BLOOD
RECORDS. .
MOTHER OF GRAVES unleashed "IN SOMBER DREAMS" (EP), 1/8/2021 via WISE BLOOD
RECORDS.
FROM MOTHER OF GRAVES:
Today we announce our upcoming album, The Light That Keeps Us, to be released 10/16/2026 via Profound Lore Records.
Preorders are live - check the link below. We hope you like the new
single, Through the Pale Shade, which is streaming wherever you stream
your music
FROM PROFOUND LORE RECORDS:
Indianapolis death-doom titans MOTHER OF GRAVES return with their new full-length The Light That Keeps Us set for release on Oct 16th. Pre-orders now live (link in bio) and new track ‘Through the Pale Shade’ is streaming everywhere.
Seamlessly forging the aggression and power of death metal with the melancholic and romantic edge of melodic doom, The Light That Keeps Us is crushing, hauntingly human, and a true showcase of the band's authenticity in their expression and care for the genre. Each track serving as a hand to guide the listener through the introspective journey of mortality, sorrow, love and resilience.
Produced and mixed by guitarist Ben Sandman, The Light That Keeps Us also features cover art by Larisa Brechun which perfectly captures the weight and depth of the music providing evocative imagery to accompany the band’s bleak yet uplifting nature. Along with Dan Swanö providing his mastering expertise for the new LP, Dan has also provided guest vocals for the opening track ‘Wingless Soul’, a full circle moment in the band’s existence.
1. Wingless Soul (feat. Dan Swanö)
2. Through the Pale Shade
3. The Light That Keeps Us
4. Eventide Angel
5. The Silent Weight of the Stars
6. A Moonlit Tryst
7. The Beggar’s Allegory
8. The Endless Climb
VIDEO BELOW: MOTHER OF GRAVES: "THE SILENT WEIGHT OF THE STARS" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF PROFOUND LORE RECORDS):
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NEWS) and HUMANITY IS DOOMED (DEATH DOOM, FUNERAL DOOM NEWS) will makes
its comeback in 2026. . Also, ITP REVIEWS will resume in 2027..
Here's a re-cap of this past weeks ITP/V.026 metal news entries, Support these artists:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada based death, grind, metal warriors
EGREGORE have posted "SIX DOORS GUARD THE ORIGINAL KNOWLEDGES", a track from the bands anticipated new release "IT ECHOES IN THE WILD", unleashed 3/20/2026 via 20 BUCK SPIN.
EGREGORE have posted the bands anticipated new release "IT ECHOES IN THE WILD", unleashed 3/20/2026 via 20 BUCK SPIN.
EGREGORE have posted "EXFILTRATING THE TRIANGLE" , a track from
the bands anticipated debut release "THE WORD OF HIS LAW", unleashed 4/15/2022 via 20 BUCK SPIN.
FROM
EGREGORE
"Here
we find ourselves, among the Canadian miscreants Egregore whereupon
they return from whence the wind howls like a damned choir and the Earth
knows no master, to chart a broader sonic wilderness via ‘It Echoes In
The Wild’. And much as sea-rogues and freebooters sought fortune upon
blackened waters, so too does Egregore venture musically into diabolic
and ungoverned lands.
Presenting
something more expansive, elemental and untamed on ‘It Echoes In The
Wild’, the early occult Black Death Metal lunacy embraces atmospheric
breadth equally alongside primitive force to delve deep into not only
geographic wilds, but the psychological, esoteric and spiritual
hinterlands at the edges of complete madness. Dark invocations and
secret tongues draw forth echoes from forest and fen, cave and cliff,
tempting the temporally tethered to receive the curse, all the while
driven by a primal, unknowable sardonic menace.
Though
the voyage be perilous, to succumb to ‘It Echoes In The Wild’ is to
become ensconced in a lawless dominion of the soul in service of a
higher call. Mirroring nature’s unbridled forces and the hidden echoes
that dwell within, Egregore’s second album takes the band’s mystical
insanity and magickal perversion to the edge of the abyss and plunges
forward."
German black metal warriors SERVANT have posted "DE PROFUNDIS (FEATURING LETHIAN OF NORNIR)", a track from the bands anticipated new
release "LUX EX INFERIS", due to be unleashed 10/2/2026 via AOP
RECORDS.
SERVANT have posted a video for "TABULA
RASA (FEATURING PJ OF GROZA)", a track from the bands anticipated new
release "LUX EX INFERIS", due to be unleashed 10/2/2026 via AOP
RECORDS.
SERVANT, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "DEATH, DEVIL MAGICK",
unleashed 9/20/2024 via AOP RECORDS.
SERVANT unleashed "AETAS ASCENSUS", 7/7/2023 via MDD RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: SERVANT: NEW TRACK "DE PROFUNDIS (FEATURING LETHIAN OF NORNIR)" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF SERVANT):
Mexico based black metal warriors MUERTO have posted a video for "VEIL OF DESOLATION", a track from the bands anticipated debut release "ECLIPSED
REALMS", unleashed 4/17/2026 via
TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY RECORDS.
MUERTO have posted the bands anticipated debut release "ECLIPSED
REALMS", unleashed 4/17/2026 via
TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY RECORDS...
VIDEO BELOW:MUERTO: "VEIL OF DESOLATION" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY RECORDS):
Spanish death metal legends AVULSED
have posted the
bands anticipated covers album "NORDIC EMBRYOGENESIS", unleashed 9/11/2026 via XTREEM MUSIC.
AVULSED
have announced FALL 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES with FLESHCRAWL... ..
AVULSED
have posted a video for the title track from the bands anticipated new
release "PHOENIX CRYPTOBIOSIS", unleashed 3/4/2025 via XTREEM MUSIC. AVULSED have posted the bands anticipated new release "PHOENIX CRYPTOBIOSIS",unleashed 3/4/2025 via XTREEM MUSIC.
AVULSED have announced three members have left the band. AVULSED have posted "INTERGALACTIC GORE WARS", a stand alone single, unleashed 5/4/2023 via XTREEM MUSIC.
AVULSED unleashed (SPLIT) 7"EP with MERCYLESS, unleashed 5/7/2017 via XENOKORP.
AVULSED unleashed (live offering) "NIGHT
OF THE LIVING DEATHGENERATIONS" (2 CD and DVD), due to be unleashed
4/17/2017 via XTREEM MUSIC.
AVULSED unleashed "DEATHGENERATION" (DOUBLE CD), a re-recorded
compilation of 18 of the best tracks from all their releases
(including DEMOS), unleashed 11/1/2016 via XTREEM MUSIC.
VIDEO BELOW: AVULSED "NORDIC EMBRYOGENESIS" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF XTREEM MUSIC):
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ITP RATING SYSTEM FOR EXTREME METAL CD REVIEWS:
A feature entitled ITP BLAST BACK REVIEWS: A RE RATE of reviews (that year) to see if I over or under rated certain releases. Just the rating, and there's no guarantee that all ratings will change. All ITP REVIEWS are on a BELL CURVE in comparison to previous (band/artist) releases and whatever else is released that year in said genre.
ITP EXTREME METAL RELEASE REVIEW RATING SYSTEM:
***** (5 stars)=Awesome, a classic, timeless, unholy
**** 1/2 (4 and half stars)=amazing, perhaps this bands best
**** (4 stars)=very good, well worth the purchase
*** 1/2 (3 1/2 stars)=Good, standard fare, for fans and not new converts
*** (3 stars)=Good, but flawed, no progression here
** 1/2 (2 1/2 stars)=Bordering on mediocrity, band is overrated
** (two stars)=somewhere between mediocre and SUKETH
* 1/2 (1 1/2 stars)= SUKETH (this release SUCKS)
* (one star)=Awful, this CD can only be used as a beer coaster or a Frisbee.
? (No stars)=this band and release blow goats.
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7/7/2024--MY DYING BRIDE: "A MORTAL BINDING"
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NOTES FROM THE EXTREME METAL UNDERGROUND (DEATH,GRIND, THRASH METAL NEWS), HUMANITY IS DOOMED (FUNERAL DOOM, DEATH/DOOM, SLUDGE, BLACKENED DOOM, AVANT), BLACK METAL NEWS (DEPRESSIVE, WAR, BLACKENED THRASH, AMBIENT)
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