Before Atonement Fever took hold, we received this, a re-recording of Immolation‘s first song ever, “Immolation,” in Issue #146 (December 2016, Phil Anselmo cover).  The song was special for the band back when it was first recorded, and its new rendition is significant for its own reasons…  See the included interview for details.

“Without big money bullshit (the quartet’s 100% independent) Striker have struck an ideal balance between nostalgic hooks and blue collar work ethic.”

Primal Rite just keeps cranking music out. “Sensory Link Through Pain” is part of a 7″ that will be released through Revelation Records. 

Lock Up has a new vocalist but haven’t slowed down with “Desolation Architect.” 

I AM filmed the title trick to their debut album, Life Through Torment, in the basement of a pizza shop. 

For the better part of the ’90s, Enslaved‘s debut album, Vikingligr Veldi, was considered (along with Frost, of course) a quintessential piece in any collection worth its weight in plastic and cardboard. Available only on CD (first without a barcode, then with) on Deathlike Silence Productions (then on Voices of Wonder), the pivotal non-black metal full-length transported listeners to fjords, snow-capped mountains, dense Nordic forests, and the worship of mythical gods.

The Synarchy of Molten Bones
Synarchy in the EU
dB rating: 8/10

The man we put in charge of running the Decibel Merch booth at the Superbowl. 

Politics aside, Oblivion looms close, and when the world burns, Hellmouth will say “We told you so.”

Egonaut has a new singer and new tunes.