Immortal Bird – Live at Migration (2018), Thrive on Neglect (2019)

These Chicagoan blackened-death-grinders are setting out for a trip across the northeastern USA throughout the rest of this week — see more details below, as well as a brief overview of the band’s latest releases over the past couple of years!

 

Immortal Bird – Live at Migration (self-released, 21 August 2018)

 

Immortal Bird – Thrive on Neglect (20 Buck Spin, 05 July 2019)

 

Continue reading →

Natalie Zina Walschots – Hench: A Novel (2020/21)

Hello out there! Time once again for a quick excursion outside the music world and into the realm of the written word.

That’s right, we’re doing another book report…

 

 

Natalie Zina Walschots – Hench: A Novel (William Morrow / Harper Collins; hardcover and digital 22 September 2020; paperback 09 November 2021)

 

Continue reading →

Desalmado – Mass Mental Devolution (2021)

The weekend is practically upon us! Here’s some politically-charged Brazilian death-grind for you!

 

Desalmado – Mass Mental Devolution (Gruesome Records, 08 October 2021)

 

Continue reading →

LLNN – Unmaker (2021)

It’s been about three and a half years since the last time we checked in on these Danes, shall we see what they’ve been up to lately?

 

LLNN – Unmaker (Pelagic Records, 24 September 2021)

 

Continue reading →

Wolven Daughter / Molten Dagger – Split; Vinterdracul – Necrotethical Prelude (2021)

Good afternoon and Happy Monday, readers. Just one quick question: do you — in the words of Ol’ Dirty Bastard on his groundbreaking 1995 album Return to the 36 Chambers — “like it raw“?

If so, I’ve got two brand-new releases that just may be right up your alley, both of which came out on Bandcamp just a few days ago, and both of which represent black metal of the RAW variety…

 

Wolven Daughter / Molten Dagger – Split (self-released, 05 November 2021)

 

Vinterdracul – Necrotethical Prelude (self-released, 05 November 2021)

 

Continue reading →

Mors Verum – The Living (2021)

Hey gang — it’s Bandcamp Friday! Let’s talk about death metal! Again!

Mors Verum – The Living (Total Dissonance Worship, 05 November 2021)

 

 

Continue reading →

Creeping Death – The Edge of Existence (2021)

Death metal week (unofficial) continues here at Valley of Steel HQ with this EP that dropped last month from a band out of DFW, Texas, that’s been garnering some attention lately…

 

Creeping Death – The Edge of Existence (MNRK Heavy, 08 October 2021)

 

Continue reading →

Barbarian Prophecies – Origin (2018-19), Horizon (2021)

Hey folks, today let’s talk about death metal.

 

Barbarian Prophecies – Origin (digital: 19 April 2018; vinyl: Base Record Production / Hecatombe Records / Iron Matron Records, 21 June 2019)

 

Barbarian Prophecies – Horizon (digital: 06 July 2021; physical: Base Record Production / Hecatombe Records / Violence in the Veins, Iron Matron Records, 01 November 2021)

 

Continue reading →