Austere - Corrosion Of Hearts - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With their fifth album InchThe Stillness of DissolutionInch, Austere embark on a dark journey that leads through the abyss of time, the inevitable return of order to chaos into the black void. In the words of the poet everything that arises is worth that it perishes. The new album brings an overall blacker feel to their sound. This slight change of course does not constitute an easy nostalgic return to the old days as Austere remain within the framework of the more mature and defined version of their particular style of depressive black metal, which reflects their greater experience and evolution as artists. Austere arose from a solo-project run by multi-instrumentalist and singer Desolate alias Mitchell Keepin who joined forces with drummer, keyboard player, and vocalist Sorrow aka Tim Yatras in 2005. Signature frost-bitten guitars, alongside high-pitched screams and wails marked Austere's debut album InchWithering Illusions and DesolationInch (2007). The sophomore album InchTo Lay like Old AshesInch followed in 2009 and still featured a raw sound but with a refined production. At this point in time, both musicians decided to focus on other projects and Austere went into hibernation until the duo reformed in 2021. The number of followers had only grown during their absence through word of mouth. Austere are back in black with InchThe Stillness of DissolutionInch, yet the Australians also keep all the subtle shades of grey that turn the ongoing evolution of their music into a thrilling experience of new sonic spaces of dark matter.

Following their 2019 hardcore haymaker 'ABYSMAL' and collaborative releases with emcees KOOL KEITH and LIL B, Two-piece ragers Thetan return to form with the colossal 'GRAND OLE AGONY'. Mixing powerviolence, sludge metal, and hardcore punk with extraterrestrial soundscapes and nerve shattering tension. Thetan rip through 9 songs of dismay and pessimism in their unconventional tradition of bass, drum and theremin driven chaos before easing into the slow burn of album closer 'Eulogy', an ode to a dead star and the orphaned planets it once fostered. Along for the ride on this sonic collision course is CRUNCHY BLACK of THREE 6 MAFIA, Jazz legend and trumpet player extraordinaire MAC GOLLEHON, and low down dark country icons BENJAMIN TOD and ASHLEY MAE of LOST DOG STREET BAND, among others. Emblazoned with artwork by the legendary artist KRISTEN FERRELL and vinyl etchings by Thetan bassist/vocalist and owner of Black Matter Mastering, DAN EMERY.SIDE A 1. God's America2. Blackened Inside3. White Sheets Blowing In The Breeze4. Bless Your Heart5. Gutted6. Sad Endings And A Feeling Of Disappointment7. Coup de Grace8. Culo9. Note To SelfSIDE B 10. Eulogy

Finland's death metal pacesetters Corpsessed celebrate their fifteenth anniversary with the of brand-new album Succumb To Rot on Dark Descent Records. The unholy union of Corpsessed and Dark Descent Records, that began with 2011's highly acclaimed The Dagger & The Chalice EP, endures to this day. Both entities have since gone to transform the shape of the death underground as one know it's, carving out a unique niche reserved only for true old school zealots. With a steady line-up of seven years in place, and a strong foothold on the top of the death metal hierarchy, Corpsessed deliver an arrogantly superior milestone of atmospheric old school death metal enveloped in existential dread. InchOne circle closes only for another to begin anew. This is the logical conclusion to Impetus Of Death where the limits of human existence gives us a push to even do things in life (art being the pinnacle)-Succumb To Rot is the inevitable end where all things must eventually die and give into the relentless forces of entropy, and disintegrate into nothingness,Inch reflects guitarist M.M.. The mentally distressing artwork by Vladimir InchSmerdulakInch Chebakov also continues a tradition of exceptional Corpsessed album covers.