Temple of Void - The Crawl - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Like a mighty battle trireme, Temple of Dread are leaving their port on the East Frisian island of Spiekeroog to deliver brutal death metal with the new massive ram bow InchDreadspawn DominionInch to all that dare to try and block their course. Musically, Temple of Dread remain true to their old school death metal roots but continue to expand their sonic range by further honing their cinematic aspects with even more dark and heavy elements that began to receive special attention on the previous albums InchBeyond AcheronInch (2023) and InchGod of the GodlessInch (2024). These veterans are making full use of their vast experience and audible confidence in their deadly craft to add true emotions into their often rather technically focussed genre. Once again, these hardy islanders make use of classical themes from the ancient world with lyrics penned by their friend and long-time collaborator, the psychologist Frank InchDocInch Albers. Temple of Dread were founded on the island of Spiekeroog in 2017 by Markus Bünnemeyer with the intent to play old school death metal. Originally a trio, the band has now grown into a five-piece. With InchDreadspawn DominionInch, Temple of Dread do not just deliver about everything that their old school death metal following might desire but also invite listeners from other realms on the darker and harder side of metal to lend an ear. Listen and behold an ancient darkness is rising to claim your souls! Album Tracks 1. Wings of Immortality (Intro) 2. Dreadspawn Dominion 3. Born to Rot 4. Hybrid Horde Eternal 5. Death March 6. Blood Pyre 7. Scorched By Cosmic Fire 8. Rites of Blasphemy 9. Artisan of Oblivion 10. Infernal Eternity

HEAVY TEMPLE are back from extensively touring across the United States and for the first time also Europe. They are also back from the rehearsal room where the making of new songs became far more of a group effort than on the debut album. And finally back from Animal Farm studio where John Forrestal gave the new album InchGarden of HeathensInch a rich and warm organic sound that is also crisp and crystalline. Where the debut full-length InchLupi AmorisInch charged forward like a roaring mastodon, InchGarden of HeathensInch comes across more diverse and sophisticated without losing punch or heaviness. And while the powerful vocals of frontwoman High Priestess Nighthawk provide a strong gravitational pull, HEAVY TEMPLE always remain a riff-first kind of band. Even so, the heavy-touring Philadelphia, PA trio have expanded their range to encompass an even wider breadth of rock and metal road stops, from BARONESS to THE BEATLES and BLACK SABBATH to FU MANCHU - with many crossroads in between. Album Tracks 1. Extreme Indifference to Life 2. Hiraeth 3. Divine Indiscretion 4. House of Warship 5. Snake Oil (And Other Remedies) 6. In the Garden of Heathens 7. Jesus Wept 8. Psychomanteum

Emerging with a labyrinthine work of creativity constructed with an intensity both unrelenting and precise, Voidceremony return with their signature sound, an abstract and scathing zone of musical obscurity rife with cynicism toward humanity. Abditum, the third full length album, unfurls with a sense of arcane design where twisting riffs clash and converge in unforeseen sequences. Composed by Wandering Mind (aka Garrett Johnson) the otherworldly riffing spirals into altered shapes, conjuring tones that veer between luminous clarity and abyssal murk. Joined in the darkness by guitarist The Archonoclast (Jayson McGehee), Dylan Marks on drums and bass co-conspirators The Great Righteous Destroyer (Damon Good) and The Absent Deity (Ben Ricci), in tandem they create a cacophony of hellish jazz-inflected discord and unpredictable texture; every composition a descent into shifting caverns, where sudden openings reveal hidden pathways only to close again with finality.Existing within an unawakened mind, contemplate a journey through the landscapes of Abditum, a region replete with the harmonies of the spheres and ever evolving chaos. These elements create a world that is alien yet meticulously considered. Voidceremony once again resists easy grasp, demands immersion and rewards repeated exploration, materializing new contours perpetually. Album Tracks 1. Intro - Inevitable Entropy 2. Veracious Duality 3. Seventh Ephemeral Aura 4. Dissolution 5. Despair of Temporal Existence 6. Failure of Ancient Wisdoms 7. Silence Which Ceases All Minds 8. Gnosis of Ambivalence 9. Outro - Elegy of Finality