Stream District: Origin, Trap Them, Nightfell,Aathma,
As the country hollers “RESULTS!!” and loses itself in a self conceived delusion of choice, lets consider the matter of just sitting down a minute and go over a bit of new music shall we? At least here you’ve got the certainty of choice at your disposal!
1. Origin
Entity was indeed a coup de maitre. The album that solidified the ground that Antithesis was built upon. A clusterfuck of riff bred songs that were short and potent, and hit the listener hard where it should. I might as well call it a triumph of modern death metal. But that was 2011 and with the essential 2-3 year album gap period done you have a brand new album. Omnipresent to be out on Agonia Records is something to watch out for and they’ve just released a brand new single. Although i admit i was not actually floored by the song the mid-section did get my hopes high.
Artwork by Colin Marks at Rain Song Design
2. Trap Them
Before you shout Entombedcore, and then spat out random names like Nails, Black Breath and All Pigs Must Die, let’s say that Trap Them sounds a tad different in their new bunch of songs. Their second single seems to have been slightly less reliant on the gritty buzzsaw driven sound, not really a bad thing in itself but it does seem to have a slightly, let’s say more earthly rather than its former grindier self. But that’s probably a personal scruple that’s better ignored. Here’s Organic Infernal off their 4th full length titled Blissfucker, to be released via Southern Lord.
3. Nightfell
Now this is a record I’ve grown excited about (along with the new Desecresy), probably because of the bands from which this duo draws blood from. Tim from Mournful Congregation/Aldebaran and Todd from the seminal and personal favorite Tragedy meant to yours truly’s logic, a doomy downtempo hardcore band. And no surprises here, my guesses are as always beyond hopeless. Nightfell is a band that plays death doom with a good amount of those of pervasive – despair ridden melody. The kind you see on a Skepticism or Ahab record, but more fast paced which also sometimes come blackened, reminiscent of Aosoth. My excitement has just found its answer as the band has just made available their debut album The Living Ever Mourn entirely for streaming and download on bandcamp.
4. Aathma
Now we of all people know what that word means and it does tug at your curiosity when there is indeed a metal band named after it. Then again, you could make a guess for the genre with that title alone. If it ain’t psychedelic prog its sludge stoner. And it indeed is the latter with a doomy post metal connotation. Aathma with their brand new track titled ‘Deadly Lake’, explores a landscape where Neurosis first set foot but do so in a way that they leave their own indelible footprint on it. With vocals that stand midway between van Drunen and von Till(especially those semi-whispered cleans at the end) it is endearing as much as it is harrowing. A lake, the mere sight of which can thrust you into its bare benthic depths. Brilliant stuff and probably one of the best tracks all year.
The track comes off an EP with the same name that also contains previously unreleased material from the band.
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