For prior Evcharists my pairing of music and drink has tended to depend more on the latter, with the accompanying album just so happening to fit in some way — this time music led the charge. Drink from the cup of heresy with this week’s offerings: ass-kicking death metal on Torture Rack’s Primeval Onslaught and ass-kicking beer with Creative Creature’s The Cake Eater.
It’s no secret that I have become incredibly invested in Phlebotomized ever since I found Immense Intense Suspense/Skycontract back in 2017. So much so that when I requested to cover their demo Devoted to God (context) last year, I did it with the specific intention to prepare myself for their, at that time, impending new album Clouds of Confusion. This is a band who continues to play with the 90s death metal aesthetic and inject every single ounce of weirdness seemingly for the fun of it. Will their blend of avant-garde death metal truly pay off where old school death metal rules supreme? Let’s discuss.
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We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again forever and ever: 20 Buck Spin knows death metal. It’s an indisputable fact that they are having a goddamn moment right now, and I have been enraptured the entire way through (AND IT’S ONLY MAY). So naturally, when the time came to pick an album to review this week, I saw a 20 Buck Spin release and I had to slap my name on it sight unseen. I’ve no history with Ascended Dead, but Evenfall of the Apocalypse sure seems to have people on the edge of their seats. And at the end of the day…it’s 20 Buck Spin. How bad could it be?
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Polish death metal act Pandrador is the latest addition to the Pagan Records roster, and they’re set to release their second full-length album, Seiðr, in the very near future. Serving as the latest sampling from their upcoming new album, Nine Circles is proud to premiere a guitar playthrough by Bartłomiej “Bard” Bardon for the track “Valediction of Exalted One”. A blistering, unrelenting display of everything that makes the upcoming new album as awesome as it is can be seen and hear directly after the jump.
I cannot remember the last time I was this excited for an EP, and a debut one at that. I also can’t tell you how much I need something to help unwind this god-forsaken week. Fortunately, we have something to scratch both of those itches. Receiving the Evcharist is our (somewhat) weekly feature where we pair choice albums with our favorite libations. Drink from the cup of heresy. This week’s offerings: Lunar Chamber’s Shambhallic Vibrations and Marz Community Brewing Company’s Juniper Fizz.
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