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Album Review: MRTVI — “Autology: The Shadow Work”

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MRTVI are no stranger to the…let’s say unconventional in their practice of psychedelic, experimental, completely out-there black metal.  Last year’s Omniscient Hallucinatory Delusion was quite something in the way that it broke down into tiny parts everything you thought you knew about black metal, or even music in general, for that matter.  Not even a year later, the project is back with yet another mind-bending full-length, Autology: The Shadow Work, which is their fourth release.  This time around, things somehow get weirder, if you can even believe such a thing was possible.

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Initial Descent: November 1 – 7, 2020

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Cult Burial
Cult Burial

No lie, and not that anyone cares, last week wore me down, with the exception of Halloween, and even though early, this week appears to be much the same ol’ beatings. YAY me. Also, this is the week to do the thing and get your voice heard so go vote, if you haven’t already. Monday means new metal list time so grab your wallets and get your clicky fingers ready; coming in HOT with a fiery death metal debut is Cult Burial who we recently did a Profile with so check that out as well and Sólstafir walk a very fine line between rock and metal but on their seventh album they make it sound even better than ever before. We’ve also got new death/doom from Pulchra Morte and very experimental black metal from MRTVI. Good stuff up top this week but more good stuff awaits below so click, listen, and support as many as you can. 

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CANTO: MRTVI, Novarupta, Isolert, and More

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“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Initial Descent: July 30 – August 5, 2017

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Bonehunter
Bonehunter

By the time this goes to print I’ll be on the way to a city I’ve never visited before to meet a good friend of mine to see a show full of bands that have been on my bucket list for years (more details on this to follow). Needless to say, I’m excited for all of it and in a great, party-time kind of mood. So, what better way to kick off Initial Descent than with the ass kicking metal/punk/thrash/crust offering, Sexual Panic Human Machine, from Finland’s Bonehunter — will be in my ears for the next several hours for sure. Next up is the deadly serious avantgarde black metal from MRTVI on Negative Atonal Dissonance (aptly titled). Third to bat is Gravesite with their second full length of old school and horror inspired death metal, Neverending Trail of Skulls. Last of the top spots but certainly not least is Paganizer with their tenth full length, Land of Weeping Souls — ten albums is a long time but these guys are more ferocious than they’ve ever been. As always though, this is just a taste of what lies ahead so cuddle up to your keyboard, duct tape those headphones to your ears and stay with us for a while.

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Album Review: MRTVI – “Negative Atonal Dissonance”

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MRTVI - NEGATIVE ATONAL DISSONANCE

Sometimes an album name perfectly captures the sound you’re about to ingest.  There’s no trickery, no attempt to lure you into a false sense of security.  So when I tell you that Negative Atonal Dissonance, the new album by UK black metal project MRTVI is exactly what it name implies: if you’re looking for a record that reaches for a level of experimentation and extremism while keeping one foot in some blasting philosophical black metal, you’re knocking on the right door.   Continue reading →