Tag: Black Crown Initiate

Review: “Death Is But A Door” by Alluvial

After an instrumental debut album “The Deep Longing for Annihilation” was released back in 2017 it didn’t feel like there would be much more on the horizon from Alluvial but as it turns out guitarist Wes Hauch had other ideas. A musician known for his roles in Black Crown Initiate and The Faceless as well has

NEWS: Alluvial strike three with “Death Is but a Door”!

Curiously Nuclear Blast have sanctioned the unveiling of a third of four cuts to appear on the 12th January 2024 EP “Death Is but a Door” by Alluvial in the title track. For those unfamiliar the band who feature in their ranks current and former members of The Faceless, Black Crown Initiate, Glass Casket and The

NEWS: Alluvial offer up second single from “Death Is but a Door”!

Perhaps owing to the fact that the band are on the road in the US at the moment with TesseracT and Intervals and looking to play these songs live, a second single in a month has emerged from Alluvial in “Fogbelt“. Directed and edited by videographer Randy Edwards this one has been given the full music video treatment ahead

NEWS: Rivers of Nihil offer a sneak peak into the future?

The second single since 2021’s critically acclaimed album “The Work” from Rivers of Nihil maybe freshly released but was actually recorded back in March 2023. It marks the first appearance of new guitarist and vocalist Andy Thomas (ex-Black Crown Initiate) with Adam Biggs becoming lead vocalist and bassist, boding well for the bands next album

NEWS: Death is but a door for Alluvial!

Directed, shot and edited by James Wightman, the creators of “Sarcoma” have shared a music video for “Bog Dweller” taken from their upcoming new EP ‘“Death Is but a Door” out on 12th January 2024 via Nuclear Blast. Alluvial, a quartet known for a string of offences in The Faceless, Black Crown Initiate, Glass Casket

Playthrough: “Obeisance” from Lamentations!

Back in November Lamentations persuasion meant their Progressive Death Metal album “Passion Of Depression” was released via Willowtip Records with guitarists Jason Gobel (ex-Cynic), Santiago Dobles (ex-Cynic), Ole Borud (Extol), Ethan Mckenna (Black Crown Initiate), Max Phelps (ex-Cynic, Exist) each providing a guest solo. A cinematic concept album that portrays the pain, pleasure, joy and

NEWS: Ghosts Of Atlantis return at “Devil’s Dawn”!

Featuring guest narration from James Dorton (The Faceless, Black Crown Initiate) comes not only a new single in “Devil’s Dawn” from Symphonic Progressive Extreme Metallers Ghosts Of Atlantis but one which also severs as the official single of the upcoming supernatural thriller horror movie Witch. Depicting a tale of witchcraft, religious ignorance, and humanity’s constant struggle

NEWS: Lamentations offer second single “Ire”!

Joined by an intriguing selection of guest guitarists in Jason Gobel (ex-Cynic), Santiago Dobles (ex-Cynic), Ole Borud (Extol), Ethan Mckenna (Black Crown Initiate), Max Phelps (ex-Cynic, Exist), 11th November via Willowtip Records will see Lamentations return after six years away. The follow up to their 2016 debut album “Echoes in the Wind” will find frontman

Bootleg: Black Crown Initiate in St. Paul, Minnesota!

Pro-shot by Leo Sypniewski at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul Minnesota on 21st March, here’s a full set from Black Crown Initiate. The Progressive Blackened Death Metal monsters are currently on the road with Omnium Gatherum and Allegaeon with cuts from 2020’s “Violent Portraits of a Doomed Escape” making up the lionshare

NEWS: I, Parish on the brink…

Phoenix Arizona Deathcore collective I, Pariah are in a celebratory mood as single “Vulture Mine” has hit 137k Spotify streams so have returned to their May released debut album “Dystopian Visions” for a music video for “Denier“. The song tells of impending doom with the World in denial as mankind reaches the very edge of