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Diabolical things are afoot down under. Cult death metallers Portal just got confirmed for next year’s Maryland Deathfest. Shackles put out a phenomenal album (reviewed here) earlier this year. Funeral doomsters Mournful Congregation and blackened thrashers Deströyer 666 recently released solid full-lengths (though the latter is now based all over the place). Asphyxiate Recordings remain a noteworthy label and distro. They are helping promote the final Australian show for Gospel of the Horns, who are hanging up their, well, horns.
Towers of SilenceBesiege the Walls
To this list add Altars. Out of the hundreds of demos I’ve received, theirs is one of literally a handful I’ve kept. With Pro Tools and MySpace, demos are now a dime a dozen. But Altars have that old-school grit, complete with mysterious artwork. These Adelaideans cross Morbid Angel’s savage churnings with Gorguts’ wrenching dissonance. The result is, as they say, a corker. I’ve played this CD countless times, and I shan’t keep it a secret any longer. If you don’t want to mail order it from Australia, I’m giving away a copy. For a chance to win, email invisibleoranges at gmail dot com by midnight EST, Wednesday, July 22 with the subject header “Altars of Madness” and your full name and address. I will randomly choose a winner.
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Altars
A split with Tzun Tzu is forthcoming on Enucleation.
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Namedrop Morbid Angel and Gorguts and I will download whatever you post.
Thats fantastic music! Remember when MA had that sickeningly other worldly feel, what went wrong? I love all the obscure bands that you unearth for us, my bank account, however, does not!
Even though I love all of Morbid Angel's output, I think they weakened in later years due to (1) failure to keep in check Trey Azagthoth's self-indulgent tendencies, and (2) perhaps loss of the hunger that made them so fantastic at the outset. All this touring rehashing the classics seems complacent.
i used to actually spend a lot of time looking for bands. now i just read blogs.