Wormed - Planisphærium

A remastered and expanded version of Wormed's Planisphærium from 2003 has been released on the Bandcamp. Press play and you will be pummeled by the brutal death metal of opener Tunnel of Ions. You will be baffled by the subsonic pig squeal growls. They are utterly unintelligible, so you will not note the astronomy themed lyrics

Cover by Phlegeton

A remastered and expanded version of Wormed's Planisphærium from 2003 has been released on the Bandcamp. Press play and you will be pummeled by the brutal death metal of opener "Tunnel of Ions". You will be baffled by the subsonic pig squeal growls. They are utterly unintelligible, so you will not note the astronomy themed lyrics mentioned in this review of the original 2003 release from Invisible Oranges:

Don’t be scared off by "super brutal death metal." Sure, it has the requisite pig squeal vocals, but otherwise this album is more like a Willowtip release in its precision and technicality. No gory artwork, no drum machines, no disgusting lyrics. Instead, you get Tron artwork and lyrics like

"Reconstruction in the amorphous line of time
Powerful emanation of energy
I see the constellations changing colour
Mathematical combination of triangular visions."

How you can not love this band?

You will also love the incredibly tight playing and how the songs are crammed with riffs and tempo shifts, and scattered with progressive elements. And soon your love will turn into, simply, WORMED!

SardoniS - II

Written by Ulla Roschat.


The Jungle Experience.

SardoniS is a sludge doom duo from Belgium. “II” is their second full length album. Seven long instrumental tracks with downtuned guitars and pounding drums take you on a journey through a sonic wilderness. They push you into a rough jungle of thick heavy curtains of earthy sludge only to be crushed by a straightforward thrashing like machetes cutting through jungle vegetation.

Before you know what’s going on you are at the mercy of white water rapids. Seconds before you drown you land on a smooth clearing of acoustic guitar sounds. What? Acoustic? Yes, but only to get finally drowned in relentless heaviness and monolithic riffs that cover you with sludge.

And never once, throughout the just short of forty minutes of the album you ask: “Where are the vocals?”

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Koloss - End of the Chayot

Review by Aaron Sullivan.


While the sub-genres of Post-Metal and Atmospheric Sludge continue to grow, one country consistently produces great bands that take from both. That country is Sweden, and this band is Koloss.

Continuing in the footsteps of their fellow countrymen Cult of Luna and Signo Rojo, Koloss give us their take on the NeurIsis sound with End Of Chayot. Borrowing far more from the Neur rather than the Isis. The guitars are heavy and rely just as much on riffs as they do on creating atmosphere. The tribal drumming and throbbing bass laying down the foundation for the plodding riffs to stomp upon. While vocals are just distorted enough to add to the heft but can still be understood. The progression they showcase in their songs reminds one of Tool at times. Songs are long, well thought out, and constantly on the move. In fact this album sounds like a great mix of Times Of Grace and Lateralus.

It always great when you find bands in a genre that is well established still able to put their own distinctive stamp on it. Koloss is one of those bands and I look forward to what they have for us in the future.

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