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  • Swarrrm “Black Bong”

    The first time I listened to Japanese lunatic grindsters Swarrrm was on their second album Nise Kyuseishu Dom. The style of grind they played was an amazing blend of harsh grindcore, crust elements, and a mixture of other various musical experimenting not unlike Sigh or Cephalic Carnage in their more unusual moments. To top it [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/swarrrm-blackbong/

  • Sunn O))) & Boris “Altar”

    Having never listened to any of these bands prior to now I wasn’t sure what to expect, but considering the hype surrounding Sunn O))) I had a feeling it was going to be something I was either going to really like or, more than likely really hate. In the end, I’m not really sure [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/sunnoboris-altar/

  • Sigh “Scenario IV: Dead Dreams”

    One of the last great modern heavy metal bands left standing, the masters of storytelling return with their fifth effort to reach inside and take your mind on a tour through the vast landscapes of their imaginations. For those uninformed, Sigh is a group of three rightfully termed musicians who benefit from a range [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/sigh-scenarioivdeaddreams/

  • Sigh “Hangman’s Hymn”

    Now this is more like it. On Sigh’s last album, the Japanese lunatics took a deviation from their signature extreme take on avant garde metal with a decidedly clean vocal tribute to traditional metal and prog rock keyboard experimentation. While the album was as solid as anything you’d expect from Sigh, it was by no [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/sigh-hangmanshymn/

  • Sigh “Gallows Gallery”

    Sigh- possibly one of the most bizarre acts in metal today, topped only by !T.O.O.H.! and Cephalic Carnage. This avant-garde Japanese metal act got their start releasing old school thrashy black metal back on Euronymous’ DSP label and then did a complete about-face, not unlike infamous post-black metal madmen Ulver, and started experimenting with everything [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/sigh-gallowsgallery/

  • Intestine Baalism “Banquet In The Darkness”

    I was a month late getting on the Repulse Records mailing list to get a copy of Intestine Baalism’s first full length offering, Anatomy Of The Beast, and had no real desire to track it down on my own, so, unfortunately, I’m unable to make comparisons to the group’s earlier work. What I can [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/intestinebaalism-banquetinthedarkness/

  • Discordance Axis & Corrupted & 324 “Split”

    If anyone knows me, they know that I have a soft spot for Discordance Axis. Ever since I heard Ulterior I’ve been enamored with their insanely fast, bass-less brand of crusty grindcore for quite awhile now. Craving more material from the now defunct band, and wanting to try Corrupted after having heard praises of their [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/discordanceaxiscorrupted324-split/

  • Coffins & The Arm And Sword Of A Bastard God “Split”

    In recent years I’ve become a greater fan of sludge and doom metal. The band most responsible for this newfound interest in doom is Japan’s Coffins. Their Mortuary In Darkness, Sacrifice to Evil Spirit and The Other Side of Blasphemy efforts have remained in constant and heavy rotation in my stereo since I picked up or [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/coffinsthearmandswordofabastardgod-split/

  • Coffins “The Other Side Of Blasphemy”

    Crushing old school darkened death doom metal. This is the only description I can think of to accurately describe the music of Japan’s Coffins. Every riff is a crushing sonic boom of depravity. Imagine legendary old school metal acts Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost fused with Winter and Autopsy, with a sickeningly [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/coffins-theothersideofblasphemy/

  • Coffins “Sacrifice To Evil Spirit”

    When I hear the term "doom" used to describe a style of metal music, the first thing that comes to mind is "Black Sabbath-worship" followed by "New Orleans-flavoured", which usually leads to a feeling of general disgust and disinterest. The sludgy stoner rock that’s passed off as "doom metal" is about as melancholic as [...]
    http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/coffins-sacrificetoevilspirit/