Portal's brand of ultra-impenetrable death metal have afforded them a rare and paradoxical level of popularity for a band as extreme and unpalatable as they are. If you haven't heard them yet or found previous releases to be too much to handle then now's your chance to get to grips with them. Vexovoid eases up (very) slightly on the wall-of-noise approach and allows a rare glimpse into the structural mechanisms at the heart of Portal. Listen now before they submerge themselves back into the murk once again.

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!J.O.O.E.! Mr. Doctor, wormdrink414, BitterCOld, psykometal, jupitreas, Marcel Hubregtse, Ag Fox, BloodTears, Darkside Momo

For the first time in three years everyone's favorite demonic duo are back with another platter of new wave of blackened crust punk fun. Leave the detraction to lesser men, leave no cross unturned and no beer unopened.

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BitterCOld wormdrink414, psykometal, Daniell, Marcel Hubregtse, Mr. Doctor, Troy Killjoy

Easily as crushing and terrifying as The Tunnels, but in a different, more dynamic and less claustrophobic way.

A must-listen, no less.

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Darkside Momo !J.O.O.E.!, psykometal, R'Vannith, Mr. Doctor, Daniell, Ag Fox

Description from their Bandcamp site:

"Their songs are rooted in a cold and depressive aesthetic expression, with a lyrical universe revolving around the dark corners of the human mind. Riddled with powerful highs and enigmatic, melodious and haunting lows, the music uniquely captures the essence of the modern post-black/post metal genre."

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Abattoir wormdrink414, !J.O.O.E.!, Mr. Doctor

These guys will make you wait for their new output for a long time. But when it arrives, you know it is worth the wait. It really is.

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Daniell Nefarious, Abattoir, Marcel Hubregtse, R'Vannith, Mr. Doctor

If you like your death metal progressive, long and epic then this is definitely the album for you.

If you're a fan of the book series "Revelation Space" by Alastair Reynolds then you should also check this out since it's based off his book series.

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psykometal Milena

So apparently two of the dudes in Mion's Hill are in this group here as well. And their stuff is equally good. Hell, with the mixing being less garageish on this, in a number of ways it's even better. Unequivocally, not to be missed for any bullshit excuse stuff.

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wormdrink414 psykometal, Mr. Doctor

Denver-based death metallers have started their career on a strong note with the impressive debut Endlessly in Motion. An adept mix of forward thinking, technical and constantly interesting death metal with a few feathers plucked from melodic death's sense of melody and harmony. Vocally this sounds somewhat like the bastard child of Björn "Speed" Strid and Devin Townsend, not to to mention the band aren't afraid to explore and exploit ambient atmospherics in a subtle yet effective manner. Something for pretty much everyone I would think.

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!J.O.O.E.! Nefarious, BloodTears, R'Vannith, psykometal, D.T. Metal, Susan, Mr. Doctor, Darkside Momo

Found this little gem while using the Bandcamp Discovery feature. Very solid and beautifully crafted American progressive melodic black metal with bits of post-metal strewn about as well.

Here is what the band has to say about the album:
"The result was something that had some rhythmical qualities and aesthetics coming from the black metal genre, but paired up with some contrasting melodic influences from genres such as progressive metal, post-rock, doom metal and even a bit of folk. We don't really know what to call it, we just try to call it metal."

I'd say that sums it up quite well.



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psykometal Nefarious, BitterCOld, Susan, R'Vannith

If you're looking for a band that will never do anything wrong, you've got your men right here.

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Milena Daniell, Introspekrieg, Nefarious, R'Vannith, BloodTears, Ivor, Darkside Momo, Mr. Doctor

The debut of Iceland's one-man black metal outfit isn't released on record until the Spring, but it can be streamed already via his bandcamp page. An amalgam of sprawling, cavernous avant-garde black metal and gloomy, spooky dark ambient, this is the first stellar release of the genre in 2013 and any fans of Mories' work (particularly De Magia Veterum and Cloak Of Altering) will surely find themselves at home with Wormlust.



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!J.O.O.E.! Mr. Doctor, Ag Fox

Music to go surfing and get eaten alive by a pack of bloodthirsty sharks to.

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wormdrink414 Introspekrieg, !J.O.O.E.!, Mr. Doctor

So you think all post-metal sounds the same? Let 잠비나이 prove you wrong...

This way, gentlemen.

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Promonex Darkside Momo, Mr. Doctor, psykometal, Ivor, Et Ermit, Ag Fox, ScreamingSteelUS

It's normal rarity: a very promising band, coming from my homeland and releasing valuable 30-min EP. Crushy, slow, atmospheric, laid-back stuff. Case closed.

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Abattoir Mr. Doctor

If Godflesh made a post-black metal band, well, I imagine it would sound just like this. Highly unique and brilliantly sounding approach to what is blackened and rhythmically crushing metal with deliciously thick and atmospheric industrial and ambient texturing.

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!J.O.O.E.! Mr. Doctor, psykometal, Introspekrieg, Ag Fox, Promonex