1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 0:25-6:00 HORN (Germany) Retrograd — Folk has never been my favorite, so to start with a folk song means I fucking fell in love. Just the perfect black metal song infused with gorgeous folk. This EP will contain dulcimer and trumpets, stoked for it to be released. I love that the pictured released was a band member with his arms wrapped around a dulcimer (nerd). 6:56-14:10 RAM (Sweden) Gulag — Romping 80’s heavy metal style, done Swedish. 14:41-17:41 CONVERGE (MA) Murk &amp;amp; Marrow — What the hell do I need to say about Converge, these guys are gods. 18:14-24:54 CLOAK (GA) Beyond The Veil — Debut album, groove perfection, infectious, endearing, need to get it on vinyl. They claim Fields of the Nephilim as one of their influences, which is a very influential gothic band. I don’t hear goth in this band, but definitely a touch of psychedelic and rock, which Fields skirted. 25:35-32:05 RED SCALP (Poland) Faces — Really, Poland is erupting as a powerful scene. Now they are excelling in jamming psychedelic stoner riffage? Not expecting that. 32:30-40:28 BLAZE OF PERDITION (Poland) Weight of the Shadow — The other obvious spectrum of Polish metal: bleak, dark, gritty black metal. The vocalist is a badass. What stands out in this sound is the melancholy undertone. 41:01-43:15 WITHERING HERD (OH) Perfect Recursion — Fuck. You know when you are middle-aged and cranky and miss the power of the music of your youth? I thought industrial was fucking over. Withering Herd is a 2-piece redefining this genre; and I love the incorporation of synth and electronic – it sounded like the soundtrack of 70’s B-movie horror. https://witheringherd.bandcamp.com/releases 44:10-49:27 AUÐN (Iceland) Í Hálmstráið Held — Yet another STUNNING Icelandic black metal band; but this one is intensely rich and lush and I soaked in it. 50:03-53:39 PROCESSION (Chile/EU) When Doomdays Has Come — One member left in Chile; the others scattered across Sweden, Berlin, Amsterdam, Denmark. How easy does that make recording? Epic, heavy metal, doom. 54:20-END BERGRIZEN (Ukraine) Der Unsterbliche Geist —One of the best black metal releases, the Ukraine gots it goin’ on. Behind My Vocals John Maus, album - Screen Memories (2017) She Likes It Heavy bostonfreeradio.com http://reject.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5946834/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/5946834