BONUS: Sepultura—”DarkSide” (2015) – 195 metal CDs

In The Woods…—Cease the Day (2018)

100%—This is what black metal sounds like after it's been left abandoned for years in a Norwegian forest and nature has reclaimed it.

Seething Akira—Sleepy Skeletor (2018)

100%—Seething Akira fall somewhere between The Prodigy, Depeche Mode and Senser but feel fresh and original.

Pop-punk round-up

Quick reviews of the latest releases from four pop-punk bands.

Evil Scarecrow—Chapter IV: Antartartctica (2018)

100%—This album is just brilliant! It is entertaining, amusing, played beautifully and with conviction. I love it.

Dirge—Lost Empyrean (2018)

98%—an almost perfect album by French industrialists Dirge.

Dead Tenants—LP II (2018)

85%—Jarring melodies, discordant harmonies: this album certainly leaves an impression.

Manes—Slow Motion Death Sequence (2018)

100%—This is an album that I have come back to again and again. I listen again, hear something new, and it tightens its grip around my heart. I love this album.

Flat Earth—Blame (single) (2018)

86%—gentle and melodic alternative rock track, with a characteristically Scandinavian feel. Could these guys become the Finnish Stone Sour? It's entirely possible.

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