Unspeakable Cults
Malefactor
Autumn is traditionally a time for reflection, but no good will come from contemplation of the hideous fate already unfolding in the dark corners of the earth. The season has been heralded by a fiendish exhumation and a grotesque series of public executions. Those who pray for a gentler world are fools, and the impotence of hope befits their idiocy. Not even the dead are free from the cruel grasp of the Malefactor, as he unveils gruesome trophies from his personal ossuary dating back to 1997 and 2012, the inaugural years in a series recounting the awesome glories of the last three decades that will span the rest of the year.
Behold the Malefactor's unholy presence here.
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Tuesday 9/24/2013 @ 11:00PM - 12:00AM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyr | Grindavisan | Valkyrja | Metal Blade | Brand new jams from those Faroese minstrels. |
| Unbirth | Will of Atlantis | Deracinated Celestial Oligarchy | Amputated Vein Records | 2013 slab of Italian death metal. |
| Saprogenic | Below Death | Expanding Toward Collapse Lungs | Willowtip | Brand new release. |
| Deus Mortem | Receving The Impurity of Jeh | Emanations of the Black Light | Strych Promotions | Serious 2013 AOTY contender... |
| Darkthrone | Valkyrie | The Underground Resistance | Peaceville | Another 2013 gem! |
| Saxon | Stand Up And Fight | Sacrifice | UDR | Thanks for the request! |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Emperor | Ye Entrancemperium | Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk | Century | Kicking off our reflection on 1997, the most Malefactorageous album of all time. |
| Ulver | Hymne II - Wolf And The Devil | Nattens Madrigal | Century | Another titan from Hordaland. |
| Aeternus | White Realm | ...Beyond The Wandering Moon | Hammerheart | Brilliant showing from yet another Norwegian band on this list. |
| Borknagar | Grimland Domain | The Olden Domain | Century | Norway, 1997. End of story. |
| Marduk | Kaziklu Bey (The Lord Impaler) | Nightwing | Osmose | The first entry to escape Norway! |
| Pyrexia | Confrontation | System of the Animal | Serious | The sole non-Nordic, non-black metal entry among my distinguished list of favorites. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Relics of Humanity | Fusion of Parallel Forms | Guided By The Soulless Call | Amputated Vein Records | 2012 launches with some mighty Byelorussian dismal slammage. |
| Unfathomable Ruination | Edges of Disfigured Atrocity | Misshapen Congenital Entropy | Sevared | Another 2012 release that missed my scrutiny until after my best-of list had already been finished. |
| The Secret | Agnus Dei | Agnus Dei | Southern Lord | Crusty black metal, another mighty 2012 album from Italy. |
| Der Weg Einer Freiheit | Lichtmensch | Unstille | Viva Hate | 2012 German black metal for the thinking metalhead. |
| Sick | Cannibalistic Torment | Cannibalistic Torment | Permeated Records | One of many 2012 brutal death metal gems I had previously overlooked. |
| 7H.Target | Vortex Coming With Tetsuo | Fast-Slow Demolition | Coyote | Monstrous debut of Russian cyberslams and worthy of top-10 placement. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Diabolic | Extinction Level Event | Subterraneal Magnitude | Conquest | 2001. |
| Power Trip | Manifest Decimation | Manifest Decimation | Southern Lord | 2013. |
| Wolf | Hiding In Shadows | Ravenous | Century Media | 2009. |
| Catacombs | Fallen Into Shadow | In The Depths of R'lyeh | Moribund | 2006 funeral doom epic. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| The Gates of Slumber | God Wills It | Suffer No Guilt | Deepsend | Blood spilled upon the white tabard... |
| Nechochwen | At Night May I Roam | Azimuths To The Otherworld | Bindrune Recordings | True Indigenous folk/black/doom. |
| Wodensthrone | Pillar of the Sun | Loss | Bindrune Recordings | Our first contestant and returning champion for the Fall edition of "Who Loves England Most?" |
| Winterfylleth | When The Woods Were Young | The Mercian Sphere | Candlelight Records | The challenger! |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Devour The Unborn | Reanimated With Torture | Consuming The Morgue Remains | Ossuary Industries | 2012 TXDM slammage. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Journey | She Makes Me Feel Alright | Look Into The Future | ||