Unspeakable Cults
Malefactor
Surely as Geryon carried the Poets upon his winged back, down the Phlegethon to the Circle of Fraud, the fork-tongued messengers of deceit peddle upon their backs a monstrous lie, as monstrous as they conceive can be inflicted upon the innocent toilers who build the foundations of this Ivory Tower. Their venality ever exposed, they make a scanty refuge of sheer audacity, their contempt for all humanity as barren as their petty sophistry. That eighth circle shall be the demesne of those ignorant salesmen who truly believe their manifold deceits and the designs of their masters. But the circle of traitors lies ahead for the Gorgon who commands their allegiance, she and her reptilian brood. Not merely the first or second Round, but the cursed fourth, named Judecca, the prison where those who have betrayed their benefactors, for her reeking carcass to inhabit.
For more poetic stylings about the assemblage of loathsome anathema which the drone queen has dispatched, in their infamy, to destroy the lives of those working for the betterment of the University of California, have a look at last week's show.
Tonight, from the abysmal depths, we resurrect 2003 and 1989...
Behold the Malefactor's unholy presence here.
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Genre
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| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solitude Aeternus | White Ship | Into The Depths of Sorrow | Roadrunner | Masterpiece from 1991, overlooked in my previous treatment of that storied year. Yet another tragic casualty of Roadrunner's cavalier disposal of the finest roster they would ever feature. |
| Mumakil | War Therapist | Flies Will Starve | Relapse | Brand new release! |
| Mumakil | F*cktards Parade | Flies Will Starve | Relapse | Two for good measure. |
| Satan's Host | Vaporous of the Blood | Virgin Sails | Moribund | Scarcely eight days old! |
| Sxuperion | Irreligiousness | Inverted Goat Orifice e.p. | Bloody Mountain | Brand new slab of disgusting, raw death/black metal. |
| Hades | An Oath Sworn in Bjorgvin | ...Again Shall Be | Napalm | Thanks for the request! |
| Inquisition | Infinite Interstellar Genocide | Obscure Verses For The Multiverse | Season Of Mist | One of the essential releases of 2013. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Wormed | Voxel Mitosis | Planisphaerium + Quasineutrality EP | Macabre Mementos | An unquestioned masterpiece of frenetic, crushing death metal. A forward-thinking standout from 2003's Best Of. |
| Funeral Mist | Holy Poison | Salvation | Ajna | One of the most influential albums in the development of the Orthodox Black Metal scene. |
| Marduk | World Funeral | World Funeral | Regain | A simple pleasure, and one which was a considerable relief after the lackluster effort that was La Grande Danse Macabre. |
| Frightmare | Midnight Murder Mania | Midnight Murder Mania | Razorback | Thanks for the Best of 2003 request! |
| Thunderbolt | Key To The Century of Death | The Burning Deed of Deceit | ISO666 | Masterpiece of retrograde Polish black metal, the finest from this idiot-savant of grimness. |
| Falkenbach | ...As Long As Winds Will Blow... | Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty | Napalm | Falkenbach's magnum opus and likely the finest folk album from 2003. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Nuclear Assault | New Song | Handle With Care | In-Effect | One of the most punishing, yet catchy, thrash releases of the era, and it opens up our exploration of 1989. |
| Helstar | To Sleep, Perchance To Scream | Nosferatu | Metal Blade | 1989's technical masterpiece of thrash/speed metal. |
| Candlemass | Under The Oak | Tales of Creation | Music For Nations | Flawless re-recording of their track from Epicus that only serves to improve upon the original, even when accounting for Lundqvist's mastery, serving as a fine example of this album's genius and atmosphere. |
| Carcass | Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites | Symphonies of Sickness | Earache/Combat | So extreme and punishing, it thoroughly unmans albums for years to come otherwise regarded as somehow boundary-pushing. A 1989 essential. |
| Sodom | Agent Orange | Agent Orange | R/C | Not as boundary-pushing, but compositionally, one of the finest tracks by one of the most important bands of the 1980s. |
| Sepultura | Primitive Future | Beneath The Remains | Roadrunner | The last great Sepultura album and, in many instances, the most brutal. This track exemplifies the latter tendency, but also the incisive riffing and manic intensity found their fullest expression here. A masterful close to 1989. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Nevermore | What Tomorrow Knows | Nevermore | Century Media | Thanks for the request! |
| Saprogenic | Carve Your Fears In Flesh | Expanding Toward Collapsed Lungs | Willowtip | After a lengthy hiatus, Michigan's finest death metal returns on Willowtip. 2013. |
| Carnophage | Anomalistic Resurrection | Deformed Future//Genetic Nightmare | Unique Leader | A rare quality release in Unique Leader's recent record. 2008. |
| Defeated Sanity | Martyrium | Passages Into Deformity | Willowtip | Still out among the top contenders for AOTY 2013, though the list of challengers has grown. A mighty release indeed. |
| Bloodthorn | Blood and Iron | Genocide | 2005. | |
| Brutality | Screams of Anguish | When the Sky Turns Black | Nuclear Blast | 1994. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Molested | Along The Misty Morass | Blod-draum | Effigy | 1995 classic of unique Norwegian death metal. |
| Anubis Gate | Andromeda Unchained | Andromeda Unchained | Locomotive | Danish prog/power metal formed from the ashes of - shockingly - Invocator. 2007. |
| Eidolon | Thousand Winters Old | The Parallel Otherworld | Escapi | 2006. |
| Airbreak | ||||