PROPAGATING DARK AND DEVASTATING TONES SINCE 2009
(Andy Synn picks up the slack today while the boss is away) Our beloved leader, he whose eyes are all-seeing and whose arms encircle the sun, is currently off on a scenic break, leaving myself and DGR in charge of the site over the weekend. And, as consumnate professionals… we have nothing prepared. Or, at [...] The post SHORT BUT SWEET ON A SATURDAY: HELL IS REAL / MOUTHBREATHER / RACETRAITOR…
(written by Islander) As many of you will know, I usually post a column at NCS on Sundays with recommendations in the expanding orbit of black metal. I wasn’t able to do that last Sunday due to leaving home on the early side of the day for what turned out to be a cool birthday [...] The post SHADES OF BLACK: DARK PLAGUE, PYRE OF DESCENT, LA BESTIA DE GEVAUDAN, MATAVITATAU, SPIRIT POSSESSION,…
(Erstwhile NCS writer TheMadIsraeli returned to us with a review earlier this week, and he’s already back again, this time writing about a new album by Brazil’s Nervosa that was released in April by Napalm Records.) I know the band we’re reviewing today is Nervosa, but I just need you guys to take a detour [...] The post NERVOSA: “SLAVE MACHINE” appeared first on NO CLEAN SINGING .
(written by Islander) By this point the Bay Area grindcore miscreants Deathgrave probably need no introduction to the kind of miscreant listeners who visit our site, but there’s also a chance someone just awoke from a long coma or just recovered from a debilitating mental disease, so we’ll make a quick one. Originally formed in [...] The post AN NCS PREMIERE: DEATHGRAVE — “HELL IS EVIL” appeared…
(Andy Synn tries to beat the heat with three more home-grown recommendations) It’s another hot one here in the UK right now, and people are definitely looking for something to take their minds off the oppressive heat. And in the absence of any particularly icy Black Metal to cool us down, I thought I’d instead [...] The post BEST OF BRITISH: EXTINCTION OF MANKIND / HAAST / THE SALT PALE COLLECTIVE…
(written by Islander) Today we have the pleasure of helping announce that in October Pagan Records will release a new album named Time Obliteration by The Black Thunder from Poland, and to help build anticipation for that event we’re also premiering a video for the album’s first single, the genre-bending “Verification of Wounds“. If you [...] The post AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: THE BLACK THUNDER —…
(Former NCS writer TheMadIsraeli returns after a long absence with the following review of a new album by the Toronto death metal band Apogean, which was released on July 10th by The Artisan Era.) It sounds so fucking stupid to say, but a pretty good barometer of a good album especially if you’re on the [...] The post APOGEAN: “WASTE WHERE LIFE BEGINS” appeared first on NO CLEAN SINGING .
(Below you will find NCS writer Gonzo’s extensive and beautifully evocative report and celebration of Fire In the Mountains 2026, which took place on July 23-26 on the sovereign lands of the Blackfeet Nation in northwestern Montana.) Fire in the Mountains has never been the kind of festival you simply consume. Over the years, I’ve [...] The post FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS 2026: FOUR DAYS OF DUST, WIND,…
(Andy Synn takes us on a trip to the Death Metal underground of Chile today) It’s been suggested, perhaps not unfairly, that I’ve been neglecting the Death Metal side of things recently. So to make up for this (while acknowledging that I’ve definitely covered stuff from Carbon Tomb, Altarage, and a bunch of other short form [...] The post ONLY DEATH IS REAL: GODAGAINST / IMPERATHRON / SEPULCRUM…
(written by Islander) At this site we try to range widely in our listening and in the music we choose to share, to range widely in both geography and in the stylistic character of what we recommend. We also intentionally spend more time delving into obscure quarters than names most metalheads already know. But of [...] The post AN NCS PREMIERE: CELOPHYS — “MAMMOTH MARCH” appeared first on NO CLEAN…