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Monday's blues, Tuesday's news.

Before we wash in filth and slime and blowtorch clean, as always, Please support: Everything Went Black, The Metal Dad and his fiendish five podcast, No Clean Singing, Stereogum: The Black Market, The Devil’s Mouth, Aversionline, Invisible Oranges, Horror Wolf 666, Into the Necrosphere, Sol Nox Podcast, The Book of Very Very Bad Things, Plague Rages and Doktor Dismemberment’s Midnight Murderplex….

SYK’s Dalila Kayros sets her inner Bjork free.

Extra Life: Swans gone medieval. Madrigals for the 21st century. Multi-instrumentalist, composer Charlie Looker (guitars/vocals) has Kayo Dot's Toby Driver on board as well as Helium Horse Fly's Gil Chevigné and frequent collaborator Caley Monahon-Ward in the fold for Secular Works, Vol 2. This is a July release, but, only one song was up on bandcamp. Now, Charlie has the full stream up on youtube.

Profound Lore with a dual evil drop announcement for February: Tithe and Crawl.

Caustic grind with Gorguts - Obscura skronk and United Mutation vomit vocals isn’t what one would normally think of when asked about Hawaii. Let YUH set ya straight.

Taking a more melodic approach and culling sounds between Explosions in the Sky and Rosetta is a new track from RIAH (Ropes Inside A Hole) Building tension, swells and crests, bridging the “Distance” between Italy and Sweden.

Grief of Emerald members channel righteous Morbid Angel and Angelcorpse whirlwind fury as Death Reich. Witness the brevity kills, short, sharp shock of the Final Plague. 5 songs 16 minutes.

“A Phoenix is Born” is the new track from one man post everything doom seer AETOS. Godflesh riding the White Pony toward The Galilean Satellites.

Ok, ok, ok… Before signing off, the overlooked gem from half a year ago. God damn, how did I miss this until recently? Haunted Horses. No wave industrial bass driven amalgamation somewhere this side of Suicide, Wiseblood, Swans, Bauhaus and The Birthday Party.