death, trash, black, a selection of albums released in 2013

This is my last "end of year list" post for 2013. This time it's my selection of death, thrash or black metal albums. I give it in no specific order.

 - Wormlust - Feral Wisdom              review & interview

- Tribulation - Formulas of Death    review

- Lantern - Below                             review & interview

- Noisem - Agony Defined                  review & interview

- Power Trip - Manifest Decimation         review

- Dead Peasants - Demo I                      review 

- Spektr - Cypher                                   review

- Rorcal - Vilagvege                              review

- Culte des ghoules - Henbane                review

- Vastum - Patricidal Lust                       review

Rorcal - Világvége (2013)

Whatever they do, they do it radical. When Rorcal, from Switzerland, played a mostly doom / post-HC influenced music it was especially heavy, dark and intense (especially impressive live). their new record, released by Lost pilgrims records (and others) and called Világvége (which means the end of the world) is mostly black metal, with remains of doom / drone / post hardcore. and guess what? it's also really heavy, dark and intense! but with a more straighforward agression and a lot of blast beats. I'd say the evolution of the band on this record is a success, they happen to be really solid as a black metal band and managed to do it while keeping their own style. forget Norway, Switzerland is the new cold hell!

listen to it on bandcamp

and check their website.

Lost pilgrims records is a new record label from Montpellier (France), that will deal mostly with crust - doom - black - hardcore - grind - drone.

Lost pilgrims records is run by Dadoo and Geraud that both plays in the doom band Verdun.

they release records but also are a distro and organise concerts (in Montpellier until now at least).

they start really well with the three following releases :

-the vinyl version of “The Cosmic Escape of Admiral Masuka”EP by Verdun.
(read the review I did last year with an interview with the band HERE).

listen / download it  
 

-the second album "Phoebus" by the swiss band Cortez which plays a good post-hardcore.

listen / download it  

-the new album "Vilagvege" by the swiss band Rorcal which plays a radical mix of doom and black metal. really intense, heavy and dark. 

Listen / download








an interview is coming with Dadoo and maybe Geraud of Lost pilgrims records so you'll have many more details about the label but for the moment just listen to these three releases and check LOST PILGRIMS WEBSITE.