A Reminder of the Wound Unhealed is being pitched as A Mourning Star’s debut LP, but it’s really more like a compilation. The first half comprises unreleased material, while tracks seven through twelve collects the band’s standalone “A World Beyond” single from last year, contribution… Read More »Album Review: A Mourning Star – ‘A Reminder of the Wound Unhealed’
Indiana trad metal outfit Wizard Death may have one of the more unique origin stories in the metal realm. They are a father son duo of guitarist Tim Kenefic (who shreds in Assimilator and Throne) and his young son, Alex. Alex provides the fantasy-inspired lyrics… Read More »Full EP Stream: Wizard Death – ‘I Am the Night’
With a pedigree that includes members of Spirit Adrift, Slough Feg and Nite, it should come as no surprise that Bay Area-based trio Hands of Goro are spinning powerful trad metal a little on the quirky side on their new single “Uncanny.” The frisky, NWOBHM-inspired… Read More »Track Premiere: Hands of Goro – “Uncanny”
The start of a new year is a hopeful time. All of us over at The Alt staff wake up from our post year-end list slumber, and get thinking on what might come out in the new year. Who will be the forgotten legends that… Read More »The Alt’s 25 Most Anticipated Records of 2024
Transcendent Unveiling of Dimensions, the demo from Tennessee newcomers Purulency, is pure fucking death metal. Out this Friday, January 26 on Caligari Records, Transcendent Unveiling contains four songs of pure death metal worship inspired by the likes of Demilich, Grave, Abhorrence, Autopsy and Convulse. Thematically, the songs… Read More »Full Demo Stream: Purulency – “Transcendent Unveiling of Dimensions”