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"...âThe Lodgeâ immediately became the soundtrack to my nightly moments of writing lyrics, planning of releases, inspiration to artwork and so much more. Iâm very excited to share our own rendition of this track, featuring our friend Chris Brown on cello."
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AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: AMIENSUS - "THE LODGE" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) One of our siteâs favorite bands, Minnesota-based Amiensus, have busied themselves this year by releasing singles â âFields of Emerald Fireâ (reviewed here), âWe Still Bloomâ (re...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/11/an-ncs-video-premiere-amiensus-the-lodge/#more-259167
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Its bombastic combination of hooky, 80s Pop-Rock guitar work and shimmering New Romatic synths makes this both Astronoid's most accessible and most ambitious effort since their debut.
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ASTRONOID - STARGOD - NO CLEAN SINGING
Its bombastic combination of hooky, 80s Pop-Rock guitar work and shimmering New Romatic synths makes this both Astronoid's most accessible and most ambitious effort since their debut.
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/10/astronoid-stargod/
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"In this song MIND PRISONER once again succeed in the creation of contrasting musical styles and sensations, ferocity and anger, passionate hopefulness and stirring beauty."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/07/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: MIND PRISONER - "GRADIENT" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Weâre about to premiere a song from Mind Prisoner, a PDX-launched band (now divided between Oregon and South Carolina) that continues to seize our attention around here, and should seize yours. But first, a bit of history for those of you who might be encountering their music for the first time. Following [...]
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/07/an-ncs-premiere-mind-prisoner-gradient/
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We're all busy people... which is why sometimes you need something short-but-sweet you can fit in between moments of rage and panic. So Andy Synn has decided to highlight these 3 EPs, from CELLAR VESSEL, MALADIE, and SPLITJAW, to help take the edge off.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/05/s...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: CELLAR VESSEL / MALADIE / SPLITJAW - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn has three more EPs for you to check out today) It might be controversial to say so, but I donât think that 2025 has been quite as strong as 2024. Thatâs not to say there havenât been some t...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/05/short-but-sweet-cellar-vessel-maladie-splitjaw/
6 days ago
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"To boil things down, OUTLYING pull together ingredients of thrash, melodic death metal, and black metal to create music thatâs blood-rushing and muscle-flexing, and the panoply of changing riffs is damned infectious too."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/04/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: OUTLYING - "THE RAVEN IS GONE" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) The melodic death metal band Outlying hail from the old industrial city of Trois-Rivieres in the province of Quebec, Canada. The band was founded in 2007 by lead vocalist/guitari...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/04/an-ncs-premiere-outlying-the-raven-is-gone/
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â...'The Sinking Isle' represents a natural progression from our debut. The foundational elements remain, but a lot of new territory is explored that was only briefly glimpsed before."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/03/a...
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AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE: OROMET - "THE SINKING ISLE" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Iâm part of a chat group with some long-distance friends who also write about metal (outside the cohort here at NCS). Some of them had listened to Sacramento-based Orometâs new album The Sinking Isle before I had. One of them acclaimed it as the best funeral doom album of the year, and [...]
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/03/an-ncs-album-premiere-oromet-the-sinking-isle/
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October was such a busy month for releases that Andy Synn has expanded his latest "Things You May Have Missed" article into a bumper edition ft. BIANCA, DROFNOSURA, HOPE DEFERRED, MASSA NERA, SUM OF R, and UNSOULING!
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/03/t...
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THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED (BUT SHOULDN'T) - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn highlights six gems from October you may have overlooked) Iâm going to say something controversial here, but⊠if you see someone talking a big game about how they âlistened to 500 albums th...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/03/things-you-may-have-missed-but-shouldnt-52/
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Recommended for fans of ORANSSI PAZUZU, WHITE WARD, and GREY AURA... this month's edition of THE SYNN REPORT focuses in on the works of unorthodox blackened "post-genre" provocateurs GORYCZ.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/31/t...
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THE SYNN REPORT (PART 188): GORYCZ - NO CLEAN SINGING
Recommended for fans of: Oranssi Pazuzu, White Ward, Grey Aura Itâs been a busy month, and time is short, so letâs dispense with the preamble, shall we? Suffice it to say that if youâre looking for some richly textured, darkly evocative music that combines the best bits of âBlackened Post-Metalâ and âPost-Black Metalâ (of the [...]
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/31/the-synn-report-part-188-gorycz/
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Recommended for fans of ORANSSI PAZUZU, WHITE WARD, and GREY AURA... this month's edition of THE SYNN REPORT focuses in on the works of unorthodox blackened "post-genre" provocateurs GORYCZ.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/31/t...
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THE SYNN REPORT (PART 188): GORYCZ - NO CLEAN SINGING
Recommended for fans of: Oranssi Pazuzu, White Ward, Grey Aura Itâs been a busy month, and time is short, so letâs dispense with the preamble, shall we? Suffice it to say that if youâre looking for some richly textured, darkly evocative music that combines the best bits of âBlackened Post-Metalâ and âPost-Black Metalâ (of the [...]
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/31/the-synn-report-part-188-gorycz/
11 days ago
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"A wide-ranging amalgam of folk music, classical, raging black metal, unconventional psychedelia, dissonance, and harmoniousness [which] deploys those ingredients to create a paranormal pageant of black metal Americana, tailor-made for a Halloween night."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/31/y...
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YELLOW EYES: "CONFUSION GATE" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) In June of last year Gilead Media announced that it would be releasing a collaborative album by Mizmor and Hell (Alluvion, which hit the streets in April 2025) â and explained th...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/31/yellow-eyes-confusion-gate/
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Itâs been a while since our last encounter with the band, due to the 5 year gap between their last album and this one. But in the case of Depravity, itâs true that absence makes the heart grow fonder... assuming one is fond of getting musically mangled.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/30/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: DEPRAVITY - "AWFUL MANGULATION" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Itâs always a pleasure to adorn our page with a painting by Paolo Girardi, especially when itâs as monstrously grotesque as the one that leaps off the cover of Depravityâs new al...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/30/an-ncs-premiere-depravity-awful-mangulation/
12 days ago
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Itâs been a while since our last encounter with the band, due to the 5 year gap between their last album and this one. But in the case of Depravity, itâs true that absence makes the heart grow fonder... assuming one is fond of getting musically mangled.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/30/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: DEPRAVITY - "AWFUL MANGULATION" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Itâs always a pleasure to adorn our page with a painting by Paolo Girardi, especially when itâs as monstrously grotesque as the one that leaps off the cover of Depravityâs new al...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/30/an-ncs-premiere-depravity-awful-mangulation/
12 days ago
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"...these eleven tracks plumb the darkest, doomiest depths of the sludge-spectrum, their gargantuan, gravity-warping drop-F guitars and super-massive, black hole heavy bass constantly threatening to collapse under their own crushing weight."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/28/a...
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AZELL - ASTRALIS - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn has some very nice words to say about the second album from Kentuckyâs Azell) I do love a good concept album, donât you? A lot of that I attribute to my dadâs influence, as he was (and is) ...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/28/azell-astralis/
13 days ago
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Looking for a quick fix of something short-but-sweet? Well, Andy Synn has three meaty morsels of pure British beef and belligerence to recommend today, courtesy of @DeProfundisBand, Plague Pit, and @Soulfracture_.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/29/b...
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BEST OF BRITISH: DE PROFUNDIS / PLAGUE PIT / SOULFRACTURE - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn recommends three short-but-sweet releases from the UK Metal underground) Let me start off today with a little announcement of my own⊠sadly, for reasons beyond our control the third and fin...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/29/best-of-british-de-profundis-plague-pit-soulfracture/
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"...the group have left no stone unturned, no idea off the table... and while this may not have been the ending they would have chosen they have risen to the occasion to produce a piece of undeniable art which defines who they are (and who they were)."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/24/e...
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ERYN NON DAE - DISUNITED STATES OF ANIMA - NO CLEAN SINGING
(To mark its release, Andy Synn has the pleasure and the privilege of writing about the fourth, and final, album from Eryn Non Dae.) There is no way of talking about the new album from NCS-approved po...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/24/eryn-non-dae-disunited-states-of-anima/
18 days ago
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It's time to scour your eardrums and beg forgiveness from whatever gods deign to hear you with this new horror-hymn from VEILBURNER (@transcendingobs).
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/23/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: VEILBURNER - "MATTER O' THE MOST AWFUL MARTYRS" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) This makes the lucky 13th time weâve written about the music of Veilburner (beginning 11 years ago), and the 7th time weâve premiered their music â thatâs a lot of prime numbers!...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/23/an-ncs-premiere-veilburner-matter-o-the-most-awful-martyrs/
19 days ago
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"Tombs have successfully coalesced into a new form here... one whose sinuous flow between blackened blastery and swaggering groove (augmented by touches of gloomy gothic glamour and moody Post-Punk melancholy) is effortlessly and distinctly their own."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/22/t...
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TOMBS - FERAL DARKNESS - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn isnât shy about declaring himself a fan of the new album from Tombs, out now) Itâs funny, isnât it, the ways in which we define ourselves? The ways in which âwho we areâ is so often bound u...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/22/tombs-feral-darkness/
20 days ago
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In case you didn't know GLORIOUS DEPRAVITY play death metal... and, true to their name, itâs gloriously depraved.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/20/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: GLORIOUS DEPRAVITY - "NECROBOTIC ENSLAVEMENT" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Before anyone in the public at large heard a note, it was predictable that the new album by Glorious Depravity would get lots of attention. First and foremast, thereâs the bandâs...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/20/an-ncs-premiere-glorious-depravity-necrobotic-enslavement/
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"...combining the high art of depression with the low art of aggression and exploding from the speakers with the concussive force of a car bomb, 'You Are Safe From God Here' is one of the heaviest albums, both sonically and emotionally, of the band's career."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/20/t...
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THE ACACIA STRAIN - YOU ARE SAFE FROM GOD HERE - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn embraces both the horror, and the hope, of the new album from The Acacia Strain, out Friday) From âhigh artâ to âlow artâ (and Iâm sure thereâs at least a few people out there who would abs...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/20/the-acacia-strain-you-are-safe-from-god-here/
22 days ago
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If Dethklok taught us anything... and some might say they taught us everything... it's that you can't be heavy without feelin' the blues. And Denver's MALKASIAN are REALLY feeling it on their new album.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/17/a...
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AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: MALKASIAN - "OCCULT 5" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) As we sometimes do, weâre going off most of our well-beaten paths with the song and video weâre about to premiere. No shrieking or guttural growling this time, but only singing. ...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/17/an-ncs-video-premiere-malkasian-occult-5/
24 days ago
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We had a small gap in our schedule today, so Andy Synn stepped up to highlight three of his favourite short-but-savage releases from the last month courtesy of HEAD OF THE BAPTIST, THEMATA, and UNDERNEATH.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/16/s...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: HEAD OF THE BAPTIST / THEMATA / UNDERNEATH - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn encourages you to check out three of his favourite EPs from the last month) As always Iâve been a little lax in covering the various EPs and related short-form releases which have been put ...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/16/short-but-sweet-head-of-the-baptist-themata-underneath/
26 days ago
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Andy Synn presents a slightly extended edition of the "Best of British" today, featuring four killer cuts from ASIDHARA, BEYOND EXTINCTION, CONJURER, and DIMSCĂA.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/15/b...
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BEST OF BRITISH: ASIDHARA / BEYOND EXTINCTION / CONJURER / DIMSCĂA - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn provides four, rather than his usual three, fantastic examples of British steel for you to enjoy) Looking back at the year so far it appears that while Iâve been pretty regular with these â...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/15/best-of-british-asidhara-beyond-extinction-conjurer-dimscua/
27 days ago
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âItâs about hopelessness, the pain of loss, and the brutality of everyday life. But itâs also about conquering the summit, overcoming both yourself and your detractors.â
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/14/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: BRAINWAVE - "LOST MY WAY" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Brainwave hail from Wellington, New Zealand, and they devote themselves to the kind of crossover music that blends thrash and hardcore, drawing influence from the likes of Drain, Mindforce, and Forced Order. Now a quintet, theyâll be releasing a record named Ill Intent on October 22nd, which follows up a sequence of [...]
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/14/an-ncs-premiere-brainwave-lost-my-way/
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"...should delight fans both new and old with its alchemical array of melodic, atmospheric, and metallic elements... and if it isnât quite as good as its predecessor? Well, thatâs not for lack of trying, and is perhaps inevitable after setting such a high bar!"
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/13/a...
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AN ABSTRACT ILLUSION - THE SLEEPING CITY - NO CLEAN SINGING
"The Sleeping City" should delight fans both new and old with its alchemical array of melodic, atmospheric, and metallic elements... and if it isnât quite as good as its predecessor? Well, thatâs not ...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/13/an-abstract-illusion-the-sleeping-city/
29 days ago
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"...should delight fans both new and old with its alchemical array of melodic, atmospheric, and metallic elements... and if it isnât quite as good as its predecessor? Well, thatâs not for lack of trying, and is perhaps inevitable after setting such a high bar!"
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/13/a...
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AN ABSTRACT ILLUSION - THE SLEEPING CITY - NO CLEAN SINGING
"The Sleeping City" should delight fans both new and old with its alchemical array of melodic, atmospheric, and metallic elements... and if it isnât quite as good as its predecessor? Well, thatâs not ...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/13/an-abstract-illusion-the-sleeping-city/
29 days ago
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Starerâs new album shatters complacency, creates catharsis, casts spells... and does such with such visceral intensity that it has the capacity to rock people back on their heels.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/10/a...
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AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): STARER - "ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND MODERN SADNESS" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) The name Starer wonât be new to our regular long-term visitors. Weâve been avidly following and writing about this project (the solo symphonic black metal endeavor of Kentucky-ba...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/10/an-ncs-album-premiere-and-a-review-starer-ancient-monuments-and-modern-sadness/
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"...thereâs an undercurrent of scalding desperation and searing discontent running through each and every song, a sense of time running out and walls closing in, that makes every scorching scream and clashing chord feel that much more vital and visceral."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/08/t...
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TERZIJ DE HORDE - OUR FLESH IS NOT OURS ALONE - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn takes a breath before diving in to the new album from Terzij de Horde) Thereâs a certain sense of satisfaction to be had from knowing just how long weâve been writing about the work of Dutch Black Meta/Hardcore crew Terzij de Horde. As a matter of fact, their debut album, Self (which turns ten [...]
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/08/terzij-de-horde-our-flesh-is-not-ours-alone/
about 1 month ago
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"Thereâs a much greater sense of completeness to 'The Spiritual Sound' which serves to elevate it above the rest of their work... [and] it feels like Agriculture, flawed as they may be, may have finally found themselves at last."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/07/a...
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AGRICULTURE - THE SPIRITUAL SOUND - NO CLEAN SINGING
It might be best to consider this record as a sort of soft-reboot and an opportunity to experience the real "spiritual sound" of the band.. because it feels like Agriculture, flawed as they may be, ha...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/07/agriculture-the-spiritual-sound/
about 1 month ago
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Andy Synn got married last month, which meant he didn't have much time to write for us... but now he's back and attempting to atone for his absence by highlighting albums from ABRAHAM, CODEX NERO, HADOPELAGYAL, PEACE OF MIND, TZEENTCH, and ZATOKREV.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/06/t...
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THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED (BUT SHOULDN'T) - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn returns to regular posting today with an apology and an attempt to atone for his absence) As you may have noticed, I missed a lot of stuff last month⊠mostly because I was very busy, first ...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/06/things-you-may-have-missed-but-shouldnt-51/
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"...a 10 1/2 minute beast, with a heavily thrumming bass and horrid gutturals in the depths and feverishly wailing and flickering guitars in the upper reaches."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/02/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: DWELLING BELOW - "SACRAMENTS" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) The lineup of Dwelling Below â drummer/vocalist Jared Moran, bassist Anthony Wheeler, and guitarist Nicolas Turner â overlaps significantly with those of the bands Hierarchies an...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/02/an-ncs-premiere-dwelling-below-sacraments/
about 1 month ago
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"Although there remains an emphasis on inflicting pure sonic punishment, itâs this balance between terror and tension which makes 'Guilded Abyss' arguably one of the bandâs best albums yet."
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VALDUR - GUILDED ABYSS - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn gazes deep into the Guilded Abyss in advance of its release tomorrow) Iâve spoken before, both briefly and at length, about how thankful I am that NCS is a wholly incompetent independent en...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/02/valdur-guilded-abyss/
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Recommended for fans of Full of Hell, Wake, and Of Feather and Bone... this month's edition of the THE SYNN REPORT features a deep-dive into the discography of deathly blackened Sludge-Grinders TITHE.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/01/t...
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THE SYNN REPORT (PART 187): TITHE - NO CLEAN SINGING
Portland, Oregon trio Tithe first caught my attention with the release of 2023's 'Inverse Rapture', and with the group having just released their third album a few weeks ago now seemed like the perfec...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/10/01/the-synn-report-part-187-tithe/
about 1 month ago
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"...the juxtaposition of humongous riffs and pit-ready percussion with passages of simmering melancholy and captivating clean-sung choruses is done so well that the band effectively breathe new life into what might otherwise be an overly familiar formula."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/29/d...
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DYING WISH - FLESH STAYS TOGETHER - NO CLEAN SINGING
For all that 'Flesh Stays Together' positions Dying Wish as the next big mainstream Metalcore success story (if they aren't already) the execution throughout is simply so good that you can't help but ...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/29/dying-wish-flesh-stays-together/
about 1 month ago
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"As before, DISPOSSESSED use their fusion of sludge, doom, and death metal to express rage and despair, once more grounding their work in anti-authoritarian ideals."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/26/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: DISPOSSESSED - "CONCRETE TOMB" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Portland, Oregon-based Dispossessed made their hulking and haunting presence known with a harrowing first full-length, Exanimate, in 2019, and followed that with the âMakhnovshch...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/26/an-ncs-premiere-dispossessed-concrete-tomb/
about 2 months ago
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"To those craving something a little different, something which feeds the brain with its disturbing social satire as much as it fattens the gut with its deliciously meaty riffs, all I have to say is⊠praise be to The Bean Pipe and all it gives us!"
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/25/a...
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ASHBREATHER - LA GRANDE BOUFFE - NO CLEAN SINGING
Both stronger and stranger 'La Grand Bouffe' is an altogether more bizarre - not to mention more dystopian - beast than its predecessor.
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/25/ashbreather-la-grande-bouffe/
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"To those craving something a little different, something which feeds the brain with its disturbing social satire as much as it fattens the gut with its deliciously meaty riffs, all I have to say is⊠praise be to The Bean Pipe and all it gives us!"
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/25/a...
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ASHBREATHER - LA GRANDE BOUFFE - NO CLEAN SINGING
Both stronger and stranger 'La Grand Bouffe' is an altogether more bizarre - not to mention more dystopian - beast than its predecessor.
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/25/ashbreather-la-grande-bouffe/
about 2 months ago
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"...Revocationâs âhit to missâ ratio over the course of their career has been strongly weighted more towards the former than the latter and the release of 'New Gods, New Masters' (
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www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/17/r...
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REVOCATION - NEW GODS, NEW MASTERS - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn offers some advance thoughts on the new album from long-time NCS favourites Revocation) Seriously though, stop me if youâve heard this before, but⊠sometimes it seems like we spend a lot, i...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/17/revocation-new-gods-new-masters/
about 2 months ago
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We're still reeling from today's tragic news, but hopefully some new music will be a balm, since: "...when the clouds begin to gather and the lightning starts to strike itâs difficult, if not impossible, to resist the call of this particular storm."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/16/k...
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KRIGSGRAV - STORMCALLER - NO CLEAN SINGING
It might not change the world or reinvent the wheel, but when the clouds begin to gather and the lightning starts to strike it's difficult, if not impossible, to resist the call of this particular sto...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/16/krigsgrav-stormcaller/
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The passing of Tomas Lindberg is another huge blow to our scene. A true larger than life legend, whose instantly recognisable style was often imitated, but never bettered, he leaves behind a legacy of work that will live forever.
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"Make no mistake⊠mature, confident, introspective, and viscerally powerful on both a musical and emotional level⊠this is as good a debut album as any youâre likely to hear this year."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/15/t...
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THE GREAT WHITE NOTHING - PASSAGE I: MELANCHOLIA - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn travels deep into The Great White Nothing⊠and likes what he finds there) Sometimes it seems like we spend most of our time here at NCS playing catch-up. And the reason for this is⊠well, w...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/15/the-great-white-nothing-passage-i-melancholia/
about 2 months ago
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Prepare for death, prepare for doom, prepare to... "Dissolve".
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/12/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: SILENT TOMBS - "DISSOLVE" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Personal Records has already conclusively demonstrated its taste for a range of extreme metal genres, with a roster of releases that appeals to a variety of tastes. But the releases might show a special affinity for doom/death (or death/doom) metal, and we have a prime example of that today. What weâre about [...]
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/12/an-ncs-premiere-silent-tombs-dissolve
2 months ago
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"...an expertly rendered experience of affliction, madness, and despair... "Plague Ritual" certainly lives up to its name."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/11/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: THAUMATURGY - "PLAGUE RITUAL" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Thaumaturgy: the working of miracles, magic, or supernatural feats, whether genuine or illusory. The term originates from Greek, meaning âmiracle working,â and is associated with...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/11/an-ncs-premiere-thaumaturgy-plague-ritual/
2 months ago
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Some say that "true Black Metal is fuelled by ennui"... but on their inward-gazing new album,
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have taken a look deep inside themselves and then taken a step beyond the boundaries of the genre (and are all the better for it).
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/10/d...
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DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT - INNERN - NO CLEAN SINGING
The band's best album since 2015's 'Stellar', it suggests that maybe, just maybe, Der Weg Einer Freiheit might be primed for a step beyond the boundaries of Black Metal sooner, rather than later.
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/10/der-weg-einer-freiheit-innern/
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"It might be smart for you to strap on body armor and a tough helmet before you press play on âUmbrage Earned,â the Plague Curse song weâre now premiering, because itâs a roaring blast front of weaponized sound."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/09/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: PLAGUE CURSE - "UMBRAGE EARNED" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Letâs cut to the chase, shall we? Letâs immediately address what youâre about to hear and then come back and fill in some details about whoâs doing it. Figuratively speaking at l...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/09/an-ncs-premiere-plague-curse-umbrage-earned/
2 months ago
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Andy Synn kicks off another week here at NCS with three high-grade slabs of pure British beef courtesy of ADUR, CULT BURIAL, and TRUDGER.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/08/b...
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BEST OF BRITISH: ADUR / CULT BURIAL / TRUDGER - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn has three more slabs of home-grown heaviness to recommend today) If youâve been keeping track recently you may have noticed a slight dip in my output frequency, mostly because Iâm having to...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/08/best-of-british-adur-cult-burial-trudger/
2 months ago
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Get your fix of albums you may (or may not) have missed last month courtesy of AMPHISBAENA, OLD MACHINES, SLOW CRUSH and VICTIM OF FIRE.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/04/t...
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THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED (BUT SHOULDN'T) - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn has four suggestions, taken from a long list, of stuff to check out from August) August was a busy month for me, for a lot of different reasons, which is why it feels like I missed out on covering a lot of artists/albums I normally would have made/found more time for. Those artists include â [...]
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/04/things-you-may-have-missed-but-shouldnt-50/
2 months ago
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"The song is indeed a genre-bender - the anchor of black metal bleeding into gothic, dark wave, and death metal influences - and also definitely focused, cohesive, and memorable, as well as emotionally moving."
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/03/a...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: UNSOULING - "YOUR MOMENTARY PASSING" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Even after the enthusiasm that greeted I, Voidhanger Recordsâ release of Unsoulingâs 2024 debut album Vampiric Spiritual Drain, itâs likely that the bandâs Minneapolis-based crea...
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/03/an-ncs-premiere-unsouling-your-momentary-passing/
2 months ago
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Recommended for fans of Comeback Kid, Shai Hulud, early Rise Against (and more)... Andy Synn does a deep-dive into the discography of modern Punk/Hardcore icons MODERN LIFE IS WAR (including their brand new album).
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/01/t...
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THE SYNN REPORT (PART 186): MODERN LIFE IS WAR - NO CLEAN SINGING
Recommended for fans of: Comeback Kid, Shai Hulud, Rise Against One of the best things about a band announcing a new album â especially a band as seminal to their scene as this â is that it often acts as a prompt to go back and re-listen to their previous works, which often (in my [...]
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2025/09/01/the-synn-report-part-186-modern-life-is-war/
2 months ago
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