Tag Archive: Beneath The Massacre

Stream Two New Beneath the Massacre Tracks!

Jan.11, 2012

There’s a fine line between tech death I love and tech death I hate. There’s something about overindulgent structureless wank that I just can’t stand listening to. Beneath the Massacre are a band that’s close to the line, but ultimately, I’d consider myself a fan. I thought their 2010 EP Marée Noire was quite excellent, because it was well produced and had technically assaulting songs that were still somewhat catchy. Since then, I couldn’t wait for more music, and now we’re getting it!

Terrorizer is streaming the new Beneath the Massacre track ‘Symptoms,’ and Metal Hammer is streaming another new track titled ‘Left Hand.’ Both tracks are absolutely killer, and are exactly what I wanted to hear from them after their last EP. Their forthcoming new album Incongruous will be out on February 20th on Prosthetic Records. Here’s the tracklist:

01. Symptoms
02. Hunted
03. Left Hand
04. Hopes
05. It
06. Light
07. Incongruous
08. Pedestal
09. Grief
10. Damages
11. Unheard

- JR

Tags: Beneath The Massacre, Incongruous, Prosthetic Records

Milhouse Is So Meta(l)

Filed Under: Audio, New music

Aug.17, 2011

“Milhouse is not a meme” is a meme in and of itself, which makes Milhouse some sort of wonky meta-meme. This is why I love the internet.

Trollface, the meme-based demi-supergroup collaboration thing with Tre Watson and Anthony DiGiacomo (known for his work under the name Encircle), have a new song titled “Milhouse Is NOT A Meme.” I’m beginning to greatly enjoy Trollface’s output so far, reminding me of some hybrid of The Black Dahlia Murder, Born of Osiris (Tre’s surprisingly amazing vocal work in particular) and Beneath the Massacre. The song is absolutely killer for the following reasons:

DAT BASS
DEM RIFFS
Lyrics seemingly written as an empowering letter to Milhouse, as if to say “you may not be a meme, but don’t let that get you down!”
Tom Morello-esque solo is nuts

Stream it below, and be sure to like Trollface on Facebook.

- JR

Tags: Anthony DiGiacomo, Beneath The Massacre, Born of Osiris, Encircle, The Black Dahlia Murder, Tom Morello, Tre Watson, Trollface

Beneath the Massacre – Marée Noire

Filed Under: Reviews

Dec.22, 2010

Beneath the Massacre

Marée Noire

01. The Casket You Sleep In
02. Black Tide
03. Drill Baby Drill
04. Designed to Strangle
05. Anomic

[Prosthetic | 09/14/10]

I have a love/hate relationship with tech-death. You’ve got a genre full of musicians with potential, but only a handful are able to reach that potential. Where bands like Necrophagist, The Faceless, and Gorod have repeatedly shown their dominance and talent, bands like Brain Drill and Burning the Masses are just not very good at all. It’s definitely hard to get right. You can’t just string wank together and have people take you seriously. You need to work for it.

Beneath the Massacre are a band I have been neglecting. I may have put them off because I heard Burning the Masses once and didn’t like it, so I got them confused with each other later. Their names are too damn similar! However, I’ve finally corrected this confusion and picked up Marée Noire based on the recommendations from a few friends. I must say, this is probably the heaviest thing I’ve enjoyed upon several listens in a while!

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Tags: Beneath The Massacre, Brain Drill, Burning the Masses, gorod, Necrophagist, The Faceless

Son of Aurelius – The Farthest Reaches

Filed Under: Reviews

Oct.15, 2010

Son of Aurelius

The Farthest Reaches

01. Mercy for Today
02. Let Them Hate and Fear
03. The Farthest Reaches
04. Olympus is Forgotten
05. Facing the Gorgon
06. Pandora’s Burden
07. A Champion Reborn
08. Myocardial Infarction
09. The Calm
10. A Good Death
11. The First, The Serpent

[Good Fight Music | 04/13/10]

I took a chance when I purchased Son Of Aurelius’ first album The Farthest Reaches. Usually before purchasing any album I guarantee I’ll enjoy it by giving it a pre-listen through research on the internet. Before buying The Farthest Reaches, I had only heard Mercy For Today and knew it fell into the broad genre of death-metal, a genre I’m very picky about. After listening to the album repeatedly for over a week, I can say I’m glad I took that chance; I’m glad I gambled.

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Tags: Beneath The Massacre, Grind, melodic death metal, progressive, Son of Aurelius, tech death, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Faceless, The Red Chord

Wretched – Beyond The Gate

Filed Under: Reviews

Aug.18, 2010

Wretched

Beyond the Gate

01. Birthing Sloth
02. The Deed of Elturiel
03. In the Marrow
04. A Still Mantra
05. Cimmerian Shamballa
06. On the Horizon
07. Part I – Aberration
08. Part II – Beyond The Gate
09. My Carrion
10. The Guardians of Uraitahn
11. The Talisman
12. Eternal Translucence

[Victory | 08/03/10]

Wretched is a tough band to describe. Personally, I consider them to be technical-death metal. Some will read this and immediately think of Beneath the Massacre or Brain Drill, but Wretched sounds nothing like either. They use technical and progressive riffs throughout, but they take a back seat to the blast beats and shreds that sound most similar to The Black Dahlia Murder. The proggy and techy riffs are deliberately written as part of the song structure, and for this reason never interrupt the listening experience like one might think. This description specifically describes their latest album, Beyond the Gate.

Wretched’s first album, The Exodus of Autonomy, was a little more chuggier and at times sounded like Through The Eyes of The Dead’s Bloodlust. Beyond the Gate trades out much of the chugging (though not all of it) for plenty of screaming guitar solos. The shift in album art between the two albums coincides with this change, displaying an ominous face melting blast furnace.

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Tags: Beneath The Massacre, Between The Buried and Me, Brain Drill, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Chariot, The Red Chord, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Wretched