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Interview with Goth/Rock God Mark Gemini Thwaite

Songs Of-Preys presents an interview with Mark Gemini Thwaite of MGT, as well as numerous well known projects, including The Wonder Stuff, Peter Murphy and more, this time discussing his new project Sevendials.

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What an album, if you like unsettling harsh noise and ritual ambient, then don't skip it.

NEW ALBUM STREAMING NOW!!!

淫祀 is the new album from Chinese ritual ambient/ power electronics / harsh noise / Pagan folk / post-black metal act 筮人, released January 1st 2025.

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Enduring Revery – A Voice of Thunder Premiere

We are pleased to present the official premiere of A Voice of Thunder, the new single from A Voice of Thunder, Unfathomable by Hagerstown, Maryland based progressive acoustic doom/sludge metal/post-hardcore solo-project Enduring Revery (Heath Gibson), released April 4th, 2025.

Listen to the single and watch the music video:

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Can you help us promote our new LP?

https://sludgebucket.bandcamp.com/album/vampiric-earth

We really apreciate the support.

Thanks,

Kelly

Bass/Music

Hi there, We would be happy to. How would you feel about coming on our podcast to promote the album? Regards James CDM

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Justin Vølus' Top 15 Death Metal Album List

Justin Vølus (Justin Vølus - Music) of Vargheist Records presents a video list of his top 15 death metal albums of all time.

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Underking – The Isle of Crooked Stone Official Track Premiere

We are extremely pleased to bring you the official premiere of The Isle of Crooked Stone, the new single from Brighton And Hove, UK based fantasy/sci-fi inspired traditional heavy metal/hard rock act Underking. The single is officially released on March 14th, but you get to enjoy it a day early.

Listen to the single now at the link below:

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NEW CDM PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW!!!

Matt talks to a man who is living out every metal nerd’s dream; owning your own record store. Simon is the owner of Brisbane based Blackened Records joins the podcast to talk about living and dying with the success of your store; providing a platform for local artists; and a record shop being like the kids’ collector mentality with comic books.

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NEW CDM PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW!!!

We sit down with New Hampshire's premiere stoner doom/skate punk brothers Hobo Wizard to talk all things fuzzy and dirty. We discuss their signature sound New England 'Bum Doom', combining themes of drug use, magic and the occult, and the challenges of translating the music of a two piece act to live performances. We also talk about being in a band with family members, opening for Dopethrone, Temple of the Fuzz Witch and others, the New Hampshire music and food scenes and much more.

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Vølus / Fall of Gnosis – Codex of Fire (Compilation) (2025)

James looks at Codex of Fire, a consolidated collection of the works of both of Justin Vølus’ primary solo projects Vølus / Fall of Gnosis, released January 1st on Vargheist Records.

While each has a vastly different sound, they work well together on this compilation, balancing each other’s sounds out and providing enough variety that the album’s monstrous 50 song track list never feels dull or repetitive. Whether you're a psychedelic death doom fan or a dissonant death/black metal fan, you'll find plenty to love.

Listen to the full compilation now:

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28 Years Later and Boots – A Brief Look at a Century Old Recording

A recent trailer for the upcoming movie 28 Years Later has sparked a large amount of discussion online due to its choice of soundtrack. The trailer features an altered version of a century old recording of the poem Boots by Rudyard Kipling. This article takes a brief look at the poem, the recording and the modern altered version used in the trailer. Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later is set for release June 20, 2025.

Read the article, watch the trailer and listen to the original Boots recording:

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The Obsidian Resurrection - As Darkness Falls (2025)

Tom Hanno of Tom's Reviews looks at As Darkness Falls, the new album from Modesto, California based symphonic death/black/thrash metal act The Obsidian Resurrection, released January 10, 2025.

Back in 2021,The Obsidian Resurrection released a demo called Enslaved By Nightmares. The three tracks went all the way back to 2003, from a band …“Formerly known as Obsidian, this is our demo from 2003. We had to break up back around 2005, but we are currently in the studio working on our full length album set to be released in 2022.”

These demo tracks were very good, and I began looking forward to hearing the promised full album. 2023 came and went, then 2024 did the same, but now, in 2025, we have finally gotten the new record!!!!

Read Tom's full review and listen to and order the album:

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NEW CDM PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW!!!

We sit down with Fernando del Valle III of Denver based progressive/technical death metal Exuvial to discuss the band's debut album The Hive Mind Chronicles Part I - Parasitica, out now on Silent Pendulum Records. We discuss the recording process and inspiration for the new album, the band's story and working with Silent Pendulum Records. We also discuss the issue with modern tech death, Denver's music and food scenes, horror movies, Alien Romulus and more.

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Hazzerd Delivers Old-School Thrash On New Album, The 3rd Dimension

Tom Hanno of Tom's Reviews looks at The 3rd Dimension, the new album from Canadian thrashers Hazzerd, released January 17th on Salem Rose Music & M-Theory Audio.

Do you like to hear the music of bands like Megadeth, Testament, Exodus, Iron Maiden, Havok, etc? If you answered yes to this question, then you may want to wrap your ears around Canadian thrashers, Hazzerd, who are based out of Calgary, Alberta. Their new album, The Third Dimension, came out on January 17th, 2025, and in my opinion, it gets this year started off right.

Read Tom's full review and listen to and order the album at the link below or in our bio:

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NEW CDM PODCAST EPISODE OUT NOW!!!

Matt sat down with Caspar from Brisbane dinosynth project Thagomizer to talk about the ever expanding world of Dino-synth. They talk about the positive out of a negative beginnings to the project; transitioning from a hardcore band to behind a keyboard; and people making nests for their beers.

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Ancient Torment - Force Me Upon Death (2024)

Tom Hanno of Tom's Reviews looks at Force Me Upon Death, the new demo from Providence, Rhode Island raw black metal band Ancient Torment, released December 13th, 2024 on Old Pain Records and Iron Bonehead Productions.

Black Metal is an acquired taste, even within the realms of Extreme Metal fandom, but for those of you that enjoy the genre, I have the new release from Ancient Torment to recommend to you. Please continue reading to find out exactly why we’re talking about them today.

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Top 20 0f 2024: As Picked by James Sweetlove

Well the annual trend of releasing too much quality music to cover all of remains in full swing in 2024. While James covers a lot of albums on our site, he’s managed to carve out a top 20 albums that have really stood out to him this year. These span numerous countries and genres, so there should be something here for everyone. How many of these made your end of year lists?

James' top 20 are:

1. Tzompantli – Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force

2. Cosmic Jaguar - Aztec Technical Thrash/Death – El Era Del Jaguar

3. Totengott – Beyond the Veil

4. Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre – Super Turbo

5. Misotheist – Vessels By Which The Devil Is Made Flesh

6. TFS Band – Tropical F*ck Storm’s Inflatable Graveyard

7. Matt Elliott – Drinking Songs Live 20 Years On

8. Chat Pile - Cool World

9. Ulcerate – Cutting The Throat Of God

10. Amigo The Devil - Yours Until the War is Over

11. Extorted – Cognitive Dissonance

12. ACxDC - G​.​O​.​A​.​T.

13. Nails - Every Bridge Burned

14. Convulsing – Perdurance

15. CUCO - So​ñ​ar Correr Como Animal

16. TROG – Horrors Beyond

17. Celestial Sword – Nocturnal Divinity

18. Opeth- The Last Will and Testament

19. Couch Slvt – You Could Do It Tonight

20. Drug Hunt – Feast

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CDM Top 10 Albums of 2024: As Chosen by the CDM Group

We once again ran a poll in the Cave Dweller Music Group over the past few weeks, where YOU, our users decided what you believed to be the top 10 albums of 2024. As always you came through and provided us with over 300 votes, clearly deciding on your favourite albums of this past year.

You voted for:

1. Full of Hell - Coagulated Bliss

2. High On Fire - Cometh the Storm

3. Uncle Acid and the deadbeats - Nell Ora Blue

4. Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive

5. Thou - Umbilical

6. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God

7. Ulver - Liminal Animals

8. Panzerchrist - All Witches Shall Burn

9. Mastiff - Deprecipice

10. Couch Slvt - You Could Do It Tonight