Combat Astronomy - Method and Trap (2024)

Combat Astronomy is a one man band, releasing music since 1999 (I wish I had discovered it earlier!). Method and Trap isn't its latest album, but it's my favourite among its recent stuff. What about the music, Expect high quality instrumental noise/post/math rock, always based on the drums and bass rhythm, but with something different in each release. In Method and Trap I'd say it's the synth soundscapes building an atmosphere in the songs. Subtle and very nicely done. Recommended!

 

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Triage - In the Trenches (2026)

On this second Triage album, while the drums are definitely grindcore (Bryan Fajardo!), the vocals and riffs bring some kind of black/thrash/war metal feel, and it works fine. In the Trenches is perfect for your daily dose of audio aggression! Go for it!

 

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Dome Runner - World Panopticon (2025)

Dome Runner is a Finnish trio, and their third (and double) album,World Panopticon, is a nice piece of old school industrial metal. The overall sound and the more ambient moments remind Godflesh, while the most aggressive parts can bring to mind Nailbomb. In any case, a very solid album that will please anyone into industrial metal.

 

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Show Me The Body - Alone Together (2026)

Logically less diversity in this album than on their Corpus I and II EPs (which I recommend), but still a lot more diverse, surprising and personal than your usual hardcore album. Like in their previous albums Show Me The Body blend some noise-rock, post-punk and nu-metal (mostly some hip-hop rhythms and grooves) in their hardcore, but in Alone Together they also bring some marching band style music, along with bits of acoustic guitars and spoken words, with good results, managing again to renew themselves while keeping quality on top. I think it's time these guys get more recognition!

 

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Somium de Lycoris - In The Failing Hour (2023)

Somium de Lycoris is a solo project from Japan (here with a few guests, like Christian Muenzner, rings a bell?), In The Failing Hour is a nice piece of technical death metal, with many neoclassical elements, piano included, at turn very melodic or frankly brutal, combining excellent musicianship and songwriting. Spectacular and entertaining stuff!

 

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Xaoc - Repulsive Summoning (2025)

For some reason I thought previous Xaoc album Proxime Mortis would be the last one, but I've been happy to discover that Tony Petrocelli (Xaoc guitarist and leader) gathered new musicians and released Repulsive Summoning in 2025. To be frank, I prefer Proxime Mortis, but Repulsive Summing is still a solid album, good brutal death songs with finely executed melodic leads.

 

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AxCxMxE - NECROPATÍA SISTÉMICA (2026)

 

Necropatia Sistemica is AxCxMxE second album. The Columbian grinders play some traditionnal grind, but with goregrind style vocals and a quite clean sounding bass forward in the mix, a bit like in modern tech death. This mix of old school basics and modern elements works fine, nothing groundbreaking, it's still quite basic, but it's an enjoyable album.

 

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