DEAD METAL

Previous posts about Old Tower can be found here . Hailing from Holland, the dungeon synth/dark ambient artist is as prolific as he is talented. This latest five track/twenty-five minute offering comes with the following blurb: These songs were commissioned for Dark Ages Workshop/Grimdark Compendium for their series of miniature painting tutorial videos for the game Trench Crusade. The music was made to enrich the lore and atmosphere of the Trench Pilgrims, one of the game's factions. The Trench Pilgrims isn't the first OT release we would recommend to someone that is unfamiliar with the back catalogue, but if you're a fan it certainly won't disappoint. You can stream it below, and download it for free  here .

Death-doom from Costa Rica here, courtesy of Morbid Chapel / Caligari . Something about this four track EP keeps pulling you back for more. The riffs are strong, the vocals are commanding, the drumming is vicious, the tempos are varied… The atmosphere is wretched, the delivery is unhinged, the production is ridiculously heavy... But any specific features aside, Lutum just has a special quality about it somehow. You can preview Perishing's punishing debut below.