Terminus Episode 12 - Draghkar, Sepulchral Curse, Defeated Sanity, Embryectomy

It's time for some death metal. Nothing but death metal. Ripping death metal. Crushing death metal. Brutal, technical, gut-busting death metal. And of course, the monstrously inbred, three-headed stepchild... slam. The Black Metal Guy leads off with debut full-lengths from Draghkar and Sepulchral Curse, two strikingly original takes on oldschool sounds. For Draghkar, it's 80s proto-death filtered through epic speed metal. For Sepulchral Curse, it's Stockholm death metal filtered through a thoroughly Finnish sensibility. But will The Black Metal Guy's picks pass muster with the famously picky Death Metal Guy??

In the second half of the show, the Death Metal Guy brings us to the vanguard of weird brutality, with the new one from German masters Defeated Sanity, and the return of the Hellenic slamophiles, Embryectomy. DS's The Sanguinary Impetus is their most out-there yet, leaving both your hosts' jaws on the floor. Embryectomy work at the total opposite end of the spectrum, perpetrating an almost unthinkable atrocity -- a slam record without all those pesky trem riffs and blasts. And you know when the slams are hot and heavy, The Death Metal Guy can't control himself. So strap yourself in for the latest spasm of Autism Hour... the Grand Unified Theory of Slam.

00:00 - Introductory bullshitting / gore stories / rundown of bands and labels

12:11 - Draghkar - At The Crossroads of Infinity (Unspeakable Axe - imprint of Dark Descent)

52:56 - Sepulchral Curse - Only Ashes Remain (Transcending Obscurity Records)

01:27:30 - Defeated Sanity - The Sanguinary Impetus (Willowtip Records)

01:59:35 - Embryectomy - Flamethrower Ecdysis (Morbid Generation Records)

02:20:06 - Autism Hour - The Grand Unified Theory of Slam

02:44:37 - Outro - House Of Atreus - "Oath of the Horatii," fr. From the Madness of Ixion

CORRECTION: Early on in the show, The Black Metal Guy accidentally combines Azath's Andrew Lee w/ his bandmate, Brandon Corsair, to make "Brandon Lee." That's Bruce Lee's son, who starred in - and made the ultimate sacrifice for - The Crow.

CLARIFICATION: Sepulchral Curse only shares two members with Solothus - Kari Kankaanpää (vocals) and Aleksi Luukka (guitars). Both also play in Yawning Void (Finnblack death-doom) with Tommi Ilmanen (drums and vocals).