Dave Wolff (Asphyxium Zine)
@dave-wolff3.bsky.social
Asphyxium is an online zine featuring metal, punk, hardcore, goth, crust, grindcore, doom, stoner, occult rock, psychobilly, electronica, ambient, industrial, experimental, synthpop, darkwave, etc.
Although I've always appreciated Testament, even when some albums didn’t seem so hot to me, I wasn't prepared for the degree of savagery and skill I experienced on “Para Bellum.”
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Full Length Review: Testament "Para Bellum" (Nuclear Blast) by Dave Wolff
Band: Testament Location: Oakland, California Country; USA Genre: Thrash metal Full length: Para Bellum Format: Digital album Label: Nuclear...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Although I've always appreciated Testament, even when some albums didn’t seem so hot to me, I wasn't prepared for the degree of savagery and skill I experienced on “Para Bellum.”
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What more can I say about Sodom than I already have? To this day I still remember them as the band I initially (and briefly, I might add) disliked but grew to love.
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Full Length Review: Sodom "The Arsonist" (Steamhammer) by Dave Wolff
Band: Sodom Country: Germany Genre: Thrash metal Full Length: The Arsonist Format: CD, vinyl, digital Label: Steamhammer Release date: June ...
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December 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
What more can I say about Sodom than I already have? To this day I still remember them as the band I initially (and briefly, I might add) disliked but grew to love.
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Naming themselves after the Australian term for poppers, and comparing themselves to the thirty-second effect it has on you when taking it, Amyl and the Sniffers have won three of nine Aria Award nominations.
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Full Length Review: Amyl and the Sniffers "Cartoon Darkness" (B2B Records) by Dave Wolff
Band: Amyl and the Sniffers Location: Melbourne Country: Australia Genre: Punk, rock Full length: Cartoon Darkness Format: Digital album Lab...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Naming themselves after the Australian term for poppers, and comparing themselves to the thirty-second effect it has on you when taking it, Amyl and the Sniffers have won three of nine Aria Award nominations.
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With "Suck It," their second full length following “Hotbang,” (2017) The Rumours achieve what many punk/hard rock and pop/punk bands aim for, without trying.
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Full Length Review: The Rumours "Suck It" (Independent) by Dave Wolff
Band: The Rumours Location: Waterloo, Iowa Country: USA Genre: Punk, rock Full Length: Suck It Format: Digital album Label: Independent Rele...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
With "Suck It," their second full length following “Hotbang,” (2017) The Rumours achieve what many punk/hard rock and pop/punk bands aim for, without trying.
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It’s been a few years since “When the Lights Go Out Volume II” and “When the Lights Go Out Vol. III” by Gridfailure were spotlit here. Back then, this project gave me the idea this was not your typical ambient project.
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Full Length Review: Gridfailure "Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery III" (Nefarious Industries) by Dave Wolff
Band: Gridfailure Location: New York, New York Country: USA Genre: Experimental Full Length: Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery III Format: D...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
It’s been a few years since “When the Lights Go Out Volume II” and “When the Lights Go Out Vol. III” by Gridfailure were spotlit here. Back then, this project gave me the idea this was not your typical ambient project.
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When most bands are a gathering of musicians that pool their resources from scratch, Awaiting Abigail is formed largely of musicians who’ve known each other for some time.
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Single Review: Awaiting Abigail "Anxiety" (Independent) by Dave Wolff
Band: Awaiting Abigail Location: Dallas, Texas Country: USA Genre: Rock, metal Single: Anxiety Format: Digital Label: Independent Release da...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
When most bands are a gathering of musicians that pool their resources from scratch, Awaiting Abigail is formed largely of musicians who’ve known each other for some time.
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The Zenith Passage is partly comprised of former members of The Faceless, a Los Angeles-based technical deathcore/prog technical death metal band.
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Single/Video Review: The Zenith Passage "Fleshbound Reliquary" (Metal Blade) by Dave Wolff
Band: The Zenith Passage Location: Los Angeles, California Country: USA Genre: Progressive technical death metal Single: Fleshbound Reliquar...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Zenith Passage is partly comprised of former members of The Faceless, a Los Angeles-based technical deathcore/prog technical death metal band.
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“Deadly Reflections” starts off strong with a powerful groove of brutal death metal that tears you up from the insides. This manifestation is pretty wild and straight forward at the same time. It stands on its own very well.
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Promo Review: Cleaver Cult "Promo 2024" (Independent) by Daniel Ryan
Band: Cleaver Cult Country: Greece Genre: Death metal Promo: Promo 2024 Format: Digital Label: Independent Release date: August 2, 2024 “Dea...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“Deadly Reflections” starts off strong with a powerful groove of brutal death metal that tears you up from the insides. This manifestation is pretty wild and straight forward at the same time. It stands on its own very well.
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Independent horror and gore films Blood Freak grew up with, films that couldn't be found anyplace other than Kim's Video, have maintained their fan bases since before "Scream" and "Saw."
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Full Length Review: Blood Freak "Sleaze Merchants" (Extremely Rotten Productions) by Dave Wolff
Band: Blood Freak Location: Portland, Oregon Country: USA Genre: Death/grindcore Full length: Sleaze Merchants Format: Digital album Label: ...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Independent horror and gore films Blood Freak grew up with, films that couldn't be found anyplace other than Kim's Video, have maintained their fan bases since before "Scream" and "Saw."
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Over the last five years, the close-knit friends comprising Emperors & Angels have cultivated a career by self-producing their albums, fueled by the internal gasoline they ignite to overcome obstacles and setbacks they face daily.
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Full Length Review: Emperors & Angels "IIII" (Curtain Call Records) by Dave Wolff
Band: Emperors & Angels Country: USA Genre: Rock, metal Full Length: IIII Format: Digital Label: Curtain Call Records Release date: 2025 Ove...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Over the last five years, the close-knit friends comprising Emperors & Angels have cultivated a career by self-producing their albums, fueled by the internal gasoline they ignite to overcome obstacles and setbacks they face daily.
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It has been a long time since I listened to Them's "Sweet Hollow" and "Manor of the Seventeen Gables," and I wanted to see what they've been up to lately, see how far they'd come since they released those landmarks of underground metal.
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Full Length Review: Them "Psychedelic Enigma" (Steamhammer) by Dave Wolff
Band: Them Country: USA, Germany Genre: Progressive thrash/power metal Full length: Psychedelic Enigma Format: Digital album Label: Steamham...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It has been a long time since I listened to Them's "Sweet Hollow" and "Manor of the Seventeen Gables," and I wanted to see what they've been up to lately, see how far they'd come since they released those landmarks of underground metal.
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After thirty years as a performer and music instructor, Dan Sindel developed a method of recording involving multi-tracked electric and acoustic guitars and symphonic arrangements.
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EP Review: Dan Sindel "They Only Love You When You're Winning" (Independent) by Dave Wolff
Artist: Dan Sindel Location: Los Angeles, California Country: USA Genre: Rock, progressive rock EP: They Only Love You When You're Winning F...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
After thirty years as a performer and music instructor, Dan Sindel developed a method of recording involving multi-tracked electric and acoustic guitars and symphonic arrangements.
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Internal Bleeding has never whitewashed their derision toward pretenses of decency masking hidden agendas.
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Full Length Review: Internal Bleeding "Settle All Scores" (Maggot Stomp) by Dave Wolff
Band: Internal Bleeding Location: New York Country: USA Genre: Slam death metal Full length: Settle All Scores Format: Digital, cassette Lab...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Internal Bleeding has never whitewashed their derision toward pretenses of decency masking hidden agendas.
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Tidals, having gained exposure through significant events like the Vans Warped Tour, is working hard to establish this EP in the nu metal and rap metal genres.
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EP Review: Tidals "When a Silence Comes" (Curtain Call Records) by Dave Wolff
Band: Tidals Location: Detroit, Michigan Country: USA Genre: Nu metal EP: When a Silence Comes Format: Digital album Label: Curtain Call Rec...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Tidals, having gained exposure through significant events like the Vans Warped Tour, is working hard to establish this EP in the nu metal and rap metal genres.
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Sonohara's latest effort is an eccentric mishmash of metalcore, alternative, goth, post-hardcore, new wave, electronica and ambient I appreciate immensely.
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Full Length Review: Sonohara "Sonohara" (Independent) by Dave Wolff
Project: Sonohara Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia Country: USA Genre: Experimental Full length: Sonohara Format: Digital album Label: Ind...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Sonohara's latest effort is an eccentric mishmash of metalcore, alternative, goth, post-hardcore, new wave, electronica and ambient I appreciate immensely.
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Primordial's latest live album “Live in New York City” encapsulates the passage of time from their inception to the recent live show they captured on audio and video.
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Full Length Review: Primordial "Live in New York City" (Metal Blade) by Dave Wolff
Band: Primordial Location: Dublin Country: Ireland Genre: Pagan metal Full length: Live in New York City Format: Digital album Label: Metal ...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Primordial's latest live album “Live in New York City” encapsulates the passage of time from their inception to the recent live show they captured on audio and video.
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Adunakhor Z., a French vocalist/instrumentalist, has been involved in a number of solo projects since 2006, including Thy Apokalypse, Abfall, Reflecting the Light, Kaamosmasennus, Eternité du Chaos, and Salaman Isku...
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EP Review: Arbe-Dieu "Nuit Noire" (Bitume Prods) by Dave Wolff
Project: Arbe-Dieu County: France Genre: Occult black metal EP: Nuit Noire Format: CD digipack, digital EP Label: Bitume Prods Release date:...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Adunakhor Z., a French vocalist/instrumentalist, has been involved in a number of solo projects since 2006, including Thy Apokalypse, Abfall, Reflecting the Light, Kaamosmasennus, Eternité du Chaos, and Salaman Isku...
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Imagine, if you will, being imprisoned in a computer matrix, with no knowledge of how you arrived there, meeting an AI doppelganger of yourself with whom you’re inexorably drawn until you merge and become one with it.
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EP Review: Chain "New Alcatraz" (The Triad Records) by Dave Wolff
Band: Chain Country: Italy Genre: Electronic industrial metal EP: New Alcatraz Format: Digital Label: The Triad Records Release date: April ...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Imagine, if you will, being imprisoned in a computer matrix, with no knowledge of how you arrived there, meeting an AI doppelganger of yourself with whom you’re inexorably drawn until you merge and become one with it.
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Besides being a musician, Marcy Angeles is also a painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Her paintings, which can be seen on her Facebook profile, are as dreamlike as her musical ventures, which are released under a variety of names.
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Full Length Review: The Virgin Wash "ennui" (Independent) by Dave Wolff
Project: The Virgin Wash Location: Southern New Mexico Country: USA Genre: Experimental, ambient, electronica Full length: ennui Format: Dig...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Besides being a musician, Marcy Angeles is also a painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Her paintings, which can be seen on her Facebook profile, are as dreamlike as her musical ventures, which are released under a variety of names.
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As "Niga Denots" is hard to pin down in terms of inspiration, bizarre and unconventional is all I can readily think of. It seems to have been written irrespective of categorization and couldn’t be classified.
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Full Length Review: The Ace Of Chase "Niga Denots" (Independent) by Dave Wolff
Artist: The Ace Of Chase Location: Fort Myers, Florida Country: USA Genre: Experimental, psychedelic Full length: Niga Denots Format: Digita...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
As "Niga Denots" is hard to pin down in terms of inspiration, bizarre and unconventional is all I can readily think of. It seems to have been written irrespective of categorization and couldn’t be classified.
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"The Son," the new single and promotional video by Upon Shadows is a tribute to Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937), a Uruguayan poet, playwright, and author of short stories.
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Single/Video Review: Upon Shadows "The Son (a tribute to Horacio Quiroga)" (Independent) by Dave Wolff
Band: Upon Shadows Location: Montevideo Country: Uruguay Genre: Gothic black metal Single/video: The Son (a tribute to Horacio Quiroga) Form...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"The Son," the new single and promotional video by Upon Shadows is a tribute to Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937), a Uruguayan poet, playwright, and author of short stories.
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Nine Treasures, a shining example of breaking down barriers between genres and cultures, have put a lot of effort into establishing themselves.
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Full Length Review: Nine Treasures "Seeking the Absolute" (Metal Blade) by Dave Wolff
Band: Nine Treasures Location: Beijing Country: China Genre: Progressive metal Full length: Seeking the Absolute Format: Digital, CD, 180g b...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Nine Treasures, a shining example of breaking down barriers between genres and cultures, have put a lot of effort into establishing themselves.
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Recorded in a domain Wolvennest created for themselves without outside interference, "Procession" is a captivating tribute to the passing between our mortal world and what lies beyond.
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Full Length Review: Wolvennest "Procession" (Consouling Sounds) by Dave Wolff
Band: Wolvennest Location: Brussels Country: Belgium Genre: Experimental gothic ambient metal Full length: Procession Format: Vinyl, CD, dig...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Recorded in a domain Wolvennest created for themselves without outside interference, "Procession" is a captivating tribute to the passing between our mortal world and what lies beyond.
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Originally executed by Zaremachine’s iconic lineup; Mach FoX, Dbot, and Dein Offizier; “Chaos of Man” was first intended to be Zwaremachine’s third full-length.
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Full Length Review: Mach FoX "Chaos of Man" (Phage Tapes) by Dave Wolff
Band: Mach FoX Location: Minneapolis, MInnesota Country: USA Genre: Industrial rock, electronica Full length: Chaos of Man Format: Cassette...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Originally executed by Zaremachine’s iconic lineup; Mach FoX, Dbot, and Dein Offizier; “Chaos of Man” was first intended to be Zwaremachine’s third full-length.
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The John Lennon and Yoko Ono box set, “Power To The People,” is not just a remix of the 1972 album, “Sometime In New York City,” but of a period of time and a state of mind.
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Box Set Review: Plastic Ono Band "Power to the People" (Capitol/UMe) by Tony Sokol
Band: John Lennon & Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory, The Lower East Side Location: New York City Country: USA Genre: Agitpo...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The John Lennon and Yoko Ono box set, “Power To The People,” is not just a remix of the 1972 album, “Sometime In New York City,” but of a period of time and a state of mind.
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