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If you want to give thanks for something today... why not make it our premiere of the new album from MIND PRISONER (out tomorrow)? www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/27/a...
AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): MIND PRISONER - "LESS FAITH" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Mind Prisoner came together in Portland, Oregon, but their members are now continentally separated between Oregon and South Carolina. Following a handful of demos and an EP, the band released their debut album The Color of Ruin almost exactly one year ago. Our Andy Synn wrote here that it “made one hell [...]
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November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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If you want to give thanks for something today... why not make it our premiere of the new album from MIND PRISONER (out tomorrow)? www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/27/a...
AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): MIND PRISONER - "LESS FAITH" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Mind Prisoner came together in Portland, Oregon, but their members are now continentally separated between Oregon and South Carolina. Following a handful of demos and an EP, the band released their debut album The Color of Ruin almost exactly one year ago. Our Andy Synn wrote here that it “made one hell [...]
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November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Check out our exclusive premiere of the new OMEGAVORTEX album, out December 05 on Third Eye Temple.
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AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): OMEGAVORTEX - "DIABOLIC MESSIAH OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) We might think of the varying genres of extreme metal as a branching warren of subterranean caverns, all of them connected but some very far away from others. Some are oppressive...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Check out our exclusive premiere of the new OMEGAVORTEX album, out December 05 on Third Eye Temple.
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AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): OMEGAVORTEX - "DIABOLIC MESSIAH OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) We might think of the varying genres of extreme metal as a branching warren of subterranean caverns, all of them connected but some very far away from others. Some are oppressive...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Dropping references to the likes of Black Breath, Goatwhore, and Tombs, Andy Synn says that the upcoming new album from HVRT (out 05 December) is a dark horse contender that will likely throw a last-minute wrench into your "Best of 2025" lists!
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HVRT - CANCERBLOOM - NO CLEAN SINGING
(The new album from Hvrt comes out Dec 05… and Andy Synn says you won’t have to wait, or weep, much longer) I don’t know if I’ve ever told you this, but I’ve often thought about starting a more Black ...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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'Ethereal Horizons' finds the band reaching for something greater... and while sometimes their reach exceeds their grasp... there are more than enough moments of musical magic to suggest this is simply the first step on the next stage of their journey. www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/25/b...
BLUT AUS NORD - ETHEREAL HORIZONS - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn ventures towards new horizons with Blut Aus Nord, whose new album is out on Friday) Although it often seems like we spend most of our time here at NCS playing catch-up… and that’s because w...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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"On this new song BLACK HILL COVE throw a lot of thrilling and chilling sensations at listeners, a dark stylistic amalgam that’s viscerally groovesome, authentically angry, but also melodically atmospheric in ways that are bleak and haunting." www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/25/a...
AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: BLACK HILL COVE - "INTO THE ABYSS" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Last year the Portuguese metal band Black Hill Cove released their second full-length, Ex Tenebris Vita, on Raging Planet Records, and now they’re following that up with a new single named “Into the Abyss”, which we’re premiering today along with its accompanying video. On this new song the band collaborated with Norwegian [...]
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November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The days are growing darker and the nights are growing longer... so what better time than now for Andy Synn to catch up with some of the year's doomier offerings, courtesy of LERA, ONEIRONOIA, and SUN OF THE DYING. www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/24/t...
THE END APPROACHES - NO CLEAN SINGING
(The days are growing darker… which means it’s the perfect time for Andy Synn to get doomy and gloomy) Last week I received my first promo for a 2026 release… which I guess means it’s time to start thinking about wrapping up 2025? Don’t worry, I’m not going to be stopping writing about releases from this [...]
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November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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The days are growing darker and the nights are growing longer... so what better time than now for Andy Synn to catch up with some of the year's doomier offerings, courtesy of LERA, ONEIRONOIA, and SUN OF THE DYING. www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/24/t...
THE END APPROACHES - NO CLEAN SINGING
(The days are growing darker… which means it’s the perfect time for Andy Synn to get doomy and gloomy) Last week I received my first promo for a 2026 release… which I guess means it’s time to start thinking about wrapping up 2025? Don’t worry, I’m not going to be stopping writing about releases from this [...]
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November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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It's our birthday... which means it's time for us to say THANK YOU to all of you (yes, even you) who have supported what we do over the years! www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/21/h...
HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY TO US! - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) For another year, our 16th overall, we’ve raced through the ongoing firestorms of heavy new music without being thrown off and trampled, and so it’s time to celebrate survival ag...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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It's our birthday... which means it's time for us to say THANK YOU to all of you (yes, even you) who have supported what we do over the years! www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/21/h...
HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY TO US! - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) For another year, our 16th overall, we’ve raced through the ongoing firestorms of heavy new music without being thrown off and trampled, and so it’s time to celebrate survival ag...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The end of the year may be getting closer and closer, but that isn't stopping Andy Synn from highlighting three more examples of the "Best of British" courtesy of ASIRA, FALSE REALITY, and GNASCH.
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BEST OF BRITISH: ASIRA / FALSE REALITY / GNASCH - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn presents another terrific trio of albums from the UK underground) I’m going to level with you, I’m running out of time… I’ve got recording to finish off, my annual work review coming up, an...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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"Braiding together ingredients of black metal, post-metal, and sludge, while also making room for gentle acoustic instrumentation and emanations of gossamer lightness, the band are capable of creating visions of catastrophic upheaval and spiritual uplift." www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/19/a...
AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): SEDNA - "SILA NUNA" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Based on photographs, Cesena looks like a pretty place. A small city of roughly 100,000 people, it’s near the Apennine Mountains in Italy and about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from t...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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"Braiding together ingredients of black metal, post-metal, and sludge, while also making room for gentle acoustic instrumentation and emanations of gossamer lightness, the band are capable of creating visions of catastrophic upheaval and spiritual uplift." www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/19/a...
AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): SEDNA - "SILA NUNA" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) Based on photographs, Cesena looks like a pretty place. A small city of roughly 100,000 people, it’s near the Apennine Mountains in Italy and about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from t...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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"There’s only so much I can do with words to get across how scorchingly visceral, how thrillingly vital, how searingly venomous this album is… think bands like Deadguy and Botch, Imprint-era V.O.D. and late-90s Zao... you really need to hear it for yourselves." www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/19/b...
BORE - FERAL - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn has gone Feral… and thinks you should too) My love of Hardcore (mostly of the more “Metallic” variety) has been well-documented by now. After all, many of my earliest, and longest-lasting, ...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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"There’s only so much I can do with words to get across how scorchingly visceral, how thrillingly vital, how searingly venomous this album is… think bands like Deadguy and Botch, Imprint-era V.O.D. and late-90s Zao... you really need to hear it for yourselves." www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/19/b...
BORE - FERAL - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn has gone Feral… and thinks you should too) My love of Hardcore (mostly of the more “Metallic” variety) has been well-documented by now. After all, many of my earliest, and longest-lasting, ...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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"Phobocosm have clearly embraced, in a very specific way, the axiom that “less is more” by packing all their biggest riffs and best songwriting tricks into an even more compact collection of some of the most crushingly compelling tracks of their career." www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/18/p...
PHOBOCOSM - GATEWAY - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn enters the gateway… and likes what he finds there) One of the biggest issues, for any band at any level, is finding a way to stand out from the crowd. I’m not saying that every band has to ...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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"Phobocosm have clearly embraced, in a very specific way, the axiom that “less is more” by packing all their biggest riffs and best songwriting tricks into an even more compact collection of some of the most crushingly compelling tracks of their career." www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/18/p...
PHOBOCOSM - GATEWAY - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn enters the gateway… and likes what he finds there) One of the biggest issues, for any band at any level, is finding a way to stand out from the crowd. I’m not saying that every band has to ...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Our focus here at NCS has always (with some exceptions) been on covering bands we don't think have received the attention/acclaim they deserve... which is why today Andy Synn would like to introduce you to DIVINE HATRED, VANDAMPIRE, and WAR CLUB!
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BEST OF BRITISH: DIVINE HATRED / VANDAMPIRE / WAR CLUB - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn has three more bands from the UK underground for you to check out today) There’s a passage in One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (which I’m currently re-r...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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“From the abyssal and blistering depths of Alabama, and featuring members from Seraphic Entombment and Father Befouled, ECTOVOID return with the “Collapsing Spiritual Nebula“, the first track from their upcoming new album."
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AN NCS PREMIERE: ECTOVOID - "COLLAPSING SPIRITUAL NEBULA" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) “From the abyssal and blistering depths of Alabama and featuring members from Seraphic Entombment and Father Befouled, Ectovoid return with their new album In Unreality’s Coffin!...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Our focus here at NCS has always (with some exceptions) been on covering bands we don't think have received the attention/acclaim they deserve... which is why today Andy Synn would like to introduce you to DIVINE HATRED, VANDAMPIRE, and WAR CLUB!
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BEST OF BRITISH: DIVINE HATRED / VANDAMPIRE / WAR CLUB - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn has three more bands from the UK underground for you to check out today) There’s a passage in One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (which I’m currently re-r...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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"...“The Lodge” immediately became the soundtrack to my nightly moments of writing lyrics, planning of releases, inspiration to artwork and so much more. I’m very excited to share our own rendition of this track, featuring our friend Chris Brown on cello."
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AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: AMIENSUS - "THE LODGE" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) One of our site’s favorite bands, Minnesota-based Amiensus, have busied themselves this year by releasing singles — “Fields of Emerald Fire” (reviewed here), “We Still Bloom” (re...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Its bombastic combination of hooky, 80s Pop-Rock guitar work and shimmering New Romatic synths makes this both Astronoid's most accessible and most ambitious effort since their debut. www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/10/a...
ASTRONOID - STARGOD - NO CLEAN SINGING
Its bombastic combination of hooky, 80s Pop-Rock guitar work and shimmering New Romatic synths makes this both Astronoid's most accessible and most ambitious effort since their debut.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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"In this song MIND PRISONER once again succeed in the creation of contrasting musical styles and sensations, ferocity and anger, passionate hopefulness and stirring beauty."
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AN NCS PREMIERE: MIND PRISONER - "GRADIENT" - NO CLEAN SINGING
(written by Islander) We’re about to premiere a song from Mind Prisoner, a PDX-launched band (now divided between Oregon and South Carolina) that continues to seize our attention around here, and should seize yours. But first, a bit of history for those of you who might be encountering their music for the first time. Following [...]
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November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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We're all busy people... which is why sometimes you need something short-but-sweet you can fit in between moments of rage and panic. So Andy Synn has decided to highlight these 3 EPs, from CELLAR VESSEL, MALADIE, and SPLITJAW, to help take the edge off. www.nocleansinging.com/2025/11/05/s...
SHORT BUT SWEET: CELLAR VESSEL / MALADIE / SPLITJAW - NO CLEAN SINGING
(Andy Synn has three more EPs for you to check out today) It might be controversial to say so, but I don’t think that 2025 has been quite as strong as 2024. That’s not to say there haven’t been some t...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM