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There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble, worthwhile culmination of rigorous listening and passionate discourse.1<\/a><\/sup> And then there’s May. May, a month in which Dr. A.N. Grier<\/strong><\/span> tried to vote for a band called… SEXCAVE or some shit four or five different times using different pseudonyms (but the same IP address), and where Dolphin Whisperer<\/strong> <\/span>almost made me rage quit by making a single comment about “sky-tearing tonalities,” which, like… what kind of pretentious fucking bullshit is that? Do you people even listen to music, or do you just sit around all day making up stupid poetic ways of saying absolutely nothing?2<\/a><\/sup> But if we’re fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong. Sometimes a record arrives that doesn’t just demand attention, it seizes it like an Aztec death deity grabbing the sun.3<\/a><\/sup> So for the first time in a while, the best album in May came from an unsigned band. And not just any <\/em>unsigned band. It came from a band proficient in bull riding!<\/p>\n

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The beauty of the Unsigned Band Rode\u00f6 lies in its chaos. No expectations. No promo sheets. No preconceived narratives. Just music dropped into our laps like cursed artifacts.4<\/a><\/sup> On Nikan Axkan<\/em>, which was self-released on May 2nd, 2025 [Bandcamp<\/a>], Kalaveraztekah<\/strong><\/a> weaponizes its vision of death metal through the lens of pre-Hispanic culture and indigenous cosmology. There’s no sense that these Hidroc\u00e1lidos are some kind of novelty act. They aren’t a Mexican Eluveitie<\/strong>, just playing Dark Tranquillity <\/strong>riffs while putting a Ritual Death Flute over it for 40 seconds in every song.5<\/a><\/sup> Rather, Nikan Axkan<\/em> is a muscular, seething, and deeply rooted record that radiates conviction from every grinding riff. The percussion rumbles like a procession of drums echoing through stone temples, fusing to a brutal core of death metal that just fucks. There’s a Blood Incantation<\/strong>-like spaciness that offers a counterbalance to all this brutality and adds unexpected depth. After spending the better part of a week in what my physician has called a “ritualistic fugue state,” I managed to pull myself out of the netherworld to write that when Kalaveraztekah<\/strong>’s two pillars\u2014the atmospheric otherworldly and the brutal death metal\u2014meet, “they crash into each other like storm fronts, creating something beautiful and terrible to behold. Nikan Axkan <\/em>is simultaneously brutal and thoughtful, grindy and melodic, atmospheric and immediate,” and it’s the Record o’ the Month.<\/p>\n

Runner(s) Up:<\/h3>\n

\"\"…and Oceans<\/strong> \/\/ The Regeneration Itinerary<\/a> <\/em>[May 23rd, 2025 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp<\/a>] \u2014 …and Oceans<\/strong> is having an Amorphis<\/strong>esque second act and I am here for it. They’ve always walked the line between symphonic grandiosity and black metal chaos, and with The Regeneration Itinerary<\/em>, they’ve engineered their third very good platter in 5 years. The record combines sharp, Emperor<\/strong>-style riffing with theatrical synths, industrial flourishes, and ruthlessly precise pacing. “Demonstrating a degree of evolution in their craft” and with “exceptional [performances] across the board,” …and Oceans<\/strong> have once again hit that sweet balance\u2014and ever-more unique sound in this current black metal soundscape\u2014that makes their revitalization so welcome. But it’s not just that it’s a good continuation, I feel like they are continuing to refine and revitalize the launch with each new album they release. It’s always fun to watch bands defy Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings\u2122, and while The Regeneration Itinerary<\/em> isn’t their best record yet, 30 years after their debut, …and Oceans<\/strong> is still releasing vital music that’s impossible to overlook.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jade<\/strong> \/\/ Mysteries of a Flowery Dream<\/em><\/a> [May 9th, 2025 | Pulverised Records | Bandcamp<\/a>] \u2014 Mysteries of a Flowery Dream <\/em>is an atmospheric death metal record that unfolds like a guided hallucination. It’s melodic. It’s moody. It’s weirdly elegant. And it doesn’t care about my riffs-per-minute quota. It takes things slow and keeps them dreamy. Jade<\/strong> trades bludgeoning immediacy for textured dream-logic, and while it takes a few listens to understand what’s happening, once it clicks, it’s hard for listeners to shake. And yet, it balances out the problem that atmospheric records rarely feel heavy, because they’re too busy padding the sharp edges with “atmosphere.” But Mysteries of a Flowery Dream<\/em> accomplishes its heaviness by feeling oppressive, dense, claustrophobic, and crushing\u2014leaving the listener feeling like they’re in an experimental submarine on their way to see the Titanic.6<\/a><\/sup> And while it’s not the easiest record to penetrate, Owlswald<\/strong><\/span> wants you to know that “those who actively immerse themselves in Jade<\/strong>\u2019s expansive world will be handsomely rewarded. The excellent songwriting, replete with its cohesion, balance, and dynamism, is impressive, steadily shifting my initial apathetic impressions to genuine appreciation. So don your finest headphones, sit back, and let Jade<\/strong> immerse you in their dreamlike world.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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