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TENZOE AND SPONATOLA - AMRITA (RELEASED FEB 22, 2026, LO-FI/CONSCIOUS HIP HOP, REVIEW)

Before Bog sinks back into metal, or whatever the swamp spits out from the boiling bubble, here is the latest joint from Tenzoe .  Amrita , has stronger jazz feels than previous releases, but they are intertwined with the lo-fi old school dynamic. Imagine a super chill cat MC sat in a chair dropping bars on human life, politics, societal behavior, spirituality, psychedelics, and more. It's a chill flow, delivered calmy again with classic hip hop story telling, and full of content.  Production is tight, audio clean, beats are organized, samples are clean, so it's a balanced listen. Those who prefer more of an aggressive flow, harder beats, and big drops, then they may not feel it, but it's a different, and interesting take.  Amrita by Tenzoe & Sponatola Follow Tenzoe: https://tenzoe22.bandcamp.com/album/amrita-2

SEVEN METAL SINS - "ETERNAL DOWNFALL" FROM NEW ALBUM: "LEGACY OF CHAOS", (TRADITIONAL HEAVY METAL, RELEASED JUNE 5TH, 2026)

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  Track Listing:​ 1. The Fall (Intro) – 0:57 2. Scars of Injustice – 4:35 3. No Sanctuary – 4:22 4. Hypocrisy – 4:07 5. Eternal Downfall – 4:57 6. Feel the Steel – 4:20 7. Wolves of the Last Dawn – 4:36 8. Beyond the Breaking Point – 4:01 9. Sun Eaters – 5:00 10. Rise of the Phoenix – 3:55 11. King of Sorrow – 6:25 Line-up:​ Claw-G.: Vocals Antton Iriart: Guitars Frédéric Auclerc: Guitars Stéphane Lacoude: Bass Patrick Soria: Drums Info: ​https://rockshots.eu/ ​ ​ https://facebook.com/sevenmetalsins​ ​ https://instagram.com/seven_metal_sins.official Produced by Seven Metal Sins , " Legacy Of Chaos " was mixed by Jérémie Garat at Reseda Prod and mastered by Simon Capony at Basalte Studio, while the album artwork and layout were created by Marco Orlando. Listen: https://lnk.to/S8kIrX​ ​Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G19LFRxAbs4 ​​ Recommended FFO: Traditional Heavy Metal. New album “ Legacy Of Chaos ” ...

TENZOE - EREMITION (RELEASED OCT 22, 2025, LO-FI HIP HOP, CONSCIOUS HIP HOP, REVIEW)

  Eremition by Tenzoe Another from Tenzoe , lo-fi, a calm patient journey across deep themes, conscious reflections, introspective, delivered calmy and cleanly. The beats have the familiar gritty signature late night city production feels, and features guest MCs appearing. Two particular bangers for y'all are: House of Flying Daggers and  Post singularity ,   which is mad lo fi and sinister af with references to the problem with AI, dystopian and dark sci-fi themes, and is a fire stand out. Eremition is available from Bandcamp.  Links: https://tenzoe22.bandcamp.com/album/eremition

TENZOE & ANAHATA - DWAPARA YUGA: THE LOST TAPES EP (REVIEW, RELEASED 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2025, CONSCIOUS HIP HOP, RAW/REAL HIP HOP)

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Yo! What’s good? Bog was diving in and out the swamps, and they stumbled upon Dwapara Yuga:  The Lost Tapes  from these 2 cats. We don’t play the algorithm network game, so not sure where to peep the EP outside of the links below, it's not hosted on Tenzoe's Bandcamp, so Dwapara Yuga:  The Lost Tapes are for real! but listen/support at the links below.  From what Bog’s ears can recognize, lo-fire, very old school influenced beat rhythm and structure akin to the legacy crime/gangster movies. What you would expect to hear on the soundtrack for those movies with subtle patterns dropped on the beat. The 3 tracks are bangers, especially ‘ Megapixelz ’.  Bog also think's the beat would be a sick crossover to drop in a DnB set and Tenzoe's flow would complement the pace. Bog fell into that habit again of counting the time in their mind again. Def banger of the bangers on the EP. Subtle funk bass lines, slower beat pace, but very street, clean flow projecting a ...

CRIMSON STEEL: LYRIC VIDEO FOR "NO ABSOLUTION" & NEW ALBUM COMING: "SHOW NO FEAR" (TRADITIONAL HEAVY METAL)

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CRIMSON STEEL debut album ‘ Show No Fear ’ coming, October 2, 2026, via Heaven and Hell Records . Swamp worthy traditional heavy metal, don't sleep, Bog.  'Show No Fear' Track List: 1. As Above, So Below 1:11 2. Dark Rider 4:39 3. No Absolution 5:53 4. Purifier 4:18 5. Final Phase 5:44 6. Prelude to the Blade 0:45 7. Century Sword 5:18 8. Bleed into One 6:30 9. Show No Fear 4:52 LINE UP: Tina Langevin — Lead Vocals David Ryan — Guitars, Backing Vocals Joel McGee — Bass, Vocals Will Adkins — Drums, Backing Vocals LINKS: https://thecrimsonsteel.com/ https://crimsonsteel.bandcamp.com/album/show-no-fear https://www.facebook.com/CrimsonSteelband/ https://www.instagram.com/crimsonsteelband/ https://x.com/CrimsonSteelNC https://www.tiktok.com/@crimsonsteelband https://www.youtube.com/@thecrimsonsteelband https://open.spotify.com/artist/2gHclPS8FUD52MeTo5ryX7?si=EiKPhLYVT2GSEPI4FNC1_Q

IAMINPERFECT - 'GHOSTS' EP, (RELEASED MAY 8TH, DARK ELECTRO, REVIEW)

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  1. Surviving Is Not Living.  Synth arrangements, melodic guitars parts straight from prog/melodic tones, with a small trace of Industrial Rock. Breakdown to go into an almost dark synth passage, which wouldn't be far away from a lighter cyberpunk injection. Intentionally harmonious with Electro coming towards the end of the track. Subtle use of atmosphere, also holds and grabs the listeners attention, possibly stimulating them to relate to the lyrical concepts. A little gentle for Bog’s flavor, but the music has been layered, mixed, contextualized, and presented very well. It’s not horrible by any measure and those who are fans of slow melancholy electro will feel it. Good vocal ranges to match the emotive feel. 2. The Fallen. Very futuristic electro synth feels and we can see a sky car flying past a skyscraper whilst The Fallen blasts out the sound system. The background melody serves as the foundation, helping generate the vibe of the track, harmonic, and it’s hard not to...

DEAD VOID - CRANIAL DEVASTATION (DARK DESCENT RECORDS/ME SACO UN OJO, RELEASED JUNE 5TH, REVIEW, DEATH DOOM)

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In the land of the swamps, there is a barge, a vessel, operated by Arm Pit Jim, if you find yourself unfortunate enough to be a passenger, it carries you, and other poor souls along a winding brown liquid river, accompanied by floating bottles of p*ss. In some parts of Bog society, its revered as one of the greatest living art pieces in our world.  Dead Void's Cranial Devastation is as equally gutter drenched and captures this experience perfectly by throwing bestial riffing and vocals to the forefront with heinous drums. The crushing riffs on Cranial Devastation are like a slow churn, but prepare the listener for the mid paced sections and the onslaught to come, then return to the brooding heavy doom. Vocally, very clear, but not clean singing, so the monstrous voice serves to transport us into pure audio metal terror. The track structure is good and consistent moving from the already described imposing slow sound engulfing the air itself; to timely reintroduce the classic beast...

GREH ANNOUNCE: "SUMMONING AVERSION" (SINGLE, RELEASED APRIL 30TH 2026, REVIEW) (BLACKENED DEATH)

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Nasty ass blackened death. Mostly unclean and harsh vocals with brief clean interludes to add atmosphere to main leading vox. Incredibly atmospheric, and is like someone running around Bog’s murky swamp land in the mist sounding pissed off and confused. Notable moment, at 2.30 minutes ish in Summoning Aversion , the tone shifts to a haunting horror esque sound, which is quite wonderfully moody, before we return to the filthy anger, which is like someone trying to escape one of the bog swamps and is being sucked back down. Vocally, good wide range with patient sinister pummelling riffs, supported by the drums. Interesting direction compared to earlier material, but the single has a catchy vibe. Those who like speed and want non stop pace, may not quite feel it, but Bog enjoyed the journey and how you are taken from one moment to another. It coincides with releasing pent up feelings and emotions. Bog has avoided going deep in those areas, so we don’t ruin it for you, because Summoning Av...

LECHEROUS NOCTURNE ARE BACK W/ 'FISSION' (SINGLE REVIEW, RELEASED MAY 6TH, DEATH METAL/BLACKENED DEATH)

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  Here’s a joint for y’all if you ever wanted to stop, stand up, sit down, then stand up again and say “shit man, this bangs and sounds like a gunship unleashed”, well Lecherous Nocturne are that band, and are back with new music. 13 second introduction, which is a short build into the coming ferocious riffs and drumming blasting like an autocannon strapped onto the side a Bog chopper. Spraying forth carnage and spitting out destruction everywhere. This is a marching anthem for the Bog legions, damn, strap in for this Bogs! It’s windmill time, really is one of those where you just swing the head around and bang hard af. Bog would happily pass out to Fission from over exertion. Wise strategy dropping this single, grabs the attention with a relentless pounding, if no one knows of the band, it would be one to draw in new listeners and welcome back existing fans. There is no in between, its embrace the monstrosity or f off to listen to golf’s greatest commentary hits. Angry ass...

IRON WIND - FEAR THE SHOGUN PART 2: (UNDERGROUND/REAL HIP HOP, INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED JAN 22, 2026, REVIEW)

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Fear The Shogun Part 2 follows up with another homage to Feudal Japan, Samurai movies, and respects the associated culture. Bog does prefer Fear The Shogun Part 1 , but it's still fire with deep bangers not to be slept on. Big boom beats, clean clear production, keeps it hardcore too, so the energy remains on point to go with the flow. Bog is dropping the notable joints to look out for below, but there is a special flame on this one y'all. If Bog had to serve one up, then ' Sekigahara' is the one to not skip.  Only track Bog didn't feel was the closer,  'Get Down',  which isn't Bog's style, a much softer end to the album. Possibly work better as a shorter intro or outro, but it's not 100 wack, just doesn't bang as hard. * Reign of Fire **Sekigahara - Fire of the fire. Listen up, real talk, this is what I wanna hear walking around the block. Grimy, gutter, and the flow delivers the track like a boxer's precise strike to the jaw. No biter...