there's something mentally purifying about New York City trio Castevet's muscular, aggressive blend of progressive black metal, genre-stretching / time-shifting hardcore, ink-dark ambiance, and raw, soul-sick emotion. it's like vintage Unsane bleeding into Leviathan. (Someone should line Castevet up for the next Rorschach reunion, invite Deadguy along, too.) Last month we posted "Red Aura" from the excellent new album, Mounds Of Ash. As a followup, here's similarly hued opener Red Star Sans Chastity.

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