Unsigned and Unholy: Cyborg Octopus, The Powder Room, Meadows End

Cyborg Octopus have all the right ideas about evil Big Agriculture and food corporations in the U.S., as they articulate in lyric video form below. They also happen to write some insanely catchy death metal riffs. Check out “Pukefeast, Inc.:”

Lazy comparison time for The Powder Room: like a mix of Young Widows and Red Fang, with the slightly weird, off-kilter vibe of the former and big, burly riffs of the latter. The Powder Room are more nuanced than that, of course, but you get the idea. Here’s their new album Curtains:

We’ve featured Meadows End in this space before, so why not do so again? They’re from Sweden, they sure sound like it, and they’re probably the best band from that bastion of metal that you’ve never heard of. Here’s their new song “Kings of Greed:”