Throat flayer Clarissa Badini, guitar tempest Sara Loerlein, bass foundation Robin Mazen, and kit destroyer Carolina Perez had me at their Instagram identifier: “All Female OSDM.” Members hailing from Scandinavia, Latin America, and the U.S., the NYC quartet unleashed its second full-length this summer for Colorado tastemakers Dark Descent. Coronation of the Grotesque conforms nicely to December, its scaly death metal lashing out like Gryla the Christmas witch. Hulder last month at the Lost Well went over like the cauldron intro to Macbeth – now Castrator lops off an encore of sorts for another hair-raising ladies’ night. – Raoul Hernandez