This is an album that’s weird and off in the best way possible, with distorted riffs, quirky vocals and strange stories. This is immediately established in the first ...
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I don’t know about you, but if you ask me, playing metal shouldn’t be complicated. Have a vocalist who can sing in tune, play a few riffs that ...
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Comments Off on Review: Tad Morose “Matters of the Dark” [Century Media Records]
By no means am I huge fan of Tad Morose, but I can see why they’d appeal to fans of heavier power metal and for a quick comparison, ...
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There are good times for Century Media and Swedish melodic death/black legends Unanimated, after re-releasing all their LPs, Unanimated finally granted the pleas of many fans in releasing ...
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With this fine selection of dark, creative and apocalyptic tracks, Imperial Triumphant offer one memorable concert experience. Some background: Imperial Triumphant is a band inspired by extreme metal, ...
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Comments Off on Review: Imperial Triumphant “An Evening with Imperial Triumphant” [Century Media Records]
Here is an eerie and haunted album, that isn’t always great but has some really good moments and most importantly, really succeeds in creating a dark, horror-themed mood. ...
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Comments Off on Review: The Lurking Fear “Death, Madness, Horror, Decay” [Century Media Records]
Three years have passed since Belgian cult death metalheads Aborted pleased us with the studio albums, and this fall they have returned with totally new work called ManiaCult. ...
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Tiamat are certainly no favorite band of mine, but I can’t deny that there was something unique about their early records… for better or worse. Even the occult ...
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Comments Off on Review: Tiamat “Clouds” [Century Media Records]
While I’ll clearly call myself a Paradise Lost fan, Drown in Darkness – The Early Demos wasn’t something I was necessarily looking forward to. Lost Paradise still ranks as the worst ...
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Comments Off on Review: Paradise Lost “Drown in Darkness – The Early Demos” [Century Media Records]
What a promising title. And Swallow the Sun deliver on that promise, by performing some of their nicest tracks with gloom and beauty. Some description that might be ...
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Comments Off on Review: Swallow the Sun “20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair: Live in Helsinki” [Century Media Records]
In 2020 At The Gates celebrated their 30 years anniversary. However, it was a quiet celebration: last year was complicated for all of us and for the band ...
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Comments Off on Review: At The Gates “The Nightmare Of Being” [Century Media Records]
For their upcoming EP “Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando”, the most notorious black metal band have reflected on their influences by covering songs from bands like Discharge, Dead ...
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Comments Off on MAYHEM released new song entitled “Voces Ab Alta” from their upcoming EP
This March dark progressive/heavy metal band Witherfall from California, USA has released their new creation “Curse of Autumn”, staying true to the almighty Century Media Records. And three ...
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Comments Off on Review: Witherfall “Curse of Autumn” [Century Media Records]
Let’s start with the title. What does «Necro Sapiens» means to you? It’s a character, or rather several characters from our concept-album. Our album is a dystopia story, ...
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Here is a nice, gory, horror-themed death metal album. Expect a lot of heaviness, brutal themes and a lot of evil fun. First, you have a strange, haunting ...
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Comments Off on Review: Baest “Necro Sapiens” [Century Media Records]
So, what inspired you to write this album? We started writing this album during the first lockdown last year. I would say our most powerful inspiration for this ...
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Comments Off on Interview with Guillermo of Angelus Apatrida
I’d rather bathe somewhere else… I still can’t believe what this album did to me. Amidst a steady stream of writing motivation I had requested this new Oceans ...
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Comments Off on Review: Oceans Of Slumber ”Oceans Of Slumber” [Century Media Records]
I am definitely convinced that right now is a really good time for apocalyptic-themed thrash metal. I also think this album is among the best examples of that ...
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Comments Off on Review: Angelus Apatrida “Angelus Apatrida” [Century Media Records]
It always fascinates me whenever I stumble upon a band that doesn’t represent the stereotypical ideas which a country has embraced. Take England’s Cloven Hoof for instance, which ...
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Comments Off on Review: Crows “The Dying Race” [Century Media Records]
When it comes to French extreme metal and I really don’t care if it’s black or death metal, I’m an absolute fan of the French scene. Alone in ...
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