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Review: Pyogenesis “Waves of Erotasia” [Nuclear Blast]

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It’s easy to assume that doom/death metal bands lost it once they had settled for a lighter sound, regardless of the actual outcome. The unfortunate truth is that ...
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Review: Asphyx “The Rack” [Century Media Records]

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Long-lasting doom/death metal veterans Asphyx were one of the earliest bands from Holland that slowed the hell down once speeding up became the norm. Quickly joined by Martin ...
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Review: Conteiner “Light Demolator” [Violence in the Veins]

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The mountainous northern coast of Spain brings us Conteiner, with their first full length release and their second outing since 2018’s self titled EP. Mixing together an eclectic ...
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Review: Hex A.D. “Funeral Tango for Gods & Men” [Fresh Tea]

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Covid-19 pandemic made a good favor for musical bands, giving them enough time to compose and to record more material. Hex A.D. always was an active band, and ...
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Interview with Max of Smoke Rites

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Greetings and welcome to Antichrist metalzine! Considering the nature of your music I believe this is a very nice fit. Thank you very much for your time for ...
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Review: Funeral “Praesentialis in Aeternum” [Season of Mist]

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Here is a band working through their sorrows and difficult emotions with the help of a tortured doom metal album, and with rather musically enjoyable results. The overall ...
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Review: 1914 “Where Fear And Weapons Meet” [Napalm Records]

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First of all I need to say that in this review I can hardly remain impartial due to some valid reasons. In my early years I found two ...
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Review: A Pale Horse Named Death “Infernum In Terra” [Long Branch Records]

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In 2010 the former drummer of Type O Negative and Life Of Agony, Sal Abruscato founded his own band, A Pale Horse Named Death, where he mostly continues ...
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Interview: WOE UNTO ME

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Here you can read an interview I had with Artyom Serdyuk, who is active with several bands: Woe Unto Me, Disloyal and Deathbringer. Artyom discussed Woe’s new EP ...
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Review: Swallow the Sun “20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair: Live in Helsinki” [Century Media Records]

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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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Smoke Rites Unleashes Their First Lyric Video

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What happens if The Devils Blood had a lustful night with Acid Bath under the gaze of the Red Goat? Smoke Rites, a newly formed occult doom metal ...
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Dimentianon returns with their 5th full length

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US Black Death Doom band Dimentianon finally returns with their 5th full length! Once again, Dimentianon pushes the boundaries of their style. With the addition of Don Zaros [Evoken] on keyboards & Joe ...
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Review: Obscure Sphinx “Epitaphs”

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It’s been a while since I wanted to talk about this album, and it’s one of those albums I have indeed spent a lot of time with since ...
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Review: The Body “I’ve Seen All I Need to See” [Thrill Jockey Records]

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The Body is a band that I have been enjoying since their 2018 album “I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer”. Though I haven’t had ...
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Review: Monte Penumbra “As Blades in the Firmament” [End All Life Productions / Oration Records]

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The Portugal experimental blacksters Monte Penumbra have returned this March with a new creation “As Blades in the Firmament”, more and more descending into deep murky waters of ...
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Review: Necropanther “In Depths We Sleep”

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On March 12th, the Colorado-based band Necropanther has released independently their latest EP “In Depths We sleep”, which this time belongs to their guitarist Paul Anop. Between the ...
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Review: FØG “La niebla de las ánimas” [Australis records]

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What do we know about Chile, this South American country stuck between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Cordillera? Not much! Oh sure, Allende or Pinochet remind something ...
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Finnish Heavy Doom Metallers BYRON reveal album details and new single

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Byron is a melodic heavy metal band from Finland founded 2019 as a one-man studio project, now standing as a full-grown band. Byron mixes its eclectic sound with influences from various ...
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Review: Lethian Dreams “A Shadow of Memories”

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Ethereal and full of beauty, Lethian Dreams returns with their fourth release to flip expectations on their head. A surreal mix of dreamy atmosphere and tense melancholic fog, ...
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Interview: SHATTERED HOPE

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An interview with guitarist Sakis of the Greek funeral doom metal band, Shattered Hope. He talked about the new album Vespers– concept, sound, media response, relationship with Solitude ...
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