This is some death metal, mixed with other styles, that feels like a real trip through death and the afterlife. It’s kind of overwhelming, but a lot of ...
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Archives by: Sophie Laliberté
Sophie Laliberté
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Loves words and music. When not writing or reading reviews, she’s writing horror stories where music plays a part.
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This is yet another hair metal throwback band, that tries really heard to be like Mötley Crüe, but what can I say? I’ve enjoyed this. It’s a lot ...
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Comments Off on Review: NOTÖRIOUS “Glamorized” [Sliptrick records]
Does this album feel as cold as – 273,15°? Well, not completely, but it definitely feels like the musical equivalent of a merciless snowstorm. It’s just not a ...
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Comments Off on Review: Lebenssucht “-273,15°C” [Thanatoskult records]
This is a strange collection of different songs, that works a lot better than you might think. Get ready for something completely unclassifiable, with different musical styles and ...
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Comments Off on Review: CREMATORY “Unbroken” [Napalm Records]
Elysium is some nice heavy metal, with cool stories about monsters of all kinds. You will meet demons, witches, and all the horrors and torments of the human ...
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Comments Off on Review: Hellgrimm “Elysium”
This is a really nice power/thrash EP, that will make you very frustrated that it’s so short and that the band seems to have only ever released three ...
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Comments Off on Review: Breaking the Silent “Breaking the Silent”
This is some nu metal with a real bite. From beginning to end, this is unrelentingly heavy, with brutal riffs and drumming, loud screams and a tough attitude ...
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Comments Off on Review: MALICIOUS INC. “Red Flag” [Sliptrick records]
Transcending Material Sins is made of interesting ideas and not always great execution. This is another of these albums I didn’t find all that great. But instead of ...
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Comments Off on Review: NO RAZA “Transcending Material Sins” [Noble Demon]
For their new album, Nightwish attempt nothing less than to pay tribute to music itself. They have always made songs about things they love, and now, they are ...
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Comments Off on Review: Nightwish “HUMAN. :II: NATURE.” [Nuclear Blast Records]
Let’s have a nice creepy dive through a dark and compelling death metal abyss. Open Chest sounds like a throwback to old school death metal, with a few ...
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Comments Off on Review: Wrathful “Open Chest”
Now that the world seems to be ending, let’s have some nice apocalyptic thrash metal. This album seems to be all about disaster and apocalyptic things, from its ...
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Comments Off on Review: Extinction “The Apocalypse Mark” [Revalve Records]
This is a nice catchy and energetic melodic death metal album. OK, so maybe some of you might find this too poppy and too generic, but if you ...
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Comments Off on Review: MELTDOWN “Deadringer” [Rambo Music / Fifth Island Music AB / Sony Entertainment AB]
Esoteric Tales of the Unserene is the type of album where I can appreciate what the band is trying to do, and where I can enjoy some of ...
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Comments Off on Review: Sarcasm “Esoteric Tales of the Unserene” [Chaos Records]
Carnal Confessions is a disquieting and dark anti-Christian doom metal album. You’re going to hear a lot of ranting about organized religion, and perverted distortions of religious imagery, ...
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Comments Off on Review: Fvneral Fvkk “Carnal Confessions” [Solitude Productions]
This is a much better way to make an album that tells stories. This one really has it all: catchy verses and choruses, powerful vocals, great riffs, nice ...
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Comments Off on Review: Rhodium “Sea Of The Dead” [Sliptrick records]
This album is a really tasty slice of thrash metal, with some nice fast riffs, great raspy and gritty vocals, and lots of evil attitude. It’s evil music ...
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Comments Off on Review: Prophets Of The Apocalypse “Threshold Of War” [Sliptrick records]
Music that you find bland tends to be the hardest to review. There’s only so many times you can stretch “it’s so unremarkable that there is not really ...
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Comments Off on Review: MYRHOLT “Solens Soenn og Maanens Datter”
Anthem of the lost is a catchy piece of music, that takes inspiration from melodic death metal, and explores other genres to create a nice mix of melody ...
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Comments Off on Review: Neurosphere “Anthem of the Lost (Part I – Nightwards)” [Revalve Records]
Kaldvard’s bio describes them as a band inspired by black metal, scary old legends and witch trials. And they successfully expressed all of that in their new album. ...
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Comments Off on Review: Kaldvard “Dømt Til Bål Og Brann”
That’s how you do black/thrash metal! With all the good stuff: some unrelenting heaviness and speed, very well-executed vocals that go from snarly and high-to deeper growls, and ...
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Comments Off on Review: Hellixxir “The Black Fortress” [Music-Records]
