Sophie Laliberté 141 articles

Loves words and music. When not writing or reading reviews, she’s writing horror stories where music plays a part.

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Review: Angelus Apatrida “Angelus Apatrida” [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...

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Review: Pulse “Adjusting The Space” [NRT-Records]

Let’s watch some alien invasions and some crazy scientific experiences, in this wild and fun mix of cyberpunk and metal. This is truly both industrial...

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Review: Deeds Of Flesh “Nucleus” [Unique Leader]

Nucleus is a project unlike any other: a multi-collaboration sci fi-themed death metal album about humans joining forces to fight an alien virus. Expect some...

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Review: Metalriff “Under My Skin” [Australis records]

Let’s have some thrash/power metal adventures, with this nice, energetic and fun album. This one really has a really wild energy that never disappears and...

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Review: Hell:on “Scythian Stamm” [Hell Serpent Music]

This is a pretty decent death/thrash album that has some potentially good ideas, but is not quite great yet. The album starts off pretty well,...

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Review: Evil Incarnate “Depopulation Agenda” [Bestial Burst]

Ready for some evil and angry death metal? Because this is what this album is all about. It’s a really fun piece of simply angry...

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Review: Sólstafir “Endless Twilight of Codependent Love” [Season of Mist]

This is a nice trip through emotions and musical styles and moods. Listen as the songs flow and just let all your emotions out. This...

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Review: GATECLOSER “From The Wasteland” [Sliptrick records]

Let’s have some adventures in the wasteland. We’ll travel in the company of this very interesting new band and all their stories. From the intro,...

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Review: Black Sun Brotherhood “God & Beast” [Metal Blast Records]

How about some occult and evil blackened thrash? With some heavy riffs, weird vocals and satanic rituals? There is a definite heaviness and evil atmosphere...

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Review: Draconian “Under A Godless Veil” [Napalm Records]

Get ready for some magic and despair, never-ending melancholy, haunting music, sweet singing and desperate screams, because this is what this album sounds like. Draconian...

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Review: Vermocracy “s/t”

Let’s have another apocalyptic thrashy death metal album, I guess? This is a nice, but not always great collection of melodic death metal tracks, with...

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Review: Harmonize “Warrior in the Night”

This is an interestingly darker take on power metal. You get all the nice power metal ingredients, like the fast riffs, belting vocals and epic...

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Review: Enslaved “Utgard” [Nuclear Blast Records]

Utgard is a wonderful collection of black metal and folk songs. Enslaved’s creativity, their talent at mixing different genres together and making truly memorable tracks,...

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Review: Draghkar “At The Crossroads Of Infinity” [Unspeakable Axe Records]

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...

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Review: NOTÖRIOUS “Glamorized” [Sliptrick records]

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....

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Review: Lebenssucht “-273,15°C” [Thanatoskult 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...

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Review: CREMATORY “Unbroken” [Napalm 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...

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Review: Hellgrimm “Elysium”

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...

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Review: Breaking the Silent “Breaking the Silent”

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...

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Review: MALICIOUS INC. “Red Flag” [Sliptrick records]

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...