Germany’s Panzerkrieg 666 brings us a quick EP of refreshingly straightforward black metal tracks on their debut. Hard hitting and fast with enough variation to keep both absent ...
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Pittsburgh’s Mantic Ritual return after thirteen year absence to grace out ears with an album of classic thrash tunes. Heart Set Stone is a rather quick release of ...
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Comments Off on Review: Mantic Ritual “Heart Set Stone” [M-Theory Audio]
To call the past few years ‘tumultuous’ is a disservice at best and a disaster at worst. With the upending of the music industry going full speed in ...
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Comments Off on Review: I Was Born Twice “Nemiza”
Here’s a pretty catchy album that has some good things going for it but rarely rises above being a nice but rather ordinary album. We begin with the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Queensrÿche “Digital Noise Alliance” [Century Media Records]
The resurgence of Thrash metal in the last decade or so has certainly had a lot of buzz in the metal community, and you could say that the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Hatriot “The Vale of Shadows” [Massacre Records]
If this was the 16th century, I would probably be accused of heresy, convicted and sentenced to death by the end of this review. In my defence though, ...
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Comments Off on Review: The Halo Effect “Days of the Lost” [Nuclear Blast]
Certainly much better than the debut! Only a few weeks ago, the Tasmanian-turned-German devil Patrick Schmidt reached out to me – he had just put out a successor ...
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Comments Off on Review: Van Diemen ”Sarcophilus Laniarius” [Independent release]
Here is a pop/metal/unclassifiable album that, while it’s not the most memorable album even for that subgenre, is really enjoyable. Once again, you must listen to this with ...
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Comments Off on Review: Charlotte Wessels “Tales from Six Feet Under Vol. II” [Napalm Records]
Life is pain. In both immeasurable atrocities and mundane disappointments, there is only acceptance that no one gets out alive, no one escapes without scars, and no one ...
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Comments Off on Review: Sidus Atrum “Spiral of Life” [Kvlt und Kaos Productions]
Good death metal is a lot like a slab of nicely-cooked steak; if you slice it just the right way, you can look across it and see all ...
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Comments Off on Review: Guillotine A.D. “Born to Fall” [M-Theory Audio]
While one-man bands are a dime a dozen in the bedroom black metal space, and similarly strewn about freely in stoner doom metal, for the longest time they ...
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The Scum are just about exactly what you think of when you read “The Scum”. This is ugly, visceral, right-up-in-your-face death metal, with elements of grimy crust punk ...
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Comments Off on Review: The Scum “The Hunger” [Rotten Records / Satanath Records]
Someone may, for some reason, describe Kriemhild to you as death metal. Perhaps you will glean from the band describing themselves as being influenced by death metal bands ...
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Stratuz’s Osculum Pacis can be summarized in one sentiment: almost. Their blend of symphonic death-doom with influences of melodic black metal is almost refined; their dynamic compositions and ...
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Last October, French black/death/doom metal trio Varechian has returned from five-year-long slumber, presenting their newest album with double title Tabula Rasa Ultima /// The Morbidoom))), joining forces with ...
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One year ago, Swedish one-man project Thundermaker has released its third full-length album The Road via Sliptrick Records, once again inviting a bunch of well-known singers. And it’s ...
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Judas Priest‘s debut not only represents the beginning of their career, but also a reinvention in metal music, a response to the heavy metal style created by Black ...
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Comments Off on Review: Judas Priest “Rocka Rolla” [Gull]
After various years of releasing demos and an album with Satan, the legendary vocalist Brian Ross finally managed to bring out with this project a debut album with ...
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Comments Off on Review: Blitzkrieg “A Time of Changes” [Neat Records]
Saxon‘s third release is definitely their finest hour. While their sophomore effort displayed a lot of potential and climbed high in respect of their debut album, Strong Arm ...
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Comments Off on Review: Saxon “Strong Arm of the Law” [Carrere]
After listening to this album a number of times, I kept hoping to reach a different conclusion so that I could at least offer a more in-depth review, ...
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