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Gig report: Nasty Abyss: Mortiferum & Cerebral Rot & Vaktal

Club Močvara had becoming a center point and mecca for extreme metal and underground bands, even on Monday. This time we had USA assault with Mortiferum and Cerebral ...
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Review: Behemoth “Opvs Contra Natvram” [Nuclear Blast]

It has been four years since Behemoths I Loved You at Your Darkest album, bands somewhat flawed but interesting follow-up to in all leagues stellar The Satanist. In ...
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Review: Kreator “Hate über alles” [Nuclear Blast]

This year is a true blessing for all thrash metal lovers, the mighty legends Kreator have returned after five years of yearning, presenting their latest full-length album Hate ...
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Review: Municipal Waste “Electrified Brain” [Nuclear Blast / Chaos Reigns]

Thrash metal/crossover band Municipal Waste from Virginia is a well-known bunch of motherfuckers with pure desire to revive good old days, when metalheads were skinny and with fluffy ...
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Review: Bloodbath “Survival of the Sickest” [Napalm Records]

Bloodbath are back, with a big, heavy, evil album that pays homage to old school death metal and horror movies, but still can stand on its own with ...
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Review: Thanatos “Realm of Ecstacy” [Shark Records]

In order to survive, changing from thrash to death metal seemed like a logical step in the early 90’s, yet Thanatos would split up in the same year ...
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Review: Blind Guardian “The God Machine” [Nuclear Blast]

This is a strange metal epic, with catchy power metal, witches and cults, and a delicious dark undertone. We’re sure of that with the first track, “Deliver Us ...
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Review: Asgaard “What If…” [WormHoleDeath / Szataniec]

The legend from the 90s has returned! Polish metal band Asgaard has come back from oblivion with brand new record What if…, which was released digitally through WormHoleDeath ...
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Review: Hegeroth “Sacra Doctrina”

Polish melodic black metal band Hegeroth from Silesia has returned with brand new record Sacra Doctrina which was released independently earlier this year. They continue to explore the ...
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Review: Sothoris “Wpiekłowstąpienie” [More Hate Productions / Misantropia Records / Old Metal Rites / Manifestum Productions]

In the first days of January Polish extreme band Sothoris has returned with their new record Wpiekłowstąpienie with the assistance of More Hate Productions, which focuses on death ...
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Review: God Dethroned “The Christhunt” [Shark Records]

There’s no doubt that the Netherlands produced a huge amount of death metal during its heyday, yet bands such as God dethroned, Asphyx, Pestilence, Thanatos and Sinister proved ...
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Review: Soilwork “Övergivenheten” [Nuclear Blast]

Here is a pretty good Soilwork album, working with interesting melodies and stories, creating a melodic death/power metal hybrid with an identity of its own. The album is ...
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Review: October Tide “A Thin Shell” [Candlelight Records]

Some bands are best off as side-projects and in hindsight, October Tide are one of the best examples why. From the legendary Rain Without End to the already less-inspired Grey Dawn, ...
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Gig report: Nunslaughter & Bezdan (Nasty Abyss)

Club Močvara has lately become the center point of live blasphemy, our necks still sores from last time we saw and break bones on Sadistic Intent some month ...
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Review: Sarcófago “The Laws of Scourge” [Cogumelo Records]

It’s hard to imagine that this is the same band that caused havoc with I.N.R.I. some years prior. Now functioning as a much more dynamic band, Sarcofago unleashes everything that ...
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Review: Hooded Menace “The Tritonus Bell” [Season of Mist]

Nowadays the fear of your favorite doom/death metal band turning into a gothic rock act is clearly irrational, as plenty of doom/death metal bands have been striving to ...
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Review: Dream Unending “Tide Turns Eternal” [20 Buck Spin]

Is there really a thing such as ordinary doom/death metal? Regardless of the style’s stagnation (which arguably became notable in the early 00’s), I believe that most bands ...
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Review: Gwar “The Blood of Gods” [Metal Blade Records]

Where to begin with this one. I think it’s safe to say that after the untimely death of lead vocalist, Dave Brockie, GWAR didn’t have to continue. They ...
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Review: Sadistik Exekution “The Magus” [Vampire Records]

The world is about to end; no signs of redemption are in sight and mankind is doomed; at least, that comes to mind every time I spin Sadistik ...
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Review: Kirkebrann / Visegard “Kirkegard” [Odium Records]

At the end of last year Odium Records have released new split Kirkegard between two Norwegian black metal bands Kirkebrann and Visegard. Actually, this is not their first ...
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