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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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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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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Comments Off on Review: Bloodbath “Survival of the Sickest” [Napalm 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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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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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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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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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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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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Comments Off on Review: God Dethroned “The Christhunt” [Shark Records]
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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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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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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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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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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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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Comments Off on Review: Dream Unending “Tide Turns Eternal” [20 Buck Spin]
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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Comments Off on Review: Gwar “The Blood of Gods” [Metal Blade 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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Comments Off on Review: Sadistik Exekution “The Magus” [Vampire 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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Polish doom/death metal band Black Blood of the Earth finally has released their debut album Bleak Light, Fervent Dark through underground metal label Art of the Night Productions. ...
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Let’s have one more trip through Imperial Triumphant’s mix of metal, jazz and weirdness. This new offering manages to be both different from their previous live album I ...
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