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Review: Exodus “Persona Non Grata” [Nuclear Blast]

Exodus‘ previous album, Blood In, Blood Out was released seven years ago, in 2014. Later, Gary Holt went to play tours with Slayer, replacing late Jeff Hanneman, while ...
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Review: Rhapsody of Fire “Glory for Salvation” [AFM Records]

What a great and majestic power metal album. Rhapsody of Fire give us another symphonic and power metal adventure, full of energy, great choruses and mixes of guitars ...
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Review: Imperial Triumphant “An Evening with Imperial Triumphant” [Century Media Records]

With this fine selection of dark, creative and apocalyptic tracks, Imperial Triumphant offer one memorable concert experience. Some background: Imperial Triumphant is a band inspired by extreme metal, ...
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Review: Vassago “Storm of Satan” [Nuclear War Now! Productions]

Is this the ultimate album of Satan? Well, it may not be the best thrash-influenced black metal album you’ll ever hear, but it’s definitely enjoyable. The album kicks ...
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Review: Pathology “The Everlasting Plague” [Nuclear Blast]

On 19th November 2021, Nuclear Blast Records have released the eleventh studio album of Californian death metal quintet Pathology, but it is the first in their catalogue, and ...
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Review: Suffocation “Live in North America” [Nuclear Blast]

The last record of Suffocation Live in North America is the live version of one of their concerts from Death Chopping North America tour in 2018, released by ...
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Review: Expulser “The Unholy One” [Cogumelo Records]

Although often put into the same category, none of the early Brazilian extreme metal bands had the same thrash/death/black metal ratio and in Expulser’s case, we’re talking about ...
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Review: Unleashed “No Sign of Life” [Napalm Records]

Here’s a nice death metal album with a lot of energy and a selection of tracks about death, chaos and various questions, that should get you pumped up. ...
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Review: Sarcófago “I.N.R.I.” [Cogumelo Records]

Look at that album cover. Don’t those guys look absolutely sick? Nowadays face paint might be an unnecessary cliché, but once upon a time it clearly wasn’t. Formed ...
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Review: The Lurking Fear “Death, Madness, Horror, Decay” [Century Media Records]

Here is an eerie and haunted album, that isn’t always great but has some really good moments and most importantly, really succeeds in creating a dark, horror-themed mood. ...
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Review: Funeral Bitch “The Demos” [Black Mass Records]

Besides Master, Paul Speckmann has been known for plenty of bands throughout the decades; many of which I don’t care too much about, but if there’s one band ...
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Review: Mutilator “Immortal Force” [Cogumelo Records]

Beside the trinity of Vulcano, Sepultura and Sarcófago, several similar Brazilian metal bands would push the envelope of extreme metal and in this case, we’re talking about thrash/death ...
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Review: Nephastus “Tortuous Ways” [Whiplash Records]

From the mid 80’s until the early 90’s, plenty of great Brazilian thrash metal albums saw the light of day and in this case, we’re talking about a ...
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Review: U.D.O. “Game Over” [AFM Records]

After three years of relative silence German legends U.D.O. have returned with a brand new record Game Over, highly and proudly holding the banner of heavy metal. And ...
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Review: Aborted “Maniacult” [Century Media Records]

Three years have passed since Belgian cult death metalheads Aborted pleased us with the studio albums, and this fall they have returned with totally new work called ManiaCult. ...
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Review: Kreator “Terrible Certainty” [Noise Records]

After the destructive Pleasure to Kill, Kreator decided to take a step back in terms of intensity and while they wouldn’t be the only band that had this in ...
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Review: Coroner “Punishment for Decadence” [Noise Records]

While I’m certainly not a huge technical thrash metal fan to begin with, certain albums remain wonderful to me and as far as I’m concerned, you can’t get ...
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Review: Torturer “Die in Pain” [PRC Music]

Could you do without the bland imitations of Entombed and Dismember? Do you find Gruesome almost insulting? Then Torturer might just be what you’re after! Here we have ...
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Review: Delirium “Zzooouhh” [Prophecy]

How many Celtic Frost-inspired doom/death metal bands does one need in their life? While this would clearly depend on your love for Celtic Frost and doom/death metal, I’m ...
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Review: Azathoth Circle “Siajvo”

After a short break Azathoth Circle are back with their new release named Siajvo. “Concise record Siajvo is an eschatological trip through emotional imprints. Our image is building ...
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