Let’s hear the songs of the mountains, and explore their musical landscape, bask in their beautiful and odd atmosphere. Yes, this is the kind of album that inspires ...
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There are a few albums out there that marked the harsh beginning of several bands that seem to be underrated, or perhaps underappreciated nowadays. Think of Therion’s Of Darkness…, ...
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Comments Off on Review: Tiamat “Sumerian Cry” [C.M.F.T. Productions]
For some reason I was convinced that Darkness Death Doom was the Runemagick album that changed the band’s dynamics for the worst, but fortunately I was rather mistaken. Yes, the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Runemagick “Darkness Death Doom” [Aftermath Music]
In the beginning of the fall Californian natives Carnifex have released their eighth studio album Graveside Confessions via Nuclear Blast records. No doubt, that these guys have a ...
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Comments Off on Review: Carnifex “Graveside Confessions” [Nuclear Blast]
One of the Polish pagan metal legends Graveland has returned with the fresh studio album Hour of Ragnarok in collaboration with the music labels Inferna Profundus, Forever Plagued ...
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Comments Off on Review: Graveland “Hour of Ragnarok” [Inferna Profundus Records]
There are a few misconceptions that people who are new to metal usually make. One includes the assumption that anything slightly slower than a sub-genre’s usual trademarks would ...
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Comments Off on Review: Mystic Charm “Shadows of the Unknown” [Shiver Records]
At one point death metal had got rid of its thrash-like roots, as bands such Cryptopsy, Suffocation and Kataklysm had clearly showed. The future wouldn’t be too bright ...
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Comments Off on Review: Crimson Relic “Purgatory’s Reign” [Radiation Records]
Cemetary are one of those weird bands to me; not because of their stylistic changes (since those weren’t uncommon in the 90s to begin with), but more because ...
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Comments Off on Review: Cemetary “Black Vanity” [Black Mark Production]
First of all I need to say that in this review I can hardly remain impartial due to some valid reasons. In my early years I found two ...
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Comments Off on Review: 1914 “Where Fear And Weapons Meet” [Napalm Records]
It’s remarkable how there were so many doom/death metal bands coming out of Holland back in the day, with bands like Sempiternal Deathreign, Delirium and Mourning originating all ...
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Comments Off on Review: Celestial Season “Solar Lovers” [Displeased Records]
Orasyon… out of complete nowhere, comes this album All and Nothing (released earlier this month, on October 1st). I was completely caught off guard, upon hearing it. Initially, ...
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Now, here’s a nice metal symphony of mythological stories and diverse musical elements. Some background might be needed. I’m reviewing a new split disc, and this one involves ...
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Comments Off on Review: IGNEA / ERSEDU “Bestia”
Along with Hypnotic Scenery and Dissolving of Prodigy, Silent Stream of Godless Elegy were one of the leaders of the Czech doom/death metal movement and just like many ...
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Comments Off on Review: Silent Stream of Godless Elegy “Iron” [Leviathan Records]
After eighteen years of silence Norwegian black/death/thrash metal legends Vulture Lord have returned with their second full-length album Desecration Rites through underground label Odium Records. And considering the ...
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In late June American melodic death metal band The Absence has released their fifth full-length album Coffinized via M-Theory Audio. And again they have stayed true to their ...
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Tiamat are certainly no favorite band of mine, but I can’t deny that there was something unique about their early records… for better or worse. Even the occult ...
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Comments Off on Review: Tiamat “Clouds” [Century Media Records]
Morgion were one of those doom/death metal bands that didn’t change as drastically as other bands did and while this seems ideal on paper, nothing could be further ...
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Comments Off on Review: Morgion “Solinari” [Relapse Records]
Although criticism regarding technology is often justified, you’ll have to admit that if it weren’t for the internet, several obscure metal gems probably had not been discovered by ...
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Comments Off on Review: Grindmaster Dead “Stronger than Love”
Here is a dark metal ride that doesn’t always live up to expectations, but definitely has its moments. The album’s overall sound is a nice blend of black ...
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Comments Off on Review: Hate “Rugia” [Metal Blade Records]
Recently I had a discussion with my comrade gasmask_colostomy about our favorite topic. He asked me what I like so much about doom/death metal to begin with and ...
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Comments Off on Review: Funeral Cult “Korowody cieni” [Lusitanian Productions]
