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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,...

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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!...

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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...

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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...

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Review: Gaahls Wyrd “The Humming Mountain” [Season of Mist]

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...

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Review: Tiamat “Sumerian Cry” [C.M.F.T. Productions]

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...

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Review: Runemagick “Darkness Death Doom” [Aftermath Music]

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...

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Review: Carnifex “Graveside Confessions” [Nuclear Blast]

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...

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Review: Graveland “Hour of Ragnarok” [Inferna Profundus Records]

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...

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Review: Mystic Charm “Shadows of the Unknown” [Shiver 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...

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Review: Crimson Relic “Purgatory’s Reign” [Radiation 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...

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Review: Cemetary “Black Vanity” [Black Mark Production]

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),...

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Review: 1914 “Where Fear And Weapons Meet” [Napalm Records]

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...

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Review: Celestial Season “Solar Lovers” [Displeased 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...

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Review: Orasyon “All and Nothing”

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...

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Review: IGNEA / ERSEDU “Bestia”

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...

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Review: Silent Stream of Godless Elegy “Iron” [Leviathan Records]

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...

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Review: Vulture Lord “Desecration Rite” [Odium 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....

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Review: The Absence “Coffinized” [M-Theory Audio]

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...

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Review: Tiamat “Clouds” [Century Media Records]

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....