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Review: Morgion “Solinari” [Relapse 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...

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Review: Grindmaster Dead “Stronger than Love”

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...

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Review: Hate “Rugia” [Metal Blade Records]

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...

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Review: Funeral Cult “Korowody cieni” [Lusitanian Productions]

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...

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Review: Golgotha “Melancholy” [Repulse Records]

Golgotha caught me by surprise, as I’ve never heard anyone mention this band before and they also originate from Spain. Granted, I know very little...

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Review: Nekromantheon ”Visions Of Trismegistos” [Indie Records]

Nekromantheon created quite a buzz in the early 2010s when they released the two full length albums Divinity in Death and Rise, Vulcan Spectre. I...

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Review: DORO “Triumph And Agony Live” [Rare Diamonds Productions]

Doro has been the undisputed Queen Of Metal since her days as vocalist for Warlock and beyond, and even with her career in music spanning...

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Review: Etherial Winds “Find the Way… Together” [Cyber Music]

Thanks to that decent piece of artwork that brings to mind nostalgia and romanticism, you’d think that Etherial Winds were yet another forgotten band that...

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Review: Hooded Menace “Fulfill the Curse” [Razorback Recordings]

Although Hooded Menace managed to keep the doom/death metal spirit alive while evolving at the same time, this band hasn’t always interested me as much...

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Review: Sanctuary ”The Year The Sun Died” [Avalon Records]

The late Apex of Warrel Dane‘s career! I can already see the flaming arrows pointing at me from a distance but that doesn’t deter me...

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Review: Castle “Castle” [Malodorous Mangled Innards Records]

It’s almost tempting to believe that any obscure doom/death metal release from its heyday turns out to be a lost classic, but there’s a lot...

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Review: Akhenaten “The Emerald Tablets of Thoth” [Satanath Records]

The Emerald Tablets of Thoth is the most cinematic album I’ve listened to so far this year. Gilded with golden gifts to the gods and...

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Review: Expunged “Into Never Shall” [Hells Headbangers Records]

Here’s a vicious piece of blackened death/thrash metal, with some interesting ideas but a rather uneven set of songs. This album has an interesting title,...

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Review: Enslaved “Caravans To The Outer Worlds” [Nuclear Blast Records]

Let’s get in our caravans for a trip through musical worlds. We’ll have a lot of adventures and hear all sorts of musical ideas along...

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Review: Paradox “Heresy II – End Of A Legend” [AFM Records]

In far 1990 German Thrash/Power Metal band Paradox released Heresy, a conceptual album about Albigensian Crusade. Now, 31 years later in 2021 here comes the...

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Review: A Pale Horse Named Death “Infernum In Terra” [Long Branch Records]

In 2010 the former drummer of Type O Negative and Life Of Agony, Sal Abruscato founded his own band, A Pale Horse Named Death, where...

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Review: Conception “My Dark Symphony” [Conception Sounds Factory]

I can’t be the only one who was amazed to hear that Roy Khan and company decided to reform Conception again, especially given the state...

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Review: Vicious Rumors “Digital Dictator” [Roadrunner Records]

Although it would take Vicious Rumors three years to release a second album, Digital Dictator would be the definite album of this band and it’s easy to...

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Review: Virtual Annihilation / Postmortem Repugnance

Think along the lines of maybe, say, Napalm Death (Diatribes) and Cattle Decapitation‘s (To Serve Man), and you have what are probably the two finest...

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Review: Liholesie “Shamanic Twilight” [Infinite Fog Productions]

After relatively long break the Russian ritual folk band Liholesie has returned with a brand new album Shamanic Twilight, via Infinite Fog Productions, marking it...