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Review: Paradise Lost “Lost Paradise” [Peaceville Records]

When we’re talking about doom/death metal bands, it goes without saying that the early incantations of such are what it’s usually all about. Lost Paradise hints very...

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Review: Xalpen “Sawken Xo’on” [Black Lodge Records]

In the end of July Black Lodge Records have re-released the debut album “Sawken Xo´on” of Chilean black metal band Xalpen. Originally it was released...

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Review: Abstrakt Algebra- Abstrakt Algebra (Megarock Records)

When Candlemass split up in the early 90s bass player and main man Leif Edling felt that he was far from finished with the music,...

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Review: Sepultura “SepulQuarta” [Nuclear Blast]

In the beginning of 2020 Sepultura released their 15th album, brilliant and thoughtful Quadra. Well, who knew that the lyrics from the song “Isolation” will...

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Review: Dee Snider “Leave A Scar” [Napalm Records]

Since the first Twisted Sister‘s split-up in far 1988, front man Dee Snider remains active and notable: he plays in another bands (Desperado, Widowmaker), participates...

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Review: Cryopathic Thanatology “Untold Stories of the Morgue”

Cryopathic Thanatology is a newly formed death metal project by Karnatorh (guitars, bass & songwriting) and Ossilor (vocals) or by their own words: „A death...

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Review: Chaos Over Cosmos “The Silver Lining Between The Stars”

Last year I listened to an international project Chaos Over Cosmos for the first time and it impressed me a lot: two guys that live...

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Review: Swallow the Sun “20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair: Live in Helsinki” [Century Media Records]

What a promising title. And Swallow the Sun deliver on that promise, by performing some of their nicest tracks with gloom and beauty. Some description...

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Review: Decayed “Old Ghosts and Primeval Demons” [Lusitanian Music]

Here is a nice little witch’s dance, with demons, ghosts, manitous and other creatures of the night. After a mysterious spoken words and keyboards intro...

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Review: Interloper “Search Party” [Nuclear Blast]

In the middle of June, the debut album of American metalcore band Interloper was released through Nuclear Blast Records, making a very good and vigorous...

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Review: Fear Factory “Aggression Continuum” [Nuclear Blast]

On 18th June of 2021 the mighty Nuclear Blast Records have released the new album “Aggression Continuum” of legendary Fear Factory, and it is 11th...

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Review: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter “The Divine Horsemen” [Nuclear Blast]

I mention COVID almost in every review and I fully understand that it bothers the readers, not to mention that I also tired from this...

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Review: Communic ”Hiding From The World” [AFM Records]

Three years after Where Echoes Gather, the Norwegians return with their sixth album. I wasn’t having high hopes on this one as the two previous...

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Review: Svarta Sanningar “Kapitel 2”

The second EP “Kapitel 2” of Swedish dark/gothic rock band Svarta Sanningar was independently released in late spring. It is a solid sequel of their first...

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Review: Intentional Trainwreck “Smokestack of Souls”

In the beginning of June American progressive metal band Intentional Trainwreck has released independently their sophomore album “Smokestack of Souls”. And after six years of...

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Review: Powerwolf “Call Of The Wild” [Napalm Records]

Last year Powerwolf released their compilation Best Of The Blessed as a way to earn some time, maybe money and remind about themselves as well...

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Review: Misstress “Resurrected” [Blasphemous records]

What a nice vampire-themed hard rock album with black metal touches, filled with dark and fun songs from beginning to end! This album is somewhere...

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Review: Lawrence Wallace “Journey Through Time” [Blasphemous Creations of Hell Records]

Ah, Shred, yet another arpeggio sweeping genre that I am criminally illiterate in. Barring the flirtations I’ve had with Bob Katsionis’, Lawrence Wallace is one...

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Review: Night Crowned “Hädanfärd” [Noble Demon]

Last year Night Crowned released great in all ways debut album Impius Viam and it was included in many 2020 Top-10 rightfully. However, the band...

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Review: Pathfinders “Ares Vallis” [Music Records]

The debut album “Ares Vallis” of groove metal band Pathfinders from French Fontainebleau was released this Spring by Music Records, offering almost one hour of...