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Review: Witherfall “Curse of Autumn” [Century Media Records]

This March dark progressive/heavy metal band Witherfall from California, USA has released their new creation “Curse of Autumn”, staying true to the almighty Century Media...

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Review: Iscuron “The Nothing Has Defeated Atreyu”

What a perfectly strange and yet pleasant dark metal album. This reminds me of those obscure one-person black metal or something-close-to-it bands I used to...

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Review: Vrykolakas “And Vrykolakas Brings Chaos And Destruction” [Dark Blasphemies Records]

Vrykolakas has returned! Entering into an ominous thirteenth release, the Singaporean Death Metal warriors prove the caliber of compositions once again. This eight tracker is...

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Review: Solstice “Casting The Die” [Emanzipation Productions]

A country: the United States of America, a region: Florida, a style: Thrash (death) Metal, a band: Soltice. Ok, once we have listed all of...

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Review: Fates Warning “A Pleasant Shade of Gray” [Massacre Records]

There’s something about the directions Fates Warning took throughout the 90’s that just doesn’t sit well with me. Parallels marked the start of the band’s lightweight period...

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Review: Eurkuh “Not at All”

A solid effort from what seems to be a one-man band from Australia, the mysterious Eurkuh take us on a 19-minute black metal tour of...

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Review: Master “Master” [Nuclear Blast]

While plenty of early death metal bands are often lumped together in the old school death metal category, it’s pretty obvious that sub-variants quickly started...

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Review: Inflabitan “Intrinsic” [Soulseller Records]

This may not be the most interesting album you’ll ever hear, but it does have some real energy that makes it easy to get through,...

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Review: Obscure Sphinx “Epitaphs”

It’s been a while since I wanted to talk about this album, and it’s one of those albums I have indeed spent a lot of...

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Review: Simulacrum “Genesis” [Frontiers Music]

The Finnish progressive band Simulacrum has got the deal with Italian hard/AOR/prog-oriented music label Frontiers to release their third full-length album “Genesis” after seven years...

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Review: Wych “Agony”

The Canadian core/metal scene this year was expanded by one more new name Wych, presenting this February their first ever record EP “Agony”. Balancing between...

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Review: Batushka ”Царю Небесный (Carju Niebieskiej)” [Witching Hour Productions]

Slavonic slayers Batushka’s stageshow is undeniably impressive. Full of gothic splendour, embellished with arcane Russian Orthodox mysticism running through their elaborate and impeccably observed rituals,...

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Review: Cannibal Corpse ”Violence Unimagined” [Metal Blade Records]

If you’re looking to blow away a few cobwebs after the past year of interminable lockdowns then Cannibal Corpse are indeed a safe bet to...

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Review: Vicarivs Filii Dei “Intra Ecclesiam Salus Non Est” [Darker than Black Records]

Intra Ecclesiam Salus Non Est… this particular album really caught me massively off guard. So much so, it was actually a very distressing feeling. When...

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Review: Antologi “Chronicles Of Catastrophes” [Vrykoblast Productions]

We seldom hear about underground Thrash bands from Asia. There are great underground bands from this part of the world that await discovery and these...

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Review: Aschenvater “Landungsfeldmassaker” [Dead Center Productions]

The brand new band from Germany Aschenvater this year has released their first ever record – EP “Landungsfeldmassaker”; and this April Dead Center Productions has...

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Review: Death Chamber “Experiments in Warfare” [Dead Center Productions]

German deathsters Death Chamber this year have released their first full-length album “Experiments in Warfare” after the series of singles; and after one month Dead...

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Review: Saber Tiger “Decisive” [Edge Trax]

Although progressive/power metal veterans Saber Tiger have been doing their thing since the early 80’s, it took them 11 years to finally release a debut...

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Review: Torfrom “Culto al terror” [Australis records]

Only their first full release since their inception in 1992, Chile’s Torfrom bring us their very long-awaited debut LP, Culto Al Terror, a 40-minute death...

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Review: Nazxul “Irkalla” [Seance Records]

Nazxul is a black metal band spawned in Australia in 1993, and to date they have released 2 full lengths in 1995 and 2009. Here...