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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...

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Review: Xenolith “Obscure Reflections” [Careless Records]

Getting into the more obscure branches and scenes of death metal appears to me as a bit challenging. A genre as specific as progressive death...

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Review: Dawn Ahead “Fallen Anthems” [Art Gates Records]

The debut full-length album “Fallen Anthems” from German band Dawn Ahead was released this spring by Art Gates Records, known for loyal attitude for all...

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Review: Witch Hunt “Rock n´Roll Possession” [Dead Center Productions]

This April Dead Center Productions has re-released digitally the debut album “Rock n’ Roll Possession” of Columbian speed metal band Witch Hunt. And this perky...

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Review: Wizard “Metal In My Head” [Massacre Records]

Is metal in your head? It will be, by the end of this enjoyably epic and over-the-top heavy metal album. What can you expect from...

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Review: Pestilence “Testimony of the Ancients” [R/C Records]

By the time the 80’s were over, several death metal bands tried to take death metal one step further and although bands such as Atheist...

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Review: Metalite “A Virtual World” [AFM Records]

Metalite is Modern Melodic Metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 2015 and already has three albums in their discography. The last one, A...

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Review: Suicide Forest “Reluctantly” [Avantgarde Music]

Prolific multi-instrumentalist Austin Krueger returns in the guise of his one-man metal act Suicide Forest with a 9th release in 5 years all the way...

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Review: Inferno “PARADEIGMA (Phosphenes of Aphotic Eternity)” [Debemur Morti Productions]

Ever since 2013 Czech Inferno has been giving us nightmares in form of their last two sonic void cacophonies named Omniabsence Filled by His Greatness...

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Review: Van Diemen ”Van Diemen” (Independent release)

Stranger in a Strange Land… This record is more than just merely confusing. It’s been a difficult piece to stomach, hard to digest for a...