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Review: Imha Tarikat “Sternenberster” [Prophecy Productions / Lupus Lounge]

Imha Tarikat is Turkish for set of destruction. That is the right description of the second record from the black metal duo from Germany. There is a lot ...
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Review: Heads For The Dead “Into The Red” [Transcending Obscurity Records]

This international act with members of Revel In Flesh, Wombbath, Gorefest, Hail Of Bullets and more knows the right formula for good and hard-hitting death metal. There is ...
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Review: Descend To Acheron “The Transience Of Flesh” [Petrichor]

This Australian death metal band describes themselves as a technical death metal with a slight touch of black metal. In my opinion Descend to Acheron deliver solid blackened ...
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Review: Children of Technology “Written Destiny” [Hells Headbangers]

If you put every heavy metal cliché in an Eppenmayer flask and let everything incubate for 48 hours you will get “Written Destiny” from Children of Technology. There’s ...
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Review: AKHLYS “Melinoë” [Debemur Morti Productions]

Naas Alcameth who you may know from Nightbringer, is known for his dark and nightmare awakening musical creations. AKHLYS is an emotional ride for the mind. If you ...
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Review: And Now The Owls Are Smiling “Dirges” [Clobber Records]

Atmospheric black metal suits my temperament well. And not just one small niche of the genre, but across all its many variations: whether the atmosphere generated is that ...
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Review: Urkraft “Urkraft” [Narcoleptica Productions]

Permeating in the dark fog, under the full moonlight of the Norwegian sky arises the black metal, one-man band known as ‘Urkraft’. Fronted by one Andreas Wærholm, ‘Urkraft’ ...
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Review: Korpiklaani “Jylhä” [Nuclear Blast]

After three great and a couple of controversial albums, it seems that Finns Korpiklaani reconsidered their music and once again found their sound. Anyway, their previous album Kulkija ...
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Review: Vøidwomb “Altars of Cosmic Devotion” [Iron Bonehead]

Short and sweet, Altars of Cosmic Devotion is the first release from Portugal’s VØIDWOMB, and what a promising EP it is. Tension is something of a rarity in ...
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Review: StarGazer “Psychic Secretions” [Nuclear War Now! Productions]

The Australian extreme avant-garde formation StarGazer has returned with their fifth full-length album “Psychic Secretions” through the Nuclear War Now! Productions. And that’s a significant event; they exist ...
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Review: Alpha Boys “Saviours Of Rock ‘N’ Roll” [Sliptrick records]

The bad boys from Sweden Alpha Boys have confidently flooded the rock ’n’ roll scene, presenting their debut album “Saviours of Rock ’n’ Roll” via Sliptrick Records this ...
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Review: Worm Shepherd “In The Wake Ov Sòl”

We begin here in instrumental that converges into the heavy bringing on a haunting feeling and depressive overtones that continues thrusting the blades deeper into your soul as ...
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Review: Sintax “Nano 3000” [Sliptrick Records]

In 2015 Israeli Thrash/Groove Metal band Sintax released their debut album Sway For A Better Day. It gained a lot of fans’ attention and got positive reviews. Then ...
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Review: Accept “Too Mean To Die” [Nuclear Blast]

Four years after the release of Rise Of Chaos and with another line-up changes Teutonic Heavy legends Accept are back with their new, 16th album named Too Mean ...
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Review: SKAM “The Sound of Disease” [Petrichor]

Is it grindcore? Is it brutal/black/death metal? Is it empathetic or a cry for help? Either way, the Swedish one-man project comes at us full-pelt in a darkened ...
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Review: Crystal Viper “The Cult” [Listenable Records]

The Eighth studio album from Polish metallers Crystal Viper follows on in their tradition of strong melodies, soaring vocals, and expert lead guitar work held together with perfect production. ...
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Review: Coffins / Depression [Hells Headbangers]

Coffins kick off this split LP with a whirlwind of demonic riffs laden with enough bass to make you feel the claustrophobia of being buried alive. The drumming ...
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Review: Aborym “Hostile” [Dead Seed Productions]

It’s not easy to be an Aborym fan, for a good decade and a change, we were frequently scratching our heads ever since their Generator album from 2004. ...
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Review: Stass “Songs Of Flesh And Decay” [Emanzipation Productions]

It’s more conventional for the vocals to be the weakest part of an album, but Dreams of Rotting Flesh goes against those norms as Felix Stass leads his band with strong ...
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Review: Significant Point “Into the Storm” [Dying Victims Productions]

A Priestesque cover, a Priestesque title, and Priestesque guitar work… it can only be Into the Storm by Japan’s Significant Point. I’ve forever argued that speed metal is not a ...
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