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Review: Zaratus “In The Days Of Whore” [Ván Records]

The experimental black metal scene this year can heave a sigh of release, the new Grecian band Zaratus has worked hard, presenting this blend of...

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Review: Necropanther “In Depths We Sleep”

On March 12th, the Colorado-based band Necropanther has released independently their latest EP “In Depths We sleep”, which this time belongs to their guitarist Paul...

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Review: Anthem “Bound to Break” [Nexus]

Between the mediocre debut and Anthem‘s final record that would feature Eizo Sakamoto for a while, this band would keep getting better and better, as Bound...

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Review: Totale Vernichtung “Feuerbestattung” [Darker than Black Records]

Totale Vernichtung… Feuerbestattung… This album, in its entirety is the epitome of all that is held dear, and beautiful. Feuerbestattung is an album that from...

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Review: Totale Vernichtung “Feuer und Krieg”

I have so many thoughts, feelings, and emotions about Feuer und Krieg when listening to it. This album, in its entirety, is such an exquisite...

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Review: Totale Vernichtung “Die pechschwarze Artillerie” [Darker than Black Records]

I want to make something perfectly clear in this review. Antimessiah / Totale Vernichtung is a true gift that has been graced upon this world....

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Review: Zebulon Kosted “Torches Behind The Waterfall” [Hammerkrieg Productions]

I’m really excited to be writing this review, as Torches Behind the Waterfall was my 2020 album of the year release. The first track “The...

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Review: Snær “Frozen Alchemy”

The United States of America are synonymous with freedom for many, it is also the lands of the Big Four. However by dint of aging...

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Review: Astralvm “Awakening”

A cosmic journey through space and time… As I am writing this review, it’s not often that I listen to older material before listening to...

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Review: FØG “La niebla de las ánimas” [Australis records]

What do we know about Chile, this South American country stuck between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Cordillera? Not much! Oh sure, Allende or...

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Review: Szary Wilk “Wrath” [Putrid Cult]

In the land of Solidarnosc, Metal music is king: Vader, Decapitated and for Black metal in all its forms: Behemoth, Batushka, Mgla, Darzamat as well...

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Review: Hevilan “Symphony of Good and Evil” [Brutal Records]

This heavy and power metal album with symphonic influences has some good ideas, some slightly more disposable songs, but always some interesting vocal work. The...

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Review: Cathartic Demise “In Absence”

Ah!! Finally some thrash music to listen, moreover a non-European band which comes straight from lands of the maple syrup. Cathartic Demise hails from Kitchener,...

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Review: Sigh “Infidel Art” [Cacophonous Records]

Falling between the grim Scorn Defeat and the even stranger, mania of Hail Horror Hail, Infidel Art sees Sigh heading into a theatrical direction that had not been explored before....

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Review: Caedes Cruenta “Of Ritual Necrophagia and Mysterious Ghoul Cults” [Helter Skelter / Regain Records]

Third album from Greece’s Caedes Cruenta brings us over an hour of manic macabre metal to upset the neighbours with. Eerie samples, moody synths, melodious...

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Review: Lotan “Nihil sacrum” [Uprising!]

Yesterday evening at midnight, everything was ready for the big weekly incantation, for a very Black Metal evening. I had received an EP “Nihil Sacrum” from...

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Review: Amoriello “Dear Dark” [Sliptrick records]

Here is one confused and confusing EP. This is the kind of record where a wild bunch of different ideas are all thrown one after...

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Review: Chainsword “Blightmarch” [Godz Ov War Productions]

After a couple of singles three years ago Polish death metalheads Chainsword joined the forces with local extreme label Godz ov War Productions to release...

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Review: Nodfyr “Eigenheid” [Ván Records]

Ván Records proudly presents the debut full-length album “Eigenheid” from Dutch pagan/heavy metal band Nodfyr, active on the metal scene for ten years now. This...

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Review: Terrordome “Straight Outta Smogtown” [Selfmadegod Records]

Fast, furious, fun – that’s Straight Outta Smogtown in 3 words. Carrying the carefree thrash/punk flame of the likes of Anthrax and Suicidal Tendencies, Poland’s Terrordome address the current political climate...