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Review: Hogstul “Ominous Fragmenta Tuptdalr”

A band: HOGSTUL, a brain: Kjetil Ytterhus, also keyboardist with PROFANE BURIAL, an album: “Ominous Fragmenta Tuptdalr“. Three long tracks including an eponymous one: “A...

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Review: WinterMoonShade “WinterMoonShade” [Black Spark Records]

Country of Portugal is well known for having metal bands that does not follow the norm in traditional metal, having in mind their most famous...

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Review: Demoniac “So It Goes” [Edged Circle]

The Chilean thrashers Demoniac have returned this year with a brand new album “So It goes” after three years of silence (apart from the Live...

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Review: Nader Sadek “The Serapeum”

After six years of silence, Egyptian born musician Nader Sadek has returned with a string of singles, and in the end of November has finally...

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Review: Under Attack “Virus Alert” [Sliptrick records]

Recently the Italian heavy metal band Under Attack has released their debut album “Virus Alert” through the Sliptrick Records, defining their first musical journey in...

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Review: Payne’s Gray “Kadath Decoded”

The idea of a progressive metal band that has more emphasis on adventurous arrangements than downright riffs sounds terrible on paper – fortunately this is...

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Review: Harakiri For The Sky “Mære” [AOP Records]

Let’s explore these melancholic and atmospheric ballads by a cold, sad day of winter. For this is the best way to describe the overall feel...

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Review: MYRHOLT “…sjelebot…”

Clearly if you do not know what pure original Norwegian black metal is and you are eager to learn about it, one priest: MYRHOLT, one...

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Review: Paranorm “Empyrean” [Redefining Darkness Records]

A sweet-sounding technical thrash fest, Empyrean hits us full force from the first second as Sweden’s Paranorm release their first full-length album after a 7-year...

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Review: The Scalar Process “Coagulative Matter” [Transcending Obscurity Records]

Another great release from Indian label Transcending Obscurity, France’s The Scalar Process launch themselves into the technical death metal genre with a monster of a...

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Review: Astral Tomb “Degradation of Human Consciousness” [Blood Harvest]

It’s your best friend’s birthday and you don’t know what gift to choose for him, don’t hesitate, make him discover this EP “Degradation Of Human...

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Review: Maestitium “Tale of the Endless” [Black Lion Records]

What could be better than listening to a good melodic death metal album after a hard day’s work? Nothing at all, especially after talking to...

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Review: Sirenia “Riddles, Ruins & Revelations” [Napalm Records]

“A modern ride straight into the heart of symphonic metal!” – that’s how Sirenia‘s tenth album Riddles, Ruins & Revelations press release starts. Intriguing, isn’t...

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Review: Six Foot Six “End Of All” [Scarlet Records]

Yes, you have read everything correctly. The name is Six Foot Six, not Six Feet Under. And no, we are not talking about groovy death...

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Review: Persuader “Necromancy” [Frontiers Music]

Power metal from Germany has influenced a lot of bands over the years. The Swedish Persuader doesn’t make an exception. On “Necromancy” you can clearly...

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Review: Mortal Terror “Bite of the Underdog”

The mid-tempo thrash metal from Germany strikes since 1986. Their debut “The Evolving Self” was released in 1994. With “Bite of the Underdog” Mortal Terror...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...