Los Angeles is the breeding ground of this furious thrash machinery. Art of Shock released with “Dark Angeles” their debut album via Century Media Records. The quartet delivers ...
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When one speaks of mid-paced black metal, there are often a variety of scenes and/or bands that come to mind; think of the Greek trinity, the Czech duo, ...
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Comments Off on Review: Argentum “Ad Interitum Funebrarum” [Full Moon Productions]
Let’s have some thrash/power metal adventures, with this nice, energetic and fun album. This one really has a really wild energy that never disappears and never disappoints. You ...
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Comments Off on Review: Metalriff “Under My Skin” [Australis records]
The young but powerful band from Mexico Perduratum has released their first record independently, EP “Exile’s Anthology”. They were formed in 2019, so this EP is a big ...
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Nevermore may not be for everyone but what they do offer here is a brand of crossover metal with a wealth of influences pulling the tracks in multiple ...
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Comments Off on Review: Nevermore “Dead Heart in a Dead World” [Century Media Records]
The guitarist from 80’s prog metal band ‘Watchtower’ gets together with Cannibal Corpse’s Alex Webster on bass and the drummer for tech prog act ‘Behold the Arctopus’ to ...
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Comments Off on Review: Blotted Science “The Machinations of Dementia” [Eclectic Electric]
The young black/death metal formation from Connecticut, USA, has released this year two full-length albums, and this month the second album “Thelemic Grimoires” saw the light without the ...
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Four years ago, in November 2016 Dark Tranquillity released their 11th album Atoma. It was highly acclaimed by fans, got some complimentary reviews from critics and even Grammy ...
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Comments Off on Review: Dark Tranquillity “Moment” [Century Media Records]
When band members leave and get replaced, it’s often a question whether the shoes aren’t too big to fill. In Anthem’s case, this wasn’t an issue once vocalist ...
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Comments Off on Review: Anthem “Domestic Booty” [Nexus]
On No Symmetry… Only Dissolution, New York’s False Gods come out of the gate burning hot and refuse to let up until they are finished. A high energy ...
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Comments Off on Review: False Gods “No Symmetry… Only Disillusion” [Seeing Red Records]
Croatian doom troupe, Elusive God, present their take on a very traditional sound with their EP, The Darkest Flame. A retro tinged romp through the dark reaches of ...
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Comments Off on Review: Elusive God “The Darkest Flame” [Solitude Productions]
This is a pretty decent death/thrash album that has some potentially good ideas, but is not quite great yet. The album starts off pretty well, with the explosive ...
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Comments Off on Review: Hell:on “Scythian Stamm” [Hell Serpent Music]
Hate Eternal don’t exactly play music that could be described as welcoming. This sounds like what be going on at the center of the Earth, at its molten ...
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Few albums are actually as essential to a genre as they implicitly claim. Most seminal records help push the boundaries of their time and reveal uncharted territory for ...
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Comments Off on Review: Candlemass “Epicus Doomicus Metallicus” [Black Dragon Records]
As it turns out, there is a life after Motörhead. Mikkey Dee plays in Scorpions now, which play farewell shows worldwide last few years and promise a new ...
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Comments Off on Review: Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons “We’re the Bastards” [Nuclear Blast Records]
With an epic feel and spacious atmosphere, Decembre Noir craft a unique sound with their newest release, The Renaissance of Hope. Emotional depth and heavy grooves mingle together ...
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Comments Off on Review: Decembre Noir “The Renaissance Of Hope” [Lifeforce Records]
This year the music records Pure Steel has re-issued the double album “Out Of The Shadows” from American progressive metal band Awaken, which they released by themselves in ...
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After four years of silence the long-awaited album “Noa’s D’ark” from Dutch legends Soulburn is released via Century Media, offering almost an hour of juicy and gloomy heaviness. ...
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The Polish black metal band Nahemia, currently based in England, this year has released their first ever full-length album “Ar-Caosaji” through the independent music label Misanthropic Assault Productions, ...
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Germans Accuser are very active last decade. I would say that it is the most active period of the band’s 30 years history with the split-ups, leaving the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Accuser “Accuser” [Metal Blade Records]
