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Review: Obsidian Mantra “As We All Will” [Via Nocturna]

At the end of September last year, the Polish progressive death metal band Obsidian Mantra released their third full-length album As We All Will through...

Album premiere + review: IM NEBEL “Hypocrisis” [Octopus Rising]

Didn’t know this band before. Still don’t, really. Just hit play, sat there, and let this thing run its mouth. It starts slow, doesn’t ask...

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Review: Aeons of Ashes ”Currents” [Running Wild Productions]

A Suffocating Display of Power and Growth… Aeons of Ashes have come a long way. Since at least the release of their full-length album The...

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Review: Nightfall “Children Of Eve” [Season Of Mist]

For all the time of existence since 1991 Nightfall have been completely changed a couple of times: genres, line-ups, labels, you name it. Even the...

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Review: Machine Head “Unatoned” [Nuclear Blast]

It feels like it is customary to Machine Head. Out of habit, you know. The band had its screw-ups, I agree with that and Bloodstone...

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Review: Eluveitie “Ànv” [Nuclear Blast]

After six years of silence Eluveitie release their new album named Ànv. Well, it wasn’t complete silence – there were three singles, live album, collaboration...

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Review: Unwelcome Soul “Dried Petals”

Last summer, the American black metal one-man project Unwelcome Soul released its debut album Dried Petals digitally, and six months later – a CD version...

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Review: Shade of Sorrow “Upon the Fields of Grief” [M-Theory Audio]

At the end of June last year, the Finnish melodic death metal band Shade of Sorrow released its debut album Upon the Fields of Grief...

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Review: In the Woods… “Otra” [Prophecy Productions]

Let’s go in the woods for a trip through musical genres and mood, discussions on society and nature. It’s a perpetually changing album, where you...

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Review: Alukta “Merok” [Transcendance]

Let’s join a funeral ceremony, inspired by doom metal and Toraja Indonesian rituals. There’s death, magic and dark music, so basically, everything I like. We’re...

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Review: Benediction “Ravage Of Empires” [Nuclear Blast]

When Benediction released their Scriptures after 12 years of silence back in 2020, fans admired predictably, especially with David Ingram as a vocalist. The band...

Album premiere + review: U KRONAKH “Archaic Dance of Winds” [Archivist Records]

Ukrainian atmospheric black/death metal band U Kronakh is back with Archaic Dance of Winds, their third full-length, out tomorrow via Archivist Records. Today, we’re excited...

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Review: Labyrinthus Stellarum “Vortex of the Worlds” [Archivist Records]

Last spring, the young Ukrainian atmospheric black metal/ambient duo Labyrinthus Stellarum from Odesa independently released their second studio album Vortex of the Worlds in digital...

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Review: Maesün “Remember to Die”

The international power metal band Maesün independently released their debut album Remember to Die a year ago, following three singles that defended their claim in...

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Gig Report: Bucharest Deathfest 2025

First day of spring came with a cloudy and gloomy weather, but it didn’t matter or stop me from attending a new edition of Bucharest...

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Review: Mortal Strike ”For the Loud and Aggressive” [Running Wild Productions]

Literally the perfect album title. Are you one of those people who believe that thrash is best left without much outside influence or progressive tendencies?...

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Review: Ex Deo “Year of the Four Emperors” [Reigning Phoenix Music]

Watching Paint Dry (Roman Edition) I guess the aftermath of this Ex Deo listening session should leave me kind of disgruntled, and disappointed, or at...

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Gig report: Marduk, Doodswens, Irae, Sumus Diabolus Incarnatus (Zagreb, Croatia 19.02.2025.)

There are a few things in life that are certain: Memento Mori : remember that you will die Prima spectacula mala erunt – the opening...

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Review: Fallaness ”Sagenwelten” [Running Wild Productions]

From the Swamps to Victory… I admit that I tend to be skeptical when one-man bands start additional projects with similar genre tags within just...

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Review: Absolutus – Entfremdung

On the last day of 2023, the Belgian black metal band Absolutus independently released their latest EP Entfremdung in digital format – their fifth EP...