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Review: Amoriello “Phantom Sounds” [Shredguy Records / H42 Records]

Amoriello and co return for a nice power metal album full of fantasy and adventures, that may not be as strange and oddly compelling as their first album ...
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Review: Unchristian Christian “Sulphurfeast”

Unchristian Christian is a Swedish one-man band and this is an overview of an album entitled Sulphurfeast. My best description of this is death metal with an avant-garde ...
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Review: Steel Cage “Syndrome” [Sliptrick Records]

Italian modern melodic death metal band Steel Cage has been silent for fourteen years, and finally, last summer was a turning point for these Neapolitans, Sliptrick Records have ...
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Review: Spektrvm “Blood for Heaven” [Sliptrick Records]

Last July the new modern progressive metal band from Greece Spektrvm has released their debut album Blood for Heaven via Sliptrick Records. Based on the classic traditions of ...
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Review: The Grifted “Doomsday & Salvation” [Personal Records]

On review/overview here is Doomsday & Salvation by Swedish death metallers The Grifted. This is standard Swedish death metal, with a little death ‘n roll thrown in for ...
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Review: Lomor “Perseverance of Sickness”

In the Indian Ocean, heading towards the southern tip of Africa, between Madagascar and Mauritius lies the island of Réunion. With a population of just under 1 million ...
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Review: Ryth “Deceptor Creator”

Guys, this is a fantastic release by a four-piece death metal band from Bahrain… I know right? And I don’t mean that condescendingly. It’s just that one doesn’t ...
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Review: Time To Kill “S.B.A.H.” [Sliptrick Records]

On review here is S.B.A.H. which I suspect is an acronym for the opening track, “Slut Bag Ass Hammer”, by the US band Time To Kill. I’m hearing ...
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Review: Les Enfants de Dagon “De Profundis” [Sliptrick Records]

On review here is De Profundis, the full-length debut by the seven-piece French band Les Enfants de DAGON. This is an album that incorporates a lot of different ...
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Review: Damnation Prayer “Blood Ritual: Symbols of Warfare and Annihilation”

By the end of last summer Finnish extreme metal trio Damnation Prayer has emerged with their debut album Blood Ritual: Symbols of Warfare and Annihilation, releasing it utterly ...
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Review: Confession “Coloured by the Red Flames of Fire”

Confession is an extreme metal duo from Poland, formed a couple of years ago. Last July their debut album Coloured by the Red Flames of Fire was released ...
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Review: Destillat “Under Black Horizons” [Sliptrick Records]

As I usually do, this will be an overview, but with some additional headers. That way what I am trying to say will not get lost in paragraphs ...
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Review: Self-Deceiver “Across the Styx”

Brazilian duo Self-Deceiver have delivered a superb seven-song sonic treat! Across The Styx is f$&@ing fantastic! How else do I describe this? There are thousands of bands to try ...
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Review: Headfist “This New World….”

Short and sweet people… Thank you Headfist! Finally, a release to restore our faith in modern thrash. Now admittedly there is a bit of a skate feel to ...
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Review: KARGYR “Kargyr” [Sliptrick Records]

As mentioned before, going forward my reviews will be more of a basic overview instead of being long and drawn out. So, on that note… This is an ...
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Review: Absolon “A Portrait of Madness” [Sliptrick Records]

Going forward I really don’t want to over complicate reviews, so I will henceforth keep them as simple and concise as I can, and because music is so ...
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Review: Antitheus “The Faults of Our Kind”

Hmmmm… after a little hiatus from reviewing I return with something that is a bit of a pickle for me. The Faults Of Our Kind, by the two-man ...
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Review: Messiah “Hymn to Abramelin” [Chainsaw Murder]

If there’s anything that music history has taught us, then it’s that the rapid development of extremity would change metal forever. While bigger names have undeniable received credit ...
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Review: Amorphis “Elegy” [Relapse Records]

Once one looks back at the 90’s, it’s easy to identify certain patterns that were part of the (at the time, at least) uncertain decade. While plenty of ...
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Review: In Grief “An Eternity of Misery” [Iron Bonehead Productions]

Time flies when you’re having fun, heals all wounds and apparently, turns Into Grief into a different band. Rediscovering Echoes of Doom made me realize how much potential this band ...
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