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Review: Ivan “Silver Screens” [Solitude Productions]

Toying with conceptions of reality, Silver Screens comes to us from Ivan with a mind bending take on the doom genre. That is to say...

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Review: Iron Savior “Skycrest” [AFM Records]

A year ago, in 2019 Iron Savior released a strong album Kill Or Get Killed with conventional for this band sci-fi lyrics and blending of...

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Review: Ilsa “Preyer” [Relapse Records]

After two years of silence the American crust/doom legend Ilsa, based in Washington D.C., has returned with a new album “Preyer”, the second one in...

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Review: Surma “The Light Within” [Metal Blade Records]

Recently the cult label Metal Blade has decided to sign the contract with a new band Surma, the product of Heri Joensen from Týr and...

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Review: AC/DC “Power Up” [Columbia Records, Sony Music Australia]

The past few years have been some of the most testing times for the legendary AC/DC with the extremely sad loss of the bands iconic...

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Review: Anthem “Tightrope” [Nexus]

When it comes down to Japanese heavy metal, Loudness are probably the first band you’d think of and while that’s understandable, I’ve always preferred Anthem...

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Review: Outworld “Promo 2008”

Sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me and I’m often glad that it does. It made me want to try out this Chinese restaurant...

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Review: Convocation “Ashes Coalesce” [Everlasting Spew Records / Sentient Ruin]

Death/Doom metal is a wonderfully unique subgenre in the sense that it shows how much emotion can be conveyed with slow, trudging tempos and longer,...

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Review: Pulse “Adjusting The Space” [NRT-Records]

Let’s watch some alien invasions and some crazy scientific experiences, in this wild and fun mix of cyberpunk and metal. This is truly both industrial...

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Review: Decapitated “Organic Hallucinosis” [Earache Records]

This is the defining moment Decapitated have been developing for all these years, each one of the previous albums laying the groundwork for a most...

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Review: Hellripper “The Affair Of The Poisons” [Peaceville Records]

From the Highlands of Scotland comes Hellripper with a searing take on the early black/speed metal of yesteryear. Embodying the lo-fi production and fretboard gymnastics...

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Review: Iron Mask “Master Of Masters” [AFM Records]

Iron Mask was formed in 2002 as a side-project of Magic Kingdom‘s virtuoso guitarist Dushan Petrossi, but at some point it turned to a full...

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Review: Outworld “Outworld” [Replica Records]

As a progressive metal fan that prefers the earlier incarnation of the style that was brought to life by Fates Warning, it’s hard to find...

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Review: Deeds Of Flesh “Nucleus” [Unique Leader]

Nucleus is a project unlike any other: a multi-collaboration sci fi-themed death metal album about humans joining forces to fight an alien virus. Expect some...

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Review: Suffocation “Souls to Deny” [Relapse Records]

Brutal death metal legends Suffocation take their act to a somewhat avant-garde area of their sound as they voluntarily switch up from stark atonality to...

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Review: Nile “Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka” [Relapse Records]

Nile hit the scene some time during the mid 90’s, releasing their debut full length here in 1998, making them part of the second wave...

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Review: Mordor “Prayer to…” [Promus]

During the 1990’s doom/death metal was all over the place in Europe, yet Poland is most likely not one of the countries you’d think of...

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Review: Fates Warning “Parallels” [Metal Blade Records]

Perhaps I’m a bit conservative with my ideas, but if you ask me bands writing more radio friendly material often results into trouble. Not even...

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Review: Mindless Sinner “Master Of Evil” [Pure Steel Records]

Sweden Mindless Sinner have a very meager discography: for almost 40 years of existence, the band released only four albums. The latest one, Poltergeist, was...

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Review: Mongrel’s Cross “Arcana, Scrying and Revelation” [Hells Headbangers]

The Australian extreme metal band Mongrel’s Cross this year through the label Hells Headbangers has released their third album “Arcana, Scrying and Revelation” after two...