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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...

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Review: Toxaemia “Where Paths Divide” [Emanzipation Productions]

The Swedish cult death metal band Toxaemia from the 1980s has returned this year with their first ever full-length album “Where Paths Divide” via the...

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Review: Dark Millennium “Ashore the Celestial Burden” [Massacre Records]

Sometimes you stumble upon a unique band that that figuring out their obvious influences results in a massive headache. Enter Dark Millennium, who are a...

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Review: Virgin Steele “Invictus” [T&T Records]

Sometimes you stumble upon an album that’s enjoyable on its own, but compared to what a band had released before just feels a bit pale,...

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Review: Opeth “Blackwater Park” [Music for Nations]

It would be terribly tempting to dismiss this album as being the meandering prog-ish jams from a few metalheads in Sweden that remotely switch from...

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Review: Hatebreed “Weight Of The False Self” [Nuclear Blast]

Hatebreed can be hardly called an underground band but at the same time it is far from mainstream. Bridgeport tattooed lads strived for what they...

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Review: Sodom “Genesis XIX” [Steamhammer]

In November 2019 after some radical line-up changes, Sodom releases EP Out Of The Frontline Trench – to show “a sign of life for the...

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Review: Belphegor “Necrodaemon Terrorsathan” [Nuclear Blast Records]

Belphegor is a band that has essentially been established as one of the main pillars in the blackened death metal subgenre. Formed in 1993, they...

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Review: Suffocation “Human Waste” [Relapse Records]

One thing that I love about cover artwork is its ability to represent what kind of album you’re dealing with and of course plenty of...

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Review: Portal “Outre'” [Profound Lore Records]

Before I attempt to describe this music with as much detail as possible, I would encourage any curious listener out there to think of acquiring...

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Review: Tombs “Under Sullen Skies” [Season Of Mist]

American Tombs is a very productive band: since its foundation in 2007 the band released four longplays, four EPs and a couple of split albums....

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Review: Arch / Matheos “Winter Ethereal” [Metal Blade Records]

It’s been some years since John Arch and Jim Matheos formed Arch/Matheos and once I’ve heard the two men would come up with a second...