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Review: Oïkoumen “Dystopia”

At the end of last year French newly-fledged item Oïkoumen has released independently their debut album Dystopia, making a confident statement within symphonic metal scene. With strong roots ...
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Report: Hellfest 2023

My last Hellfest was four years ago, in 2019. The last year of calm and measured life. In 2020 COVID-19 will lock up people in their houses and ...
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Review: Fear Factory “Re-Industrialized” [Nuclear Blast]

Ready for another album of Fear Factory remixes, this time of their 2012 album The Industrialist? It may not be the most interesting remix album, but it’s still ...
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Review: Salceson X “Qui Penis Aquam Turbat”

The Polish death metal duo Salceson X has returned from oblivion, offering a brand new full-length album with a mocking Latin title Qui Penis Aquam Turbat, releasing it ...
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Review: Towards Hellfire “Death upon the Holy Throne” [Putrid Cult]

Young Polish black/death metal band Towards Hellfire has debuted with LP Death upon the Holy Throne releasing it through a local underground label Putrid Cult in the middle ...
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Gig report: The Black Dahlia Murder w/ Terror, Frozen Soul, Fuming Mouth & Phobophilic (Calgary, CANADA)

The event took place on 23 of May at “The Palace Theater” which is in the very center of Calgary city. This concert was a part of “The ...
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Review: Immortal “War Against All” [Nuclear Blast]

Get ready for a blast of cold wind, or rather, music that feels like one, the best kind of black metal. This is the kind of brief and ...
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Gig report: W.A.S.P.- Bucharest, Romania 17.05.2023

The day of Wednesday 17th was a really tiring one for me, I was feeling almost with no energy and a little sick too, but that didn’t stop ...
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Gig report: Watain, Bolzer & Concrete Winds- Bucharest, Romania 10.05.2023

A Wednesday day. on my way to Quantic club to see Watain (for the second time), Bolzer, and Concrete Winds. The three bands embarked on the Agony & Ecstasy over Europe tour, with ...
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Review: Twilight Force “At the Heart of Wintervale” [Nuclear Blast]

Swedish symphonic power metal group Twilight Force has returned in early winter with brand new record At the Heart of Wintervale, releasing it once again through Nuclear Blast ...
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Review: Meteora “…of Shades and Colours” [H-Music]

At the end of last autumn Hungarian symphonic band Meteora has released their third full-length album …Of Shadows and Colours via local label H-Music (Hangfelvételkiadó Kft.). Combining traditional ...
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Gig report: Nile, Omophagia, Vapor, Confess- Zagreb, Croatia, 02.05.2023

It was pouring rain to the point of boredom that day. Seeing a band like Nile that almost literally blows desert winds through the stereo on a day ...
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Review: Obsidian Chamber ”Holzphäller” [Running Wild Productions]

An axe both blunt and razor-sharp… Austria has a lot more to offer than I had expected when it comes to variety in metal. Until just last year, ...
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Review: Ignea “Dreams of Lands Unseen” [Napalm Records]

For their new album, Ignea take us on a trip around the world, with musical experiments and strange adventures. Are you ready? Dreams of Lands Unseen is a ...
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Gig report: Kataklysm, Soilwork, Horizon Ignited – Zagreb, Croatia, 22.04.2023

This report is for all the guys in the first row who smoked during Soilwork. What happened? Read on! To be brutally honest, these kinds of gigs I ...
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Review: Holy Moses “Invisible Queen” [Fireflash Records]

Finally, it is time to review a new album by the original queen of thrash metal. And luckily for us, she and her incredibly talented bandmates have created ...
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Review: Absolute Darkness “Failure of State” [Sliptrick Records]

Failure of State by San Francisco death/thrash band Absolute Darkness. I am not sugar-coating this overview and should you choose to listen to this entire album, which I ...
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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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