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Review: RED CAIN “Kindred: Act I” [Sliptrick records]

The young Canadian band Red Cain has released its debut album “Kindred: Act I” in 2019, but after one year it is re-released worldwide by...

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Classic review: Death “Individual Thought Patterns” [Relativity Records]

By the time Individual Thought Patterns came out, Chuck Schuldiner had already distanced himself from the horror themed sounds that characterized his early records. By...

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Review: ĀTER “Vullighied” [Sliptrick records]

For the first time in its 23 years history the Belgian black metal band Āter has released its first material ever, the EP “Vullighied”. This...

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Septicflesh: “Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX” (live DVD) [Season Of Mist]

Unlike other bands, Septicflesh don’t release their albums quite often, one in three years at an average. Their last album Codex Omega was released in...

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Classic review: Metal Church “Blessing in Disguise” [Elektra Records]

While the first two Metal Church albums were solid slabs of American heavy/power metal, Blessing in Disguise would define the next chapter of this band;...

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Review: PUTRID “Antichrist Above” [Godz Ov War Productions]

Many moons ago an emerging movement was taking the world by storm, a movement that formed deep in the bowels of the earth; mostly fed...

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Review: Destruction “Born To Thrash” [Nuclear Blast]

A year ago Teutonic Thrash Metal legends Destruction released their 16th album Born To Perish. This year the band quite unexpectedly releases a live album...

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Review: ABYSMAL DAWN “Phylogenesis” [Season of Mist]

After six years of hibernation from the death metal scene, the American band Abysmal Dawn returns with their latest codex called “Phylogenesis”. Being this their...

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Classic review: Gorgoroth “Under the Sign of Hell” [Malicious Records]

The Norwegian black metal scene has been covered with a certain obscure robe full of controversy due to the happenings (during the ’90s, church burnings,...

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Review: VIRTUAL SYMMETRY “Exoverse”

Virtual Symmetry is a real discovery for the fans of classical, but not ordinary progressive metal. They are aesthetes and philosophers because all their music...

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Review: Rumahoy “Time II: Party” [Napalm Records]

The self-proclaimed “Best True Scottish Pirate Metal Band In The World”, Rumahoy after quite a short time release their second album, appropriately named Time II:...

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Review: Re-Armed “Ignis Aeternum” [Black Lion Records]

The Finnish MDM band Re-Armed this June has released the fourth album on the small Swedish label Black Lion with the passionate title “Ignis Aeternum”,...

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Classic Review: Amorphis “The Karelian Isthmus” [Relapse Records]

It’s always fascinating to hear the differences between two outputs that stylistically represent the same specific era of a band. Such was the case with...

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Review: Ensiferum “Thalassic” [Metal Blade Records]

Lo and behold, Ensiferum celebrates 25 years anniversary this year and I still think it’s a “new and promising” Folk/Melodic Death Metal band. I mean,...

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Review: Bloodhunter “Bloodhunter” (reissue)

Seems like July will be the month of live albums, compilations and reissues. Perhaps that’s a tendency or dubious compensation for the lack of live...

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Review: Breaking the Silent “Breaking the Silent”

This is a really nice power/thrash EP, that will make you very frustrated that it’s so short and that the band seems to have only...

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Classic Review: Conception “In Your Multitude” [Noise Records]

It always fascinates me how fast a band is able to progress for the best and how little it takes before a band heads into...

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Classic Review: Asphyx “Last One on Earth” [Century Media Records]

Whereas Martin van Drunen-era Pestilence was quite an advanced death metal band, Asphyx was quite something different. Devoid of any sophistication this band alternated between...

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Classic review: Edge of Sanity “The Spectral Sorrows” [Black Mark Production]

I’m not sure how well Edge of Sanity’s early records were received back in the early 90’s, but one thing should be rather obvious: Edge...

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Review: Black Altar / Kirkebrann “Deus Inversus” [Odium Records]

The underground label Odium Records this June has released the split collaboration between two black metal bands – Polish Black Altar and Norwegian Kirkebrann. Both...