Quite possibly the second best Anthrax album ever While it’s certainly obvious that Belladonna is not a direct continuation of Anthrax, this record is probably the closest thing ...
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Comments Off on Review: Belladonna ”Belladonna” [Mausoleum Records]
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With a harsh blend of Black Metal and Doom twisting itself together into the form of a demonic hell cry, Swiss duo ASHTAR look to set the world ...
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Comments Off on Review: ASHTAR “Kaikuja” [Eisenwald]
People have always considered reunions and comebacks more favorably than long-term farewell tours (is it right, Scorpions?). And it’s not only about that the first ones give hope ...
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Comments Off on Review: Cirith Ungol “Forever Black” [Metal Blade Records]
Athens stoner kings, Acid Mammoth, sow the seeds of their delectable brand of doom with Under Acid Hoof. A quality romp through tripped out atmospheres and heavyweight riffs, ...
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Comments Off on Review: ACID MAMMOTH “Under Acid Hoof” [Heavy Psych Sounds]
For nearly two decades, Bitterness has been a beacon for the preservation of traditional Thrash Metal around the world. Now, the south German thrash machine does it again ...
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Comments Off on Review: BITTERNESS “Dead World Order” [G.U.C.]
By 1986, German power metal was still yet to achieve the solidification of its identity. Before that year, bands were playing in a heavily NWOBHM-inspired vein, and Sweet ...
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Comments Off on Review: Sweet Cheater “Immortal Instant” [Flametrader]
Motivated by the radio success of “Down to the Earth,” Ritchie Blackmore renewed his line-up with the incorporations of Joe Lynn Turner (vocals) and Bob Rondinelli (drums) with ...
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Comments Off on Review: Rainbow “Difficult to Cure” [Polydor]
Katatonia‘s story is quite similar to their countrymen Opeth one: started as very depressive Doom/Death Metal, the band strived to make their sound softener, Jonas Renske stopped to ...
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Comments Off on Review: Katatonia “City Burials” [Peaceville Records]
Please just take me away to Never, Neverland Think about it – how many Annihilator albums do you love from start to finish? How many of their records ...
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Comments Off on Review: Annihilator ”Never, Neverland” [Roadrunner Records]
After three long years, The Black Dahlia Murder returns with their most ambitious album to date. Opening a new chapter in their illustrious career, the Michigan death metal ...
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Comments Off on Review: The Black Dahlia Murder “Verminous” [Metal Blade Records]
I’ll try to make this as short and sweet as I possibly can, but first I’d like to take a step out from behind the curtain. When I ...
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Comments Off on Review: Dismal “Memento Mori” [Australis Records]
My first encounter with Telepathy was at Desertfest and the cosy confines of The Devonshire Arms – or simply The Dev to regulars. With four stages sprawled across ...
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Comments Off on Review: Telepathy “Burn Embrace” [Svart Records]
With a crushing sound spawned straight from the bowels of hell, Germany’s Depravation return with an album filled to the brim with Metal mayhem. Taking influence from hardcore, ...
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Comments Off on Review: DEPRAVATION “III:Odor Mortis” [Lifeforce Records]
Witness the birth of DreamGrind. Mixing ethereal beauty with harmonic dissonance, Azusa explore new sonic ground with their sophomore release, Loop of Yesterdays. An auditory hallucination that spans ...
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Comments Off on Review: AZUSA “Loop of Yesterdays” [Indie Recordings]
With four scabrous black metal cuts cocooned into this searing EP, Downcross are as ever in no mood to play games. The Minsk men generated plenty of interest ...
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Comments Off on Review: Downcross “Current Towards End” [Cavum Atrum Rex]
From Anaheim California comes Voices of Ruin, with possibly the most rock solid album that I’ve heard in a very long time. Path to Immortality is start to ...
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Comments Off on Review: Voices Of Ruin “Path To Immortality” [M-Theory Audio]
This is a nice catchy and energetic melodic death metal album. OK, so maybe some of you might find this too poppy and too generic, but if you ...
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Comments Off on Review: MELTDOWN “Deadringer” [Rambo Music / Fifth Island Music AB / Sony Entertainment AB]
Portugal’s Sacred Sin returns with three furious death metal tracks. Born Suffer Die provides a small taste of the capabilities of the group, including the return of the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Sacred Sin “Born Suffer Die” [Lusitanian Music]
In 2012 multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Tuomas Saukkonen closed all his numerous music projects to focus only on the single one. Then Wolfheart was born, a “Winter Metal” ...
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Comments Off on Review: Wolfheart “Wolves Of Karelia” [Napalm Records]
“Beast broken by time… “ Along Paradise Lost and Anathema, My Dying Bride stands as a monolith in the UK doom metal triumvirate in the early nineties paving ...
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Comments Off on Review: My Dying Bride “The Ghost Of Orion” [Nuclear Blast Records]
