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Review: Voices Of Ruin “Path To Immortality” [M-Theory Audio]

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...

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Review: MELTDOWN “Deadringer” [Rambo Music / Fifth Island Music AB / Sony Entertainment AB]

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,...

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Review: Sacred Sin “Born Suffer Die” [Lusitanian Music]

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...

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Review: Wolfheart “Wolves Of Karelia” [Napalm Records]

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,...

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Review: My Dying Bride “The Ghost Of Orion” [Nuclear Blast 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...

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Review: SUUM “Cryptomass” [Seeing Red Records]

Fuzz is one of the earliest forms of artificially created distortion to be used on the guitar. Over the years the sound has changed drastically...

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Review: SLAUGHTER MESSIAH “Cursed To The Pyre” [High Roller Records]

It is an interesting task to attempt to recreate the past while reaching forward. Really it is the main objective of almost the entire stoner...

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Review: Vaar “As Dusk Fell”

Emerging from the dark woods of Washington comes Vaar and their short, but sweet 15-minute EP, aptly titled As Dusk Fell. With only 3 tracks,...

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Review: Neaera “Neaera” [Metal Blade Records]

While often frowned upon by Death Metal purists, you have to admit that the Melodic Death Metal scene has bestowed some amazing material on us....

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Review: Funeral Cult “Possession Done” [Lusitanian Music]

Funeral Cult return after a too-long forced hiatus to torture our souls with new EP, Possession Done. While not much (certainly not enough), these three...

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Review: ELDEN “Nostromo” [Fuzzorama Records]

Some sounds simply never grow old. With a seventies powerhouse sound flush with modern energy, Nostromo firmly plants Elden into this category. The sophomore outing...

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Review: Phantom Hound “Mountain Pass” [Devil Blues Records]

„Don’t you know my name? Father of the rain Mountain of the man No more shadowed land …Thunder I am“ – Thunder I am by PHANTOM...

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Review: Kingsmen “Revenge. Forgiveness. Recovery.” [SharpTone Records]

Rhode Island is the smallest state of US but obviously it has its Metal scene also; nowadays you can find Metal in some unexpected corners...

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Review: STALLION “Slaves Of Time” [High Roller Records]

Right up front, let’s be perfectly clear. You’re either going to like this one of you’re not. Such is the gamble with niche artists such...

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Review: KONVENT “Puritan Masochism” [Napalm Records]

Copenhagen quartet Konvent are looking to claim the throne as queens of the death/doom genre. With their debut album, Puritan Masochism, they make a pretty...

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Review: HYBORIAN “Volume II” [Season of Mist]

Riding into battle comes the great warlord, the sound of the skulls crushed beneath his mighty steed accompanying his triumphant display. He dismounts, surveying the...

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Review: Sarcasm “Esoteric Tales of the Unserene” [Chaos Records]

Esoteric Tales of the Unserene is the type of album where I can appreciate what the band is trying to do, and where I can...

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Review: Sicarius “God of Dead Roots” [M-Theory Audio]

Black metal’s greatest cultural contribution is the sheer range and depth of styles it is constantly churning out for its listening audience. This prolific outpouring...

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Review: GRINDPAD “Violence” [Iron Shield Records]

March 2020 is not destined to be remembered as a high point in human history. With people around the globe worried for their livelihood and...

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Review: LUCID DREAM “The Great Dance Of The Spirit” [Sliptrick records]

„Oh Great Spirit hear me, I need you Tell me how to reach you to love beyond fear make me wise “ – Dress of...