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Review: ZOLFO “Delusion of Negation” [Spikerot Records]

Up from the depths of Dante’s frozen hell come Zolfo. With a monstrous sound that is not of this world, debut album Delusions of Negation...

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Review: SÖLICITÖR “Spectral Devastation” [Gates Of Hell Records]

Speed metal is a pretty cut-and-dry genre. Fast riffs, fast picking, fast energy, right? So when something comes along and removes itself from the norm...

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Review: OUR HATE “Defiled By Evil” [Sliptrick records]

Belgium’s Our Hate return with brutal new EP, Defiled by Evil, a criminally brief collection of face-ripping metal. With an expertly molded blend of styles...

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Review: Lucifer Star Machine ” The Devil’s Breath” [The Sign Records]

I used the word “mix” in different variations pretty much in my reviews recently. The reason is simple: music is evolving, the genres’ frames became...

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Review: Fvneral Fvkk “Carnal Confessions” [Solitude Productions]

Carnal Confessions is a disquieting and dark anti-Christian doom metal album. You’re going to hear a lot of ranting about organized religion, and perverted distortions...

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Review: Sovereign “Neurotic” [Redefining Darkness Records]

A brief but nonetheless fulfilling demo has landed courtesy of Norwegian newcomers Sovereign. Neurotic rolls out steak-sized chugs to suggest that a poor prize heffer...

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Review: Hellraiders “Fighting Hard” [Inferno Records]

The number of female fronted bands is getting bigger and bigger while the music they play becomes more diverse. Nevertheless, there are some genres where...

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Review: Prophecy 23 “Fresh Metal” [Massacre Records]

The band Prophecy 23 or to be exact Prophecy23 was formed in 2001 in Mannheim, Germany. Initially the band was Thrash and Death Metal oriented...

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Review: Ols ”Widma” [Pagan Records]

Multi-talented Polish solo artist Anna Maria Oskierko created Ols as an outlet for her haunting and holistic songs. While gentle in delivery, Ols’ ritualistic pagan prose...

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Review: Wrekmeister Harmonies “We Love to Look at the Carnage” [Thrill Jockey Records]

An album that takes you on a journey is an album worth appreciating, and Wrekmeister Harmonies’ latest full length is no exception. It’s a bizarre...

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Review: Mean Messiah “Divine Technology” [Slovak Metal Army]

Formed in 2012 in Prague, the stunning capital of Czechia (or Czech Republic, if your prefer), as a one-man project by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Dan...

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Review: Annihilator ”Alice in Hell” [Roadrunner Records]

Don’t look around the corner, it might be lurking there… Well, how to start a review about a not entirely undisputed classic? Alice in Hell,...

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Review: Graveyard Ghoul “The Dissolution of Flesh” [Lycanthropic Chants / Fucking Kill Records]

Coming from the rotting tombs under Westerstede, Germany rises another death metal project that sucked me in upon the first listen of their latest EP...

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Review: Me And That Man “New Man, New Songs, Same Shit Vol. 1” [Napalm Records]

Me And That Man, an Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski’s Dark Country/Blues side project suddenly gained attention in 2017 when the first album, Songs Of Love And...

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Review: Rhodium “Sea Of The Dead” [Sliptrick records]

This is a much better way to make an album that tells stories. This one really has it all: catchy verses and choruses, powerful vocals,...

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Review: Heaven Shall Burn “Of Truth And Sacrifice” [Century Media Records]

It’s hard to be unbiased when one of your favorite bands releases a new album, especially when it’s a long-awaited album. Yes, it is hard...

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Review: Prophets Of The Apocalypse “Threshold Of War” [Sliptrick records]

This album is a really tasty slice of thrash metal, with some nice fast riffs, great raspy and gritty vocals, and lots of evil attitude....

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Review: Acolytes of Moros “The Wellspring” [Nine Records]

A little warning in advance, I would go ahead and mark this under the “give it time to grow on you” category. Acolytes Of Moros...

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Review: Myrkur “Folkesange” [Relapse Records]

Whatever it is, Myrkur is a very interesting project, though some “orthodox” still think that it doesn’t has a right for existence; ok, that’s what...

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Review: Vulcano “Eye In Hell” [Mighty Music]

The line “the throne is never vacant” (or principle of mass conservation, if we’re talking more scientifically) certainly applies to the music as well. How...