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Review: Mgla ”Age of Excuse” [No Solace Records]

  Any black metal fans fortunate enough to be in possession of a ticket for Damnation Festival in Leeds next month is in for a scorched earth treat ...
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Review: Krysthla “Worldwide Negative” [Initiate Audio and Media]

Krysthla are a band who have been making a name for themselves on the metal underground for a number of years now both with their recorded output (with ...
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Review: Infected Rain “Endorphin” [Napalm Records]

Everybody like the stories of success and metalheads aren’t the exception here: it’s always great when the band got famous all over the world after long, hard work ...
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Review: Serpens Luminis “Bright Euphoria” [Goathorned Productions]

Anything that emerges from the dark corridors of Goathorned Productions is likely to be a hellish proposition even for the most committed black metal follower.  Serpens Luminis certainly ...
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Review: Kadavar “For The Dead Travel Fast” [Nuclear Blast Records]

Since 2010 Germans Kadavar regularly release an album every two years and in some mysterious way still didn’t disappointed. Their previous album Rough Times was released in 2017 ...
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Review: Circle Of Witches “Natural Born Sinners” [Sliptrick records]

Ascending from Italy, Circle of Witches deliver their third full-length album, Natural Born Sinners. Clocking in at around 48 minutes, this album is chocked full of heavy metal ...
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Review: Turbokill “Vice World” [Steamhammer/SPV]

Heavy, Power and almost forgotten Speed Metal miraculously exist even nowadays. Not so bright as it was, let’s say, 30 years ago, but this genre can be hardly ...
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Gig report: Dimmu Borgir @ Stereo Plaza, Kyiv, Ukraine / September 27th

I can hardly share the joy of fans wanted to see this band because I’m not a big Dimmu Borgir fan at all. With this I can’t deny that ...
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Review: Mortem “Ravnsvart“

If Mortem sound like all your Black Metal nightmares coming together into one stupendous ball of sonic filth and fury then perhaps that’s not altogether surprising. Certainly not ...
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Gig Report: Mgla, Martwa Aura & Dagorath @ Quantic Club, Bucharest- September 23rd

Since it was announced that Mgla will return to Bucharest following the performance from Rockstad Extreme fest from August, the black metal fans were excited about these news. The Polish ...
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Review: Sinner “Santa Muerte” [AFM Records]

Sinner, which can be considered nowadays as Mat Sinner’s solo project, plays Teutonic Heavy Metal since 1980. The band released 18 albums, changed the line-up countless times and ...
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Gig report: Rotting Christ & Sectorial @ Lviv, UKRAINE

September, Friday, 13. Lviv, Rotting Christ, FEST Republic. Is this a coincidence? I don’t think so. I think it’s super great! Before the show there were some rumors ...
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Review: Necrosexual “GRIM 1”

Earlier this year, I covered Necrosexual’s most recent EP, and while I was a bit skeptical about the antics and layout, it proved to be worthwhile. Recently, I ...
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Review: Alcotopia “It Hits The Spot” @ Narcoleptica Productions

A bit like Ironguard, Alcotopia are a sort of mix of power and thrash. But Alcotopia has a dirtier, angrier thrash sound, with more emphasis on a darker ...
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Review: Moon And Azure Shadow “Age of Darkness and Frost”

When I was asked to do this review I was initially afraid that I wouldn’t be able to because of how insipid of an impression the music would ...
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Review: BEASTMAKER “Eye of the Storm” [Shadow Kingdom]

The sounds of traditional heavy metal and doom will never die and Beastmaker, the other band from Haunt mainman Trevor Church know that as they combine both with ...
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Review: Kurgan “Yggdrasil Burns” [Massacre Records]

According to metal-archives.com there are eight bands named Kurgan. I wasn’t surprised to see the Ukrainian and Polish bands with such name because this word is very familiar to them. ...
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Review: Hell Fire “Mania” [RidingEasy Records]

RidingEasy Records has been delivering some great stuff this year between Zig-Zags, Bus and my latest discovery Hell Fire. The band has been around for about a decade, ...
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Review: Decision to Hate “Anti-human Art”

Black metal bands that claim their misanthropy loudly and proudly can be silly, but try to find one with as much ambition as Decision to Hate on that ...
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Festival Report: Bloodstock Open Air 2019

All pictures by: Vivien Varga Next year will mark Bloodstock’s 20th anniversary. Anyone seeking affirmation as to its pre-eminent place among Europe’s elite open air metal festivals only ...
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