You may remember a few months back when I was complaining about the state of the British Black Metal scene? I now happily stand corrected. I can swallow ...
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Emerging and stomping through the toxic slime, Grindzilla is a crushing death metal/grindcore band from Homieĺ, Belarus, and released their debut full-length album Toshinquandon via the label Bizarre ...
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Christofer Johnsson once said: “In a fair world they would be platinum selling”. Actually, he talked about Voivod, but this this statement can be easily attributed to Flotsam ...
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Comments Off on Review: Flotsam and Jetsam “The End Of Chaos” [AFM Records]
Beshenitar (which means suffering and grieving in Persian) is the recent re-name of a Black Metal project coming out of Nowshahr, Iran. Playing Black Metal in Iran? A ...
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Comments Off on Review: Beshenitar ”The Great Wound of History” [Depressive Illusions Records]
Bands always played covers. It can be a tribute, some kind of starting point for a band, anything you want. Arch Enemy isn’t an exception: for a long ...
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Comments Off on Review: Arch Enemy “Covered In Blood” [Century Media Records]
Konstantin and Daria Naumenko are well-known persons in Ukrainian metal: they both play in Power Metal band Sunrise. Daria also has her own project called Novi; Konstantin also ...
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If you’re seeking an icy soundtrack to the winter months that still lie ahead then Dodsrikets Kallelse will not disappoint. This sophomore album from Ondfødt is the latest to drop ...
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Comments Off on Review: Ondfødt ”Dodsrikets Kallelse” [Immortal Frost Productions]
Metal Church embrace the Loudness war! Actually, carelessly applying this bad habit to their creation has almost ruined Damned If You Do! For those who don’t know, the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Metal Church ”Damned If You Do” [Rat Pak Records]
By the eponymous artist behind the well recognised ambient/atmospheric black metal project Lustre comes here the second and to date most recent release. It’s a bleak and dense ...
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Comments Off on Review: Nachtzeit “Sagor I Natten” [Nordvis Produktion]
Released in 1983 under the Roadrunner Records label, Satan‘s debut album boasts a unique heaviness that outweighs what many extreme metal albums are capable of providing to the ...
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By now, most people are pretty familiar with Diamond Head’s biggest album, Lightning To The Nations, also known as The White Album. Whether you found them through all ...
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Comments Off on Review: Diamond Head “Lightning To The Nations” (Hear No Evil Recordings, Reissue, 2CD Deluxe)
When it comes to notable goregrind bands, the U.S. seems to have a severe lack of such. The only two American bands that come to mind on this ...
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Anyone seeking a winter warmer best leave Slaegt alone. There’s a cold blast blowing through their new album The Wheel and the temperature never really rises from the ...
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Eversin mark their first decade together by releasing their fourth album, which in all likelihood is their strongest yet. The title of Armageddon Genesi speaks volumes for the psychological ...
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Comments Off on Review: Eversin “Armageddon Genesi” [My Kingdom Music Records]
It’s never pleasant when a much-loved band split, even more so when this is accompanied by bucket loads of acrimony, petty point-scoring and derision as was the case ...
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Comments Off on Review: Immortal “Northern Chaos Gods” (Nuclear Blast)
As I type this, Spirit Division are currently playing their final show. Following their newest record Forgotten Planet, they’ve decided to follow up with a bunch of shows, ...
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They went down and died indeed. 4P was the final call of Danzig. A last „hooray!“ before the tremendous and yet undisputed fall and death of Danzig as ...
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Dyrewolf are a young group of Canadian headbangers that just dropped their self titled debut record here at the tail end of 2018. In short, they bring a ...
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Straight from the Netherlands, is a new album from the death metal/goregrind outfit 666 Shades Of Shit, entitled Whoracle Of Blasfemales. Prior to this release, I was not ...
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Comments Off on Review: 666 Shades of Shit “Whoracle of Blasfemales” [Rotten Roll Rex]
Since Icelandic Black Metal band Svartidauði introduced Flesh Cathedral to us back in 2012, fans have grasped their music with willing hearts. Meanwhile, the guys of Svartidauði have ...
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