Norway has come to town. The first omen was the snow that appeared last night, to some it was another obstacle in the busy life in the major ...
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When it comes to the more extreme side of the spectrum of Doom Metal, like Death Doom and Black Doom, I always find that it can vary a ...
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Comments Off on Review: Cavernous Gate “Voices from a Fathomless Realm” [Lupus Lounge / Prophecy Productions]
Poland isn’t a country that I usually think of whenever old school death metal comes to mind, but it wouldn’t take long before a variety of bands would ...
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Comments Off on Review: Cryptic Tales “Anathema” [Carnage Records]
Hostile, Sad, and Beautiful… Over ten years of inactivity is quite a long time and it surely is no easy feat to get back on track after such ...
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Comments Off on Review: In Dornen ”Trauer” [Running Wild Productions]
I always have the impression that if you asked most people about the first few countries they’d think of when you say “death metal”, the United Kingdom probably ...
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Comments Off on Review: De Profundis “The Corruption of Virtue” [Transcending Obscurity Records]
Noisy and gloomy band Dusk from Costa Rica is known for their perverse and moody mix of abysmal ambient and harsh industrial beats. Every two years they present ...
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Two years ago Scandinavian death/thrash metalheads SickOmania have released their self-titled debut album SickOmania. Their first serious record was released entirely independently, and it is clearly a statement ...
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Comments Off on Review: SickOmania “Sickomania” [Sliptrick Records]
It shouldn’t be a surprise that out of all the Celtic Frost-inspired doom/death metal bands, Winter band took things to the most extreme. Partially slower than a snail ...
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Comments Off on Review: Winter “Into Darkness” [Future Shock]
Here is an ambitious, dark and melodic album about death and the end of the world. This is an album that feels big, and sinister, and yet very ...
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Comments Off on Review: In Flames “Foregone” [Nuclear Blast]
Happy belated New Year, Antichrist faithful, and happy 20th anniversary so far. After fighting back those last few hangers-on from the past year and shaking off the holiday ...
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It would be tempting to write Dream Death off as a Celtic Frost worship band and yet, I’m convinced that Dream Death have more personality than that some ...
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Comments Off on Review: Dream Death “Journey into Mystery” [New Renaissance Records]
Solitude in the Northern Limestone Alps… There’s a sense of loneliness and ease to be found in the atmosphere of Dea Artios‘ sound collages. We as listeners are ...
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Comments Off on Review: Dea Artio ”Zurück In Die Waldwacht” [Running Wild Productions]
While Eastern Europe probably isn’t the first place that would normally jump to the forefront of your mind when you hear the term “Black Metal” thrown around- it’s ...
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Comments Off on Review: Atruta “Da varot apramietnaj” [Cavum Atrum Rex]
Ukrainian pagan/black metal band Drudkh is well-known and respected within the global extreme metal scene. Now their productivity isn’t so prolific, four years have passed, and finally we ...
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By the end of autumn, the Israelite band Arallu has returned with their brand new album Death Covenant, releasing it through Hammerheart Records. They gave themselves a three-year-long ...
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Comments Off on Review: Arallu “Death Covenant” [Hammerheart Records]
In 2017 the self-titled Obituary album was released. It hit the highest positions in various charts for all time the band exists (however, does it mean something nowadays?) ...
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Comments Off on Review: Obituary “Dying Of Everything” [Relapse Records]
The Hellenic Drakon Returns Drakon Ho Megas may be a fresh, uprising band from Greece, but their sound definitely is harking back to the Hellenic days of old, ...
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Comments Off on Review: Drakon Ho Megas ”Έλευσις Αντίχριστου” [Floga Records]
Here’s a thrashy death metal/grindcore album that isn’t always great but has its good moments, and above all, a lot of energy. The little issues I have is ...
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Comments Off on Review: Defleshed “Grind Over Matter” [Metal Blade Records]
One of the things that I think is wonderful about this day in age, is that so many artists are now able to start projects together that literally ...
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On 28th October Norwegian black metal veterans Dimmu Borgir have released the remastered and remixed version of their legendary album Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia via Nuclear Blast Records. Originally ...
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Comments Off on Review: Dimmu Borgir “Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia” [2002 remixed & remastered. Nuclear Blast]
