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Review: Obsidian Chamber ”Ein Platz am Kamin” [Running Wild Productions]

Exceeding All Expectations… You know that satisfying feeling when a band you’ve already felt some connection with does exactly what’s needed to not only revise...

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Review: My Dying Bride “A Mortal Binding” [Nuclear Blast Records]

My Dying Bride, undoubtedly fathers and legends of doom metal are not quite prolific last years: if once they released an album in two or...

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Review of Svart Lotus “Som et vondt år” [Hellstain Productions]

Here’s a quirky dark metal album, not necessarily great but with all sorts of very entertaining and fascinating moments. I call it dark metal because...

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Gig Report: Underground For The Masses I

It looks like it was one of the most awaited events for fans of extreme metal, and that was Underground For The Masses I, which...

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Review: Blaze Bayley ”Circle of Stone” [Blaze Bayley Recordings]

Ferocious, Resolved, Unbeatable… The ultimate warrior of underdogs strikes again, presenting his new (and already) 11th solo album Circle of Stone to the world. Blaze...

Review: Korpiklaani “Rankarumpu” [Nuclear Blast Records]

Three years ago, in 2021 Korpiklaani released their Jylhä, where the intent to return to their roots – a fast-paced and joyful folk metal from...

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Review: Khold “Du dømmes til død” [Soulseller Records]

Imagine an ancient swamp in a dark thicket of forest that bubbles up, emitting a caustic stench. Shadows circle around the swamp, and from time...

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Review: Frank Never Dies “Red Moon Rising” [Argonauta Records]

Frank Never Dies is an Italian psychedelic rock band. Formed in 2018, they record their first album Behind The Paradox, which was released in 2020....

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Review: Malphas “Portal” [M-Theory Audio]

Here’s a symphonic black metal album that’s not necessarily perfect, but has all the darkness and ambition I want from that genre. The album’s ambition...

Review: Ivory Tower “Heavy Rain” [Massacre Records]

I want to start with a little confession: I don’t like progressive metal in its pure form. I mean, I can appreciate playing techniques and...

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Review: Rage “Afterlifelines” [Steamhammer/SPV]

This year Rage celebrates the band’s 40 years anniversary. 40 years! Such numbers still impress me, while Judas Priest celebrated 50 years. Also considering an...

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Review: Sturmtiger “Transcendent Warfare” [Demented Omen of Masochism]

The last summer, the Danish death/black metal band Sturmtiger (now based in the United Kingdom) released their second studio album Transcendent Warfare after an almost...

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Review: Devilpriest “In Repugnant Adoration” [Odium Records]

At the end of 2022, the Polish death/black metal band Devilpriest released their sophomore studio album In Repugnant Adoration in collaboration with the local label...

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Review: Furor Gallico “Future To Come” [Scarlet Records]

Since 2007 Italians Furor Gallico advance their own vision of folk metal consistently, mixing brutal riffs and extreme vocals with some various folk instruments. Now,...

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Review: Witchorious “Witchorious” [Argonauta Records]

Why does the combination of witchcraft, heavy metal, doom metal and blues work so well? Anyway, here’s a kick-ass album, with all the best parts...

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Gig report: Decapitated, Incantation, Nervosa and Kassogtha in Zagreb, Croatia

March 16th is the night when The Swamp felt the iron once again. While we were still recovering from neck aches that Cryptopsy and Atheist...

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Gig report: NASTY ABYSS: Cryptopsy, Atheist, Serpentslain, Almost Dead, Monastery: March 5th, 2024

There are worse ways to end your Tuesdays, especially for your eardrums. One of those ways was last night’s four tons of death metal by...

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Gig Report: Bucharest Deathfest 2024

On March 2 took place Bucharest Deathfest 2024 at Quantic Club, one of the best venues in Bucharest, an event organized by Coro and Axa...

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Review: Karkosa “Esoterrorcult” [Redefining Darkness Records]

There is not much known about the band Karkosa: these guys are from Fort Wayne, IN, formed not a long time ago and released their...

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Review: Nàire ”The Age of Man” [Running Wild Productions]

Promising Anthems of an Inevitable Demise… The Age of a Man as an album shows a certain strength that’s already perfectly represented in the opening...