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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...

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Review: Dust Bolt “Sound & Fury” [AFM Records]

I remember when I heard Dust Bolt for the first time: it was in 2016, when they released their Mass Confusion album. Despite there was...

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Review: Saxon – “Hell, Fire and Damnation” [Silver Lining Music]

Our world is volatile and now it staggers from the menace of nuclear war with another world wide pandemic to some tectonic changes in the...

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Review: Arcane Tales “Until Where the Northern Lights Reign” [Broken Bones Promotion]

Arcane Tales is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal one man band. I never heard of it up to day, to be honest and there was...

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Review of Aldaaron “Arcane Mountain Cult” [Paragon Records]

In late autumn of 2022, the French pagan/black metal band Aldaaron finally released their long-awaited album Arcane Mountain Cult via Paragon Records. And although they...

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Review: Burn The Sun “Le Roi Soleil” [Sliptrick Records]

The young Grecian band from Athens Burn the Sun made their mark last year by releasing their debut album Le Roi Soleil via Sliptrick Records....

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Review: Demogorgon “You Are Worthless and I Want You Dead” [Sliptrick Records]

Last summer, the Australian one-man project Demogorgon released its fifth studio album You Are Worthless and I Want You Dead via independent music label Sliptrick...

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Gig report: Ne Obliviscaris w/ Beyond Creation & The Omnific | Nov 1 2023 / Calgary, CANADA

You are waiting for an event to happen for so long but when it passes it feels like it was just a second in comparison....

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Review: Night Crowned “Tales” [Noble Demon]

In 2020 Night Crowned became probably the biggest new name with their debut longplay Impius Viam. After a year and a half these guys have...