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Review: Queensrÿche “Digital Noise Alliance” [Century Media Records]

Here’s a pretty catchy album that has some good things going for it but rarely rises above being a nice but rather ordinary album. We begin with the ...
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Review: Hatriot “The Vale of Shadows” [Massacre Records]

The resurgence of Thrash metal in the last decade or so has certainly had a lot of buzz in the metal community, and you could say that the ...
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Review: The Halo Effect “Days of the Lost” [Nuclear Blast]

If this was the 16th century, I would probably be accused of heresy, convicted and sentenced to death by the end of this review. In my defence though, ...
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Review: Van Diemen ”Sarcophilus Laniarius” [Independent release]

Certainly much better than the debut! Only a few weeks ago, the Tasmanian-turned-German devil Patrick Schmidt reached out to me – he had just put out a successor ...
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Review: Charlotte Wessels “Tales from Six Feet Under Vol. II” [Napalm Records]

Here is a pop/metal/unclassifiable album that, while it’s not the most memorable album even for that subgenre, is really enjoyable. Once again, you must listen to this with ...
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Review: Sidus Atrum “Spiral of Life” [Kvlt und Kaos Productions]

Life is pain. In both immeasurable atrocities and mundane disappointments, there is only acceptance that no one gets out alive, no one escapes without scars, and no one ...
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Review: Guillotine A.D. “Born to Fall” [M-Theory Audio]

Good death metal is a lot like a slab of nicely-cooked steak; if you slice it just the right way, you can look across it and see all ...
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Review: Venomized “Death Row”

While one-man bands are a dime a dozen in the bedroom black metal space, and similarly strewn about freely in stoner doom metal, for the longest time they ...
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Review: The Scum “The Hunger” [Rotten Records / Satanath Records]

The Scum are just about exactly what you think of when you read “The Scum”. This is ugly, visceral, right-up-in-your-face death metal, with elements of grimy crust punk ...
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Review: Kriemhild “Face the Wrath”

Someone may, for some reason, describe Kriemhild to you as death metal. Perhaps you will glean from the band describing themselves as being influenced by death metal bands ...
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Review: Stratuz “Osculum Pacis” [Sliptrick Records]

Stratuz’s Osculum Pacis can be summarized in one sentiment: almost. Their blend of symphonic death-doom with influences of melodic black metal is almost refined; their dynamic compositions and ...
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Review: Varechian “Tabula Rasa Ultima /// The Morbidoom)))” [Sliptrick Records]

Last October, French black/death/doom metal trio Varechian has returned from five-year-long slumber, presenting their newest album with double title Tabula Rasa Ultima /// The Morbidoom))), joining forces with ...
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Review: Thundermaker “The Road” [Sliptrick Records]

One year ago, Swedish one-man project Thundermaker has released its third full-length album The Road via Sliptrick Records, once again inviting a bunch of well-known singers. And it’s ...
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Review: Judas Priest “Rocka Rolla” [Gull]

Judas Priest‘s debut not only represents the beginning of their career, but also a reinvention in metal music, a response to the heavy metal style created by Black ...
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Review: Blitzkrieg “A Time of Changes” [Neat Records]

After various years of releasing demos and an album with Satan, the legendary vocalist Brian Ross finally managed to bring out with this project a debut album with ...
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Review: Saxon “Strong Arm of the Law” [Carrere]

Saxon‘s third release is definitely their finest hour. While their sophomore effort displayed a lot of potential and climbed high in respect of their debut album, Strong Arm ...
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Review: Paradoxicide “Savior”

After listening to this album a number of times, I kept hoping to reach a different conclusion so that I could at least offer a more in-depth review, ...
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Review: Illa “The Body Keeps the Score”

From Denmark’s Illa, come The Body Keeps the Score. While I have to admit that the group’s debut EP is not of my particular taste, it does have ...
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Review: In Grief “Echoes of Doom” [Ablaze Productions / Ripping Storm Records]

Since In Grief’s An Eternity of Misery has recently come out, I decided to revisit the EP that I had heard years ago, but back then had quickly forgotten about. ...
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Review: Syrach “Silent Seas” [Autonomy Productions]

Unlike several other countries, Norway’s contribution to the development of doom/death metal has been limited, but that did not mean that the country’s been without important figures. Bands ...
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