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Review: Funeral Mist “Deiform” [Norma Evangelium Diaboli]

For those living under the rock; Funeral Mist since the late nineties released the most intense sonic works under the black metal’s darkened wings. Helmed...

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Review: Necromantia “Scarlet Evil Witching Black” [Osmose Productions]

Often lumped together with Varathron and Rotting Christ, Necromantia were another important band of the Greek black metal scene. Of course, each of these bands...

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Review: Pyrexia “Gravitas Maximus” [Unique Leader]

There was only three-year gap between the previous LP of Pyrexia and their new creation Gravitas Maximus, which will be released in December by deathcore/death...

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Review: Unto Others ”Strength” [Roadrunner Records]

With shiny diamonds and tarnished gold comes bittersweet emotions… I got into Idle Hands around the release of their debut album Mana back in 2019...

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Review: Unanimated “Victory in Blood” [Century Media Records]

There are good times for Century Media and Swedish melodic death/black legends Unanimated, after re-releasing all their LPs, Unanimated finally granted the pleas of many...

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Review: Vassago “Storm of Satan” [Nuclear War Now! Productions]

Is this the ultimate album of Satan? Well, it may not be the best thrash-influenced black metal album you’ll ever hear, but it’s definitely enjoyable....

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Review: Suffocation “Live in North America” [Nuclear Blast]

The last record of Suffocation Live in North America is the live version of one of their concerts from Death Chopping North America tour in...

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Review: Unleashed “No Sign of Life” [Napalm Records]

Here’s a nice death metal album with a lot of energy and a selection of tracks about death, chaos and various questions, that should get...

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Review: Sarcófago “I.N.R.I.” [Cogumelo Records]

Look at that album cover. Don’t those guys look absolutely sick? Nowadays face paint might be an unnecessary cliché, but once upon a time it...

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Review: Aborted “Maniacult” [Century Media Records]

Three years have passed since Belgian cult death metalheads Aborted pleased us with the studio albums, and this fall they have returned with totally new...

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Review: Kreator “Terrible Certainty” [Noise Records]

After the destructive Pleasure to Kill, Kreator decided to take a step back in terms of intensity and while they wouldn’t be the only band that...

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Review: Coroner “Punishment for Decadence” [Noise Records]

While I’m certainly not a huge technical thrash metal fan to begin with, certain albums remain wonderful to me and as far as I’m concerned,...

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Review: Tiamat “Sumerian Cry” [C.M.F.T. Productions]

There are a few albums out there that marked the harsh beginning of several bands that seem to be underrated, or perhaps underappreciated nowadays. Think...

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Review: Runemagick “Darkness Death Doom” [Aftermath Music]

For some reason I was convinced that Darkness Death Doom was the Runemagick album that changed the band’s dynamics for the worst, but fortunately I was rather...

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Review: Mystic Charm “Shadows of the Unknown” [Shiver Records]

There are a few misconceptions that people who are new to metal usually make. One includes the assumption that anything slightly slower than a sub-genre’s...

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Review: Cemetary “Black Vanity” [Black Mark Production]

Cemetary are one of those weird bands to me; not because of their stylistic changes (since those weren’t uncommon in the 90s to begin with),...

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Review: Vulture Lord “Desecration Rite” [Odium Records]

After eighteen years of silence Norwegian black/death/thrash metal legends Vulture Lord have returned with their second full-length album Desecration Rites through underground label Odium Records....

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Review: The Absence “Coffinized” [M-Theory Audio]

In late June American melodic death metal band The Absence has released their fifth full-length album Coffinized via M-Theory Audio. And again they have stayed...

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Review: Tiamat “Clouds” [Century Media Records]

Tiamat are certainly no favorite band of mine, but I can’t deny that there was something unique about their early records… for better or worse....

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Review: Expunged “Into Never Shall” [Hells Headbangers Records]

Here’s a vicious piece of blackened death/thrash metal, with some interesting ideas but a rather uneven set of songs. This album has an interesting title,...