melodic death metal

melodic death metal

Review: Carcass “Despicable” [Nuclear Blast Records]

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Well, admittedly this is not a difficult review but it is a complicated review, let me explain. Let’s start off by saying the metal scene is probably split ...
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Review: Amon Amarth “Once Sent from the Golden Hall” [Metal Blade Records]

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Amon Amarth are difficult to label with just one term. There’s a definite element of death metal in the music, yet simply calling them “death metal” would be ...
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Review: HateSphere “Ballet of the Brute” [Scarlet Records]

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Hatesphere are one of these Nordic bands that contributed to what could be considered the second wave of Euro melodic death metal after the first wave from the ...
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DARK TRANQUILLITY – Release Official Video For “The Dark Unbroken”

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Swedish Melodic Death Metal pioneers DARK TRANQUILLITY are proud to present their final single “The Dark Unbroken” from their upcoming seventh studio album “Moment” (out November 20th). The ...
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Review: Callenish Circle “My Passion // Your Pain” [Metal Blade Records]

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All aboard the bandwagon. The year is 2003, and everybody wants a piece of the trending melodeath sensation. In places like North America bands were mixing only elements ...
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Review: Sacramentum “Far Away from the Sun” [Adipocere Records]

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On their first full length Sacramentum make an offering to the metal world in the form of melodic extreme metal somewhere between the sorrowful drama of early Swedish ...
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Review: Mors Principium Est “Seven” [AFM Records]

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What would you do if there were six men in the band initially but now it’s just only two? Gathering a new line-up? Put the band on hold ...
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DARK TRANQUILLITY – Release Single “Identical To None”

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Swedish Melodic Death Metal pioneers DARK TRANQUILLITY unleash the second single “Identical To None” from their 12th full–length album “Moment” (out November 20th). The band comments: “Check out ...
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Video interview with Kosmogonia

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Interview video with Kosmogonia – Folk/Melodic Death Metal band from Greece. https://www.facebook.com/Kosmogoniafolk/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/36usdp94gezFC4WPb6re1C ...
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Review: Kosmogonia “Enthrone the Gods” [Cronus Productions]

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The Greek band Kosmogonia this summer has presented the first full-length album “Enthrone the Gods” (earlier the band had released some demos for promo purposes) through independent label ...
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Review: Varg “Zeichen” [Napalm Records]

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The last Varg‘s album Das Ende aller Lügen was released four years ago, in 2016. In this time the band released EP Götterdämmerung, changed the line-up and revisited ...
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Review: Fleetburner “Fleetburner” [Butler Records]

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The history of Fleetburner, a new international project from guitarist and songwriter Kevin Storm starts in 2018 when he recorded an album in two months. At the same ...
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Classic review: Sentenced “North from Here” [Spinefarm Records]

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Whereas plenty of death metal bands from Europe made the switch to something softer and less metallic overtime, Sentenced remain unique in this category when taking into consideration ...
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Review: Nonexist “Like The Fearless Hunter” [Mighty Music]

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For 20 years of existence Swedish Thrash/Death Metal band Nonexist released a couple of albums, EPs and even split up, fully according to the name. However, the band ...
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Review: Avatar “Hunter Gatherer” [Century Media Records]

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For almost 20 years of existence Avatar deservedly achieved a lot. The thoughtful concept, great albums and stunning shows, as a result of long and hard work, brought ...
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Septicflesh: “Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX” (live DVD) [Season Of Mist]

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Unlike other bands, Septicflesh don’t release their albums quite often, one in three years at an average. Their last album Codex Omega was released in 2017 but the ...
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Review: Re-Armed “Ignis Aeternum” [Black Lion Records]

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The Finnish MDM band Re-Armed this June has released the fourth album on the small Swedish label Black Lion with the passionate title “Ignis Aeternum”, which perfectly describes ...
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Review: Ensiferum “Thalassic” [Metal Blade Records]

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Lo and behold, Ensiferum celebrates 25 years anniversary this year and I still think it’s a “new and promising” Folk/Melodic Death Metal band. I mean, I know about ...
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Review: Bloodhunter “Bloodhunter” (reissue)

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Seems like July will be the month of live albums, compilations and reissues. Perhaps that’s a tendency or dubious compensation for the lack of live shows and festivals. ...
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Review: Chaos Over Cosmos “The Ultimate Multiverse” [Narcoleptica Productions]

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I guess it would be very trivial to say that modern underground is not what it was years before. Everyone who has a computer nowadays can create music, ...
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