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Review: Arch / Matheos “Sympathetic Resonance” [Metal Blade Records]

Having John Arch back in business is a great thing, it really is – but what happens if his talents aren’t used properly and the...

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Review: Surma “The Light Within” [Metal Blade Records]

Recently the cult label Metal Blade has decided to sign the contract with a new band Surma, the product of Heri Joensen from Týr and...

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Review: Fates Warning “Parallels” [Metal Blade Records]

Perhaps I’m a bit conservative with my ideas, but if you ask me bands writing more radio friendly material often results into trouble. Not even...

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Review: Arch / Matheos “Winter Ethereal” [Metal Blade Records]

It’s been some years since John Arch and Jim Matheos formed Arch/Matheos and once I’ve heard the two men would come up with a second...

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Review: Accuser “Accuser” [Metal Blade Records]

Germans Accuser are very active last decade. I would say that it is the most active period of the band’s 30 years history with the...

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Review: Harlott “Detritus Of The Final Age” [Metal Blade Records]

Seems like November is going to be a fruitful month for Thrash Metal scene – a couple of bands, from young to the famous ones...

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Review: Amon Amarth “Once Sent from the Golden Hall” [Metal Blade Records]

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...

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Review: Fates Warning “Long Day Good Night” [Metal Blade Records]

Fates Warning were quite active last years, especially for Progressive Metal band: in 2013 Darkness In A Different Light was released after a gap of...

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Accuser – Release Lyric Video For “Misled Obedience”

On November 13th, Accuser will release their new self-titled album via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Accuser, a lyric video for the new...

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Review: Callenish Circle “My Passion // Your Pain” [Metal Blade Records]

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...

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Review: Cattle Decapitation “Monolith of Inhumanity” [Metal Blade Records]

Wonderfoul music (yes, “wonder-foul”) Great albums often have an ability to use fairly ordinary sounding patterns which instead of coming across as stereotypical feel utterly...

Interview: LIK

Chris Barkensjö of the Swedish death metal act LIK, answered some of my questions about the band’s new release Misanthropic Breed, the band-label relation with...

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Review: Anaal Nathrakh “Endarkenment” [Metal Blade Records]

The following statement will make sense by the end of this review – Anaal Nathrakh are just in it for the money. This is something...

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Classic Review: Fates Warning “Awaken the Guardian” [Metal Blade Records]

Have you ever looked back at the time when you were a kid and your imagination had no limits? Me neither…but if I would, Awaken...

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Review: Six Feet Under “Nightmares Of The Decomposed” [Metal Blade Records]

Three years ago Six Feet Under, which was initially started as Death Metal super-group, but in fact it’s Chris Barnes’ solo project for a long...

News Video
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Accuser reveals details for new self-titled album + release video!

On November 13th, Accuser will release their new self-titled album via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Accuser, a performance video for the first single, “Phantom Graves”,...

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LIK – release music video for “Funeral Anthem”

On September 25th, Stockholm’s Lik will unleash their third full-length, Misanthropic Breed, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Misanthropic Breed, the video for the new single, “Funeral...

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Anaal Nathrakh release lyric video for “The Age of Starlight Ends”

On October 2nd, Anaal Nathrakh will release their 11th full-length, Endarkenment, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, a lyric video for...

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Six Feet Under – Release Lyric Video For “Amputator”

On October 2nd, Six Feet Under will release their seventeenth full-length, Nightmares Of The Decomposed, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Nightmares Of The Decomposed, a lyric...

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Classic Review: Cannibal Corpse “Eaten Back to Life” [Metal Blade Records]

Alright ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, serial killers and slashers of all ages; be ready because a ton of guts, bloody chunks, and rotten...