Erase. Rewind. Rebuild… I’ve not exactly been an active follower of Lacuna Coil since about the time when they kind of exploded onto the scene with the commercial ...
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Comments Off on Review: Lacuna Coil ”Black Anima” [Century Media Records]
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A Fire Burning Bright… I’m gonna start off with a real burner (pun intended!) here: this is my favourite black metal release of the year 2019! Some of ...
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Comments Off on Review: Cloak “The Burning Dawn“ [Season of Mist Records]
As any Black Metal fan will tell you ‘Santa’ is an anagram of ‘Satan’ – and if anyone is seeking some yuletide engagement with the cloven-hoofed later in ...
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Comments Off on Review: 1349 ”The Infernal Pathway” [Season of Mist Records]
It’s no mystery that Morgan Hakansson, the general of the Swedish panzer battalion Marduk is a huge Samhain/Danzig fan. For those who are not buying it, might want ...
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Comments Off on Review: DEATH WOLF “IV: Come The Dark” [Blooddawn Productions]
Stay dead already! You know, there comes a time when the mourning passes, a moment when even the deepest wounds slowly start the healing process and we can ...
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Comments Off on Review: Running Wild ”Crossing the Blades” [Steamhammer Records]
Polish punishment crew Gurthang have managed to shoehorn six albums in to the past decade, Ascension being the latest. Originally a solo project, things have since evolved to ...
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Comments Off on Review: Gurthang ”Ascension” [Immortal Frost Productions]
Fitting in with the traditional heavy metal revival bands, Ice War make a very stripped-down brand that only really scrapes from the bottom of the classic influences. Their ...
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Comments Off on Review: Ice War “Manifest Destiny” [Dying Victims Productions]
To see a genre so woefully unpopular truly invokes a sense of appreciation. This isn’t to suggest that an unpopular genre is objectively or even subjectively lacking positive ...
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Comments Off on Review: Herrschaft “Le Festin Du Lion” [Noires Productions]
Few bands have evolved in quite the way Opeth have during their illustrious career. The one time darlings of the doom tinged death metal scene injected the kind ...
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Comments Off on Review: Opeth ”In Cauda Venenum” [Moderbolaget Records / Nuclear Blast Records]
Any black metal fans fortunate enough to be in possession of a ticket for Damnation Festival in Leeds next month is in for a scorched earth treat ...
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Comments Off on Review: Mgla ”Age of Excuse” [No Solace Records]
Krysthla are a band who have been making a name for themselves on the metal underground for a number of years now both with their recorded output (with ...
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Comments Off on Review: Krysthla “Worldwide Negative” [Initiate Audio and Media]
Anything that emerges from the dark corridors of Goathorned Productions is likely to be a hellish proposition even for the most committed black metal follower. Serpens Luminis certainly ...
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Comments Off on Review: Serpens Luminis “Bright Euphoria” [Goathorned Productions]
If Mortem sound like all your Black Metal nightmares coming together into one stupendous ball of sonic filth and fury then perhaps that’s not altogether surprising. Certainly not ...
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