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Laceration - Severing the Divine Iniquity / Seminal Embalmment - Stacked and...
Written by VonlughlioNew Standard Elite is a extreme metal label from Ventura, California founded in 2010 by Daniel Osborn, drummer for the brutal death metal band Inherit Disease. I found the label...
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Exhumation - Hymn to Your God
Guest review by BreadGod from The Autistic MetalheadArtwork by B. PutrasangfajarOut of all the Exhumations I've listened to, the Indonesian Exhumation is easily the best. They formed in 2008 and...
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Ævangelist - Omen Ex Simulacra
Written by Red. Cover art by Andrzej MasianisOn the surface, Omen Ex Simulacra is a journey rendered entirely in gray. This would obviously make it difficult to discern the subtleties present in the...
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Owlfood - Destroyers of the Moon
Written by Aaron Sullivan. Owlfood is a three piece from Boston. They define their music in their bio as, Reverb, melody and melancholy. All apt descriptions. Destroyers of the Moon is a combination of...
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Volahn - Dimensiónes del Trance Kósmico
Written by Dave Schalek. Volahn, a member of the Black Twilight Circle, is a one man project from California with a single full-length album, Dimensiónes del Trance Kósmico. Originally released on...
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Russian Circles - Memorial
Written by Justin C. Photography by Ryan Russell Instrumental music has never really gotten a foothold in pop music, outside of the occasional one-hit wonder. There are probably a lot of reasons for...
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Cara Neir - Portals to a Better, Dead World
Written by Matt Hinch. Cover art by N..If you're one of those people who like to try and pigeonhole bands into a specific genre, well, good luck doing that with Cara Neir. This Dallas duo (Chris –...
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Kauan - Pirut
Written by Sean Golyer. Anybody who knows me well knows I have a borderline unhealthy obsession with this artist. I loved the quirkiness of Kauan’s first endeavour, Lumikuuro from the first time I...
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Label spotlight: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions is a record label that "caters toward fans of sick and vile underground metal". Run by Mike Juliano who also plays in the band Mental Funeral, HPGD focuses on death...
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buioingola - Dopo l'Apnea
Written by Ulla Roschat. Artwork by VirgilioThree piece band buioingola from Italy had already impressed me with their ability to create nightmarish atmospheres on their demo from 2012.While their...
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Nightslug - Dismal Fucker
Written by Ulla Roschat. I was already deeply impressed by Nightslug's demo from 2011. "Impressed" isn't quite the right expression though. Those three songs of this demo struck me like "Hell yeah!...
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Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Written by Jordan Campbell. I first stumbled upon Akercocke in the pages of Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles back in 2002, right after the release of their sophomore album, The Goat of Mendes. And the...
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Sandrider - Godhead
Written by Justin C. Sandrider plays a brand of heavy rock that sits somewhere in the realm of stoner and sludge metal, but put more simply, they make me want to drive really fast and hit people over...
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True - Symptoms
Written by Kevin Page. I'll admit, the the two reasons I checked out this band were because I saw the name, TRUE. So simple, it made it stand out. But the main draw was the odd as hell cover art....
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Ashencult / Mephorash - Opus Serpens
Written by Matt Hinch. Art by Paolo GirardiKindred spirits Ashencult (Philadelphia) and Mephorash (Uppsala) join forces on Opus Serpens. Each band contributes a song on this split, and in both cases...
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Northumbria - All Days Begin As Night
Written by Craig Hayes. The best drone combines vast mantric movements with profound sonic depths, and back in 2012, Toronto-based duo Northumbria released a self-titled debut that exhibited both those...
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Black Wizard - Young Wisdom
Written by Matt Hinch. Cover art by Dena LazarenkoRemember that Anciients album (Heart of Oak) released earlier this year and the torrent of riffs found within? Well it turns out guitarist Kenneth Paul...
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Botanist / Palace of Worms - The Hanging Gardens of Hell / Ode to Joy
Written by Justin C. The Flenser has released the fifth installment from the blackened eco-metal band Botanist, in the form of a split with another one-man black metal project, Palace of Worms. I...
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J.J. Hrubovcak - Death Metal Christmas
Artwork by Mike HrubovcakIt's been a good year for death metal, so it's fitting that the last regular post of 2013 features Death Metal Christmas (Hellish Renditions of Christmas Classics). Brothers...
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Atanamar’s Favorite Albums of 2013
Written by Atanamar Sunyata. Django the ThrawsuncatI dedicated myself to the cessation of physical media in 2013. I’ve had a long and illustrious career of collecting CDs, as the sagging shelves of my...
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