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The Sustained Low 'C' of Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" - Lime/Meat
Written by Matt Hinch. Those who know me know I have a bit of a man-crush on Toronto blackened doomcrustcore titans, uh, Titan. Their 2012 album Burn landed at #1 on my EOY list. Part of what I find so...
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Inquisition - Obscure Verses for the Multiverse
Written by Steven LeslieArt by Paolo GirardiInquisition are a U.S. by way of Columbia black metal band that have been plying their chosen trade since 1988. While they started out originally as a thrash...
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Yellow Eyes - The Desert Mourns
Written by Sean Golyer. Yellow Eyes lay before us a desert landscape washed in starlight and drenched in gore. The atmosphere is heavy and the mood is unsettling. My eyes dart across a scene of surreal...
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Ritual Chamber - The Pits of Tentacled Screams
Written by Dave Schalek. The Bay Area continues to demonstrate why it’s one of the most vibrant scenes in metal. Ritual Chamber is a rancid death metal project plying the same stylistic waters as...
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Thou - Summit
Thou has a Bandcamp now. It is a little spotty right now; the full-lengths are there - including a placeholder for the next one Heathen due in March) - all available as name your price downloads. Else...
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Things you might have missed.
Written by Kevin Page. Punishing French flamenco death metallers return with a 2 song EP, along with a new lineup. If you enjoyed their debut as much as I did (2010's La Iglesia del Odio), then you...
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Serpent Eater - Hyena
Written by Majbritt Levinsen. *Insert 3 lines of foul words in capital letters here* Or in other words: Yes, yes, yes... you need to hear this, if you haven’t already! Sadly I encountered Serpent Eater...
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Big Dumb Skulls presents Filtheater - Tenebrae
Big Dumb Skulls is a blog with a simple but brilliant concept. Each day a metal album cover sporting a skull is presented, and both the skull and the music is reviewed (or more often than not,...
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Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
An Autothrall classic. Originally published here. Cover art by Urban SkyttThere are classic albums and there are cult albums. The Nocturnal Silence is both, one of the best early statements of the...
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71TonMan - 71TonMan
Written by Ulla Roschat. Cover art by Damian Augustyniak71Tonman are a five piece Sludge/Doom Metal outfit hailing from Wroclaw/Poland. They formed in 2011 and released their self-titled debut album...
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Sunn O))) & Ulver – Terrestrials.
Written by Craig Hayes. A portrait of our sun, captured in the wavelength of hydrogen alpha light © Alan FriedmanI’m going against my own better judgment here. One thing I’d never normally attempt is...
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Man's Gin - Rebellion Hymns
Written by Aaron Sullivan. Man’s Gin return with their second album, Rebellion Hymns. This is the side project of Eric Wunder. One half of the amazing Black Metal band Cobalt. But those looking for...
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Cannabis Corpse / Ghoul - Splatterhash
Written by Andy Osborn. Artwork by Andrei BouzikovStoners worldwide have been rejoicing at the recent legalization efforts taking place, and what better way to kick off the celebration -- and the new,...
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Vaura - The Missing
Written by Aaron Sullivan. Vaura are a ‘supergroup’ of sorts. The band features Toby Driver(maudlin of the Well, Kayo Dot) and Kevin Hufnagel(Gorguts, Dysrhythmia). Both names that may be recognizable...
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The Ash Eaters - Nothing Is Real
Guest review by That's How Kids Die. I’ve spilled a greatdeal of digitalink on The Ash Eaters; I’m proud to call guitarist/vocalist/mastermind UA my friend, and it has been a unique experience...
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Tree of Sores - A Cry of Despair
Written by Ulla Roschat. A Cry of Despair is Tree OF Sores' second of two EPs (and last one, since the band sadly split up in Sept. 2013). The three piece band from Leeds/UK play a sort of hard to...
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Iron Reagan - Worse Than Dead
Written by Dave Schalek. Cover art by Brent EyestoneThe members of the various bands from in and around Richmond, Virginia are increasingly prolific. For example, the increasingly popular acts...
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Hell / Amarok - Split
Written by Matt Hinch. Originally released last year on cassette, this split between Hell and Amarok was recently released on vinyl. Even more recently the split was finally made available on Bandcamp....
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Castevet - Obsian
Written by Atanamar Sunyata. Castevet’s Mounds of Ash was a marvelous experiment in martial movement, creating a black hole in the middle of metal’s Venn diagram. The album remains, in my mind, a...
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The Journey of Wildernessking
Written by Keenan Nathan Oakes. When Max asked me to chronicle the journey from Heathens to Wildernessking and more specifically from the Mock the Heavens EP to our recent work, I was a little stumped....
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