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Wolvhammer / Krieg - Split
Written by Matt Hinch. The inevitable matchup between US Black Metal stalwarts Wolvhammer and Krieg has arrived. A couple months ago to be correct. I'm a little behind. On this split from Broken Limbs...
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Mad Max's Wheels of Steel #3
Written by Maxim Björky. Folk Metal tends to get roughed up a bit in some circles. Now, folk bands aren't getting stuffed into lockers just because they reside at some intersection of a cultural faire...
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Rather Be Alive - Resiliència
Written by Justin C. Way back in the late 90s or early 00s, when I was still living in NYC, I saw one of the strangest, avant garde guitar performances I've ever experienced. A relatively unassuming...
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Krieg - Transient
Written by Steven LeslieKrieg has returned. For anyone even remotely familiar with US black metal this demonic wrecking crew needs no introduction. Over the course of their 19-year career they have...
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Idre - Idre
Written by Matt Hinch. I'm gonna get this out of the way early. I don't listen to much Neurosis. I haven't even heard Through Silver in Blood for heaven's sake. I know, I know.) That alone should...
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Obliteration - Black Death Horizon
An Autothrall Epic Win. Originally published here. In honor of the last ever Kill-Town Death Fest where Obliteration played a great set, here's Autothrall's take on the band's third full-length from...
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Tetragrammaton - Descendere
Written by Justin C. Our own Dave Schalek wrote about a demo from Florida's Tetragrammaton a few week's back. That demo featured just two short tracks of doomy black metal that immediately appealed to...
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It Only Gets Worse - Creation Myths
Written by Craig Hayes. Matt Finney is a poet. A Southern storyteller. Granting voice of the downtrodden, the dispossessed, and the lost. The Alabama native speaks of those thoughts and feelings we...
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Unlocking the Shrine: A look at The Ruins of Beverast
Written by Aaron Sullivan. For me Germany is a country that I find synonymous with quality Metal. There may be no band to exemplify that better than The Ruins of Beverast. The brainchild of Alexander...
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Ancst – In Turmoil
Written by Craig Hayes. Plenty of metal fans don’t see the genre as the appropriate forum for directly addressing socio-political issues. I’m definitely not one of those fans. I think metal’s big...
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Psychotic Gardening - Hymnosis
Written by Matt Hinch. Winnipeg's Psychotic Gardening bring the heavy with their icy take on death/doom. They've been around in some form or another for the better part of 18 years. And you'd have to...
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Protokult - No Beer in Heaven
Written by Matt Hinch. While not necessarily folk metal, Hoth made me take another look at the genre. Not a long hard one but enough that I noticed Protokult and their latest, No Beer in Heaven. No...
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Hollow - Mordrake
Written by Matt Hinch. Mordrake is the debut from Montreal symphonic black metal/melodic death metal fiends Hollow. Not to be confused with the seven other Hollows listed on Metal Archives. The group...
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Venowl - Patterns of Failure (Remaster)
Written by Craig Hayes. Artwork by E. SawyerI’m a big fan of experimental music, and what’s commonly denoted as falling into the harsh noise realm, so my tolerance for challenging sounds is fairly...
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Earth - Primitive and Deadly
Written by Aaron Sullivan. Earth, the drone kings of the northwest have returned with their seventh full length titled Primitive and Deadly. As most fans know Earth started as a distorted drone band in...
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Nightbringer - Ego Dominus Tuus
Written by Craig Hayes. Cover art by David Herrerias.Esoteric and enigmatic are obviously words and concepts embedded in the vernacular and culture of black metal. Chiefly because seemingly every band...
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Dave’s Demo Roundup Vol. IV
Written by Dave Schalek. Sumerlands is the new project from Phillip Swanson, the well known vocalist for a number of bands, most notably Vestal Claret. I must admit to not being familiar with Swanson...
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Herder - Gods
Written by Ulla Roschat. Five piece band Herder from Groningen/NL have had quite a lot releases since their founding in 2010, the demo album Herder is Harder and their self titled debut full length...
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Hessian - Mánégarmr
Written by Natalie Zina Walschots. Originally published here by Exclaim. With an EP and a pair of splits with Amenra and Pale Creation to their name, Mánégarmr is the first full-length from Belgium's...
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Temple of Void - Of Terror and the Supernatural
Review by Dave Schalek. Cover painting by Bruce Pennington.As soon as you listen to Of Terror And The Supernatural, you’ll immediately think that Temple Of Void hail from Sweden, circa 1992 or so....
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