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Gruesome - Savage Land
Written by Dave Schalek. Cover art by Ed RepkaExhumed's Matt Harvey is no stranger to Death's classic material (well, yes, everything by Death is classic material), specifically Scream Bloody Gore,...
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Pendulous - A Palpable Sense of Love & Loss
Written by Aaron Sullivan. Living in the Los Angeles area has it’s up and downs. Counted among the ups for me is the music scene. Los Angeles is certainly a stop that most bands make while touring. But...
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Throes - Disassoctation
Written by Kevin Page. This Bristol/Birmingham, England band got it's start in 2011, but were forced to disband. They have now reformed as a two piece and featuring A.C. handling all instrumental and...
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Sacral Rage - Illusions in Infinite Void
Written by Andy Osborn. Artwork by Matthias FriskThose fucking Greeks just don't quit. A few months after my Hellenic Darkness post there's already been enough blackened material from their country to...
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The Vomiting Dinosaurs - Worship the Porcelain God
Written by Matt Hinch. Artwork by Gruesome GraphicsNow just hold on. Yes, a name like The Vomiting Dinosaurs does sound laughable, and at first I was thinking “Really?” That coupled with the cover art...
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Elder - Lore
Written by Calen Henry. Artwork by Adrian DexterA friend recently introduced Lore, the new Elder record to me as “filling the Mastodon shaped hole in his heart”. Crack the Skye is one my favourite...
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Gilded Lily - L'Acéphale
Written by Justin C. The Bandcamp genre labels for Gilded Lily are "black metal electronic experimental." That's not bad, but I hereby dub them blackdoompowerviolecegrindexperimentalpunk. Their demo,...
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Razor - Violent Restitution
An Autothrall Classic. Originally published here. Cover art by Steve HutchensViolent Restitution is the thrash metal equivalent of being manacled to a batting cage and having each member of the Bad New...
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Label Spotlight: Transcending Obscurity Productions
Written by Kevin Page. Transcending Obscurity Productions from India, initially started as a webzine in 2005, then began releasing music in 2010. Let's talk about their three most recent offerings....
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Akhlys - The Dreaming I
Written by Majbritt Levinsen. Artwork by David Herrerias"Breath and Levitatation" - just breathe, levitate and let go... Like the title of the first track you are lured into a greater calm with its...
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Introducing Candlelight Legacy
A label opening a new Bandcamp page featuring 43 metal albums from their history? Yes please. Especially when said label is Candlelight Records and the prices are fair (they start a $5). Candlelight...
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Merdarahta - As The Dark Clouds Swept Away We Could See The Sunset
Written by Matt Hinch. Artwork by Mélanie MongeonIf I ever needed affirmation that the rock I live under is nice and cozy I can just think about how As The Clouds Swept Away We Could See The Sunset is...
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Graves - Fides Ad Nauseam
Written by Craig Hayes. Over at his blog Six Noises Craig is celebrating New Zealand Music Month, "New Zealand’s annual celebration of homegrown music". He writes "Generally, that involves a lot of...
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Violet Cold - Desperate Dreams
Written by Celtic Frosty. Violet Cold is, according to its lone member Emin Guliyev, an “experimental one-man band from Baku, Azerbaijan.” Azerbaijan is a small transcontinental country situated where...
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Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs
Written by Justin C. When we talk about metal bands being "old school," the timeline doesn't go back all that far, relatively speaking. For black metal, that might mean a second wave sound, or maybe...
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Lord Time - Drink My Tears
Written by Aaron Sullivan. Lord Time is the solo project of Los Angeles black metal band Harassor’s drummer, Sandor GF. Much like the solo projects of his other band members, Lord Time allows him to...
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Vermörd - Dawn of the Black Harvest
Written by Matt Hinch. Illustration by Luciana NedeleaIn a way, Vermörd are to black metal in 2015 as Noisem were to thrash in 2013. A bunch of teenagers with prodigious skills leaving listeners...
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Dragunov - 637
Written by Justin C. Paris-based duo Dragunov has put out an excellent instrumental EP called 637. The longest song on the EP is 6:37, and the shortest song on the EP is also 6:37. Keen students of...
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Monolord - Vænir
Written by Calen Henry. Cover Art Julio Reyes Monolord sell a patch with a picture of a divine hand reaching out of the clouds to press the switch on a foot pedal simply labeled “FUZZ”. That image sums...
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Artist Spotlight: Kognitiv Tod
Written by Andy Osborn. "Because the world is perfidious, I am going into mourning" / Pieter Bruegel - The MisanthropeOne of the things we pride ourselves on here at Metal Bandcamp is discovering and...
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