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Lake of Blood - Omnipotens Tyrannus
Written by Justin C. Lake of Blood play what, at first blush, seems like pretty standard USBM. The opening song of Omnipotens Tyrannus puts me in mind of a more aggressive version of the Cascadian...
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Label Spotlight: Witching Hour Productions
Polish label Witching Hour Productions have now set up shop on Bandcamp. Their bread and butter is Polish death metal of recent vintage (but die-hard fans of Behemoth and Vadar can find releases of...
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Macabre Omen - Gods of War - At War
Written by Kaptain Carbon. I really want to talk about Greece as a heavy metal export, but I feel that Macabre Omen is not the best place to start. With the already stellar releases of Nocternity and...
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Goatsnake - Black Age Blues
Written by Aaron Sullivan. Fifteen years after the release of their last full length Goatsnake returns with Black Age Blues. While it may have been a little over a decade since any new material. Black...
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Gnaw Their Tongues - Abyss of Longing Throats
Written by Ulla Roschat. Gnaw Their Tongues, aka Mories, the Dutch one man band who scares people with his sonic mayhem since 2006, releases his 8th full length album Abyss of Longing Throats. … and...
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Deathhammer - Evil Power
Written by Andy Osborn. Artwork by Eduard JohnsonShow No Mercy is the best Slayer album. While the battle for the top spot usually rages between the unholy trio of Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, and...
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Moss - Horrible Night
Written by Natalie Zina Walschots. Originally published here by Exclaim. Artwork by Reuben Sawyer / Rainbath Visual The fourth full-length from English purveyors of doom lugubriousness Moss, Horrible...
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Majestic Downfall - ...When Dead
Written by Kevin Page. Artwork by Robert Høyem If you have been paying attention the past few years, you'd understand why Donald Trump is not a fan of heavy metal. I mean, how can anyone say Mexico...
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Sunn O))) Monoliths and Opinions: Part XVI - Live Archives
Written by Craig Hayes. Sunn O))) @ Lx Factory, Lisbon, Portugal 2010 by Pedro Roque.I’ve made it my mission in life to write about all of Sunn O)))'s releases that are available on Bandcamp with this...
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Blliigghhtted - No Temple
Written by Matt Hinch. The Merdümgiriz camp is nothing if not prolific. It seems like every time you turn around they’re released another evil and twisted take on black metal. The latest in their...
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Acid King - Middle of Nowhere, Center of Everywhere
Written Aaron Sullivan. Cover Art by Tim Lehi San Francisco’s Acid King return after a ten year break with their fourth full length Middle of Nowhere, Center of Everywhere. An album that has them...
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Twilight Fauna - Shadow of Ancestors
Written by Steven Leslie. Twilight Fauna is the solo black metal project of a character named Ravenwood. I have usually heard of the project falling under the atmospheric black metal banner, but based...
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Transmissions from the Tree of Woe, Volume 1
Written by Atanamar Sunyata. I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about metal, but those thoughts have failed to coalesce into the ever elusive “album review” of late. Max has been so kind as...
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Fuck the Facts - Desire Will Rot
Written by Matt Hinch. Artwork by Mel Mongeon Canada’s Fuck the Facts have long been known for their intensity both in the live environment and on record. Having witnessed them perform in the most...
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Forgotten Gods - Twin Sisters
Written by Calen Henry. Artwork by Dave StoltenbergTwin Sisters, Forgotten Gods’ sophomore album is stoner doom from the Desert Altar in the best way. The album oozes hip shaking, head nodding riffs...
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Anopheli - The Ache of Want
Written by Justin C. There are a lot of ways for metal bands to incorporate instruments that aren't common to the genre. In some cases, like the banjo solo on Taake's Noregs Vaapen, they surprise but...
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Desert Storm - Omniscient
Written by Ulla Roschat. Omniscient is about 50 minutes and ten songs of a blues infused southern stoner rock with a definite psychedelic vibe, touching metal territory, especially with the vocals, and...
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Disrotted - Disrotted
Written by Matt Hinch. I’m not sure what Disrotted means (as it concerns the band's completely rotted sound) but I know that in the case of this band and their self-titled album it doesn't mean they're...
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Mgła - With Hearts Toward None / Exercises in Futility
Written by Andy Osborn. It’s always exciting when a band goes from unknown to being inserted into everyday discussion of the scene. Sure, arriving at the forefront of the metal web doesn’t make you...
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Festival Spotlight: Shadow Woods Metal Fest
Shadow Woods Metal Fest "the new mid-Atlantic, open-air, camping-based metal fest" has really piqued my interest. Not because of the camping bit; frankly I'm feeling a little too old for that (there...
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