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Kongh - Sole Creation
Review by Justin C. Kongh's latest album, Sole Creation, is available on the growing Bandcamp page of Agonia Records. The band has just two members, David Johansson and Tomas Salonen, but they make a...
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Ordo Obsidium - Orbis Tertius
Art by Médan Savamhel Ordo Obsidium's album Orbis Tertius from 2011 is available on the Eisenwald Tonschmiede Bandcamp. The is black metal mixed with the atmosphere and melodies of funeral doom. The...
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Antero Sleeps - Titan
Review by Aaron Sullivan. Out of the big state of Texas comes the big concepts of Antero Sleeps. A band that combines original Sci-Fi stories with Sludgy DOOM. As it says on their Bandcamp,In a...
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Ephel Duath - On Death And Cosmos
Review by Natalie Zina Walschots. Originally published here by Exclaim.Artwork by DehnSora Italian progressive metal band Ephel Duath have undergone several transformations and line-up changes over the...
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Eight Bells - The Captain's Daughter
Eight Bells' debut full-length The Captain's Daughter is an album I like a lot. It is also an album I'm having difficulty writing about. So I wont. Instead I give you two quotes, that gives you an...
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Apocynthion - Sidereus Nuncius
Review by Majbritt Levinsen. Artwork by Fursy Teyssier (Les Discrets) Alcest and Les Discret are two groups I return to ever so often for my fix of dark melancholic out-of-this-world sounding songs....
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Thou Art Lord - The Regal Pulse of Lucifer
Artwork by Manuel Tinnemans Thou Art Lord - The Regal Pulse of Lucifer is available on the Nuclear War Now! Productions Bandcamp. This is the all-star band's first album in 8 years and it's archetypal...
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Sunn O))) Monoliths and Opinions: Part I. The Grimmrobe Demos.
Review by Craig Hayes. Self-proclaimed 'power ambient' duo Sunn O))) was formed by guitarist Stephen O’Malley and bassist Greg Anderson in the mid 90s, and since then, the band have explored the...
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Occultation - Three & Seven
Review by big_red01027 Initially, I was skeptical about Occultation’s blend of doomy rock and the uniquely weird guitar tone employed on Negative Plane’s last album. However, since the album was...
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Dysrhythmia – Test of Submission
Review by Natalie Zina Walschots. Originally published here by Exclaim. Combining elements of death metal, prog, math rock and jazz, instrumental titans Dysrhythmia have deigned to release their sixth...
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Indesinence - Vessels of Light and Decay
Review by Justin C.Artwork by Jaume Mayans & Daniela Kropeit Indesinence's latest album, Vessels of Light and Decay, took me a while to get into. I liked it well enough on first listen, and their...
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Avulsed - Gorespattered Suicide
Artwork & design by Phlegeton Spanish death metal band Avulsed has made all their full-length albums available on Bandcamp. Plus various live albums, cover albums and compilations. All for the low...
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Temple of Void - Demo MMXIII
Layout/Design by Alex Awn Temple of Void's Demo is three tracks of really good death doom. The band has a strong sense of dynamics and a feel for playing crushing riffs, whether they be jagged or...
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Process of Guilt - Fæmin
Review by Aaron Sullivan.Artwork by Hugo Santos If I had to pick one thing that connects a majority of the music I enjoy it would be atmosphere. For me it is everything. And the darker the better....
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Sunn O))) Monoliths and Opinions: Part II - ØØ Void
Review by Craig Hayes. Self-proclaimed 'power ambient' duo Sunn O))) was formed by guitarist Stephen O’Malley and bassist Greg Anderson in the mid 90s, and since then, the band have explored the...
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Cultura Tres - Rezando al Miedo
Review by Ulla Roschat. Cover art from the painting "Day of Judgement" by Damian Michaels. With Rezando Al Miedo the four piece Venezuelan band Cultura Tres present their third full length album. I...
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Geng-Grizzly - Screwing Yourself To Live: A Chopped & Slowed Tribute To Black...
Screwing Yourself To Live is chopped & slowed versions of 13 classic Black Sabbath songs. What is "chopped & slowed"? you may ask. Cvlt Nation helpfully explains in this review of the project:...
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Demon Lung - The Hundredth Name
Review by Andy Osborn.Artwork by Tom Bates Getting signed to a big label on the strength of a short release alone is something that rarely occurs in today’s climate. Years of local shows, self-releases...
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Sauroctonos - Our Cold Days Are Still Here When the Lights Are Out
Review by Andy Osborn.Artwork & design by Yuriy Kononov from Sauroctonos Those familiar with the non-typical black metal scene know that Ukraine is (surprisingly) at the forefront of the sub-genre...
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Esoterica - Idololatriae
Painting by Francisco Goya - Adoración del nombre de Dios My first foray into music that combines noise with melody was Curve's Doppelgänger (check out "Ice That Melts The Tips" here). On Esoterica's...
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