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Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
An Autothrall Classic. Originally published here. Cover art by Rob Smits Along with the similarly-named Demilich, Demigod represent exactly 1/2 of the best Finnish death output of the 90s. Slumber of...
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Label Spotlight: Goathorned Productions
Written by Kevin Page. Colombian label, Goathorned Productions was formed in 2004, specializing in black metal. While they themselves are not currently on Bandcamp (maybe they are too kvlt?), the...
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Ufomammut - Oro: Opus Primum
Written by Natalie Zina Walschots. Originally published here by Exclaim. Artwork by Malleus Ufomammut are an experimental metal act based in Italy. Their name is a portmanteau of U.F.O. (the...
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Grift - Syner
Written by Majbritt Levinsen. This album is the essence of reflections made by a person that has had too much time to think in his own solitude. A person that honors the past, dwells on it and lets it...
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Tyranny - Aeons in Tectonic Interment
Written by Kevin Page. If you don't know of the band or never got a chance to hear their debut, that's okay, we're in the same boat. It was after all, a decade ago (2005) when they unleashed their...
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Artist spotlight: Thy Catafalque
Written by Professor D. Grover the XIIIth. Greetings and salutations, friends. For those of seeing my name and wondering who the hell I am, allow to to briefly introduce myself. I am Professor D....
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Black Wing - ...Is Doomed
Written by Justin C. Welcome to another installment of my random series of Metal-Adjacent Reviews(tm). This time, I'm going to talk about Black Wing, an electronic solo project by Dan Barrett, the...
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Unhold - Towering
Written by Calen Henry. Illustration by Philipp Thöni/BlackYard The only reason I’m even aware of Unhold’s existence is because they opened for A Storm of Light at a show I attended on a whim, in...
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Krallice - Ygg huur
Written by Justin C. It feels weird to categorize Krallice as black metal at this point, given their latest album, Ygg hurr. Granted, they were never dyed-in-the-wool second-wave worshipers, so the...
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Just the Facts - September 2015
Written by Kevin Page. Artwork by Justin AbrahamBand:A Loathing RequiemGenre:Technical death metalLabel:The Artisan EraCountry:USA (Nashville, TN)For fans of:Mirrorthrone, Spawn of Possession,...
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Deafheaven - New Bermuda
Written by Justin C. Cover art by Allison Schulnik When I set out to write about Deafheaven, I didn't have any intention of commenting on the amount of ire that New Bermuda (and Myrkur's new album) has...
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Atlantean Kodex - The White Goddess
Written by Zach Duvall In the interest of wasting very little of your time, we’re going to get right to the main point: Just about exactly two years ago, Germany’s Atlantean Kodex released what can now...
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Sielunvihollinen - Hautaruhtinas
Written by Celtic Frosty. Artwork by Maxime Taccardi Lead guitar is a critical component of metal. It can just as easily ruin a song with an ill-placed or poorly played solo as elevate a good song to a...
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Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr
Written by Professor D. Grover the XIIIth. Greetings and salutations, friends. It is I, your esteemed Professor, and I return to you to examine one of the year’s most intriguing new releases, Thy...
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Hexenjäger - Demo
Written by Ulla Roschat Hexenjäger, a young 4 piece doom band from Saint-Nazaire/France offer us their first demo released earlier this year. It comprises of two songs, "Hexenjäger" and "Murk", both...
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Vhöl - Deeper than Sky
Written by Calen Henry. Artwork by Brandon Duncan Vhöl are a strange supergroup. I’m not sure anyone was expecting the debut album from Hammers of Misfortune, YOB, and Agalloch members to sound like an...
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Genevieve - Escapism
Written by Justin C. Art by Brandon Geurts I found Genevieve's new album, Escapism, tricky to write about. That's partly because it draws influence from multiple genres--I've read it described as...
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Artist Spotlight: Spectral Lore
Written by Kevin Page. I was able to track down the elusive Ayloss, the sole man behind the Greek black metal band Spectral Lore for this special interview and discussion on his recent (and future)...
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YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend
Written by Natalie Zina Walschots. Originally published here by Exclaim. Since reforming in 2008 after a year of being formally out of commission, the identity and future of YOB has seemed in a state...
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Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short
Written by Matt Hinch They say you're only as good as your last album. In the case of Ukrainian black metal collective Drudkh that happens to be A Furrow Cut Short. Also, people are discovering bands...
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