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Label Spotlight: Pulverised Records
Written by Kevin Page. Singapore label, Pulverised Records, have been purveyors of all things extreme since 1996. Three of their most recent releases are from the old school death metal variety and all...
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Serious Beak - Ankaa
Written by Justin C. Artwork: Caitlin Hackett We're not quite done with bird-themed metal this year. Up now is Australian instrumental act Serious Beak with Ankaa, a follow-up coming almost exactly 4...
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Make - The Golden Veil
Written by Ulla Roschat Three piece band MAKE from Chapel Hill/NC have released their 2nd full length album The Golden Veil. The album can roughly be labeled as post-rock with sludge, psychedelic, doom...
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Bedowyn - Blood of the Fall
Written by Karen A. Mann. Cover art by Donovan Valdez. Like their namesake, Raleigh, N.C.’s Bedowyn takes a nomadic approach to metal, journeying through doom, stoner, death and even a little Southern...
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Three Metal Blade Epic Wins!
"Metal Blade is now on Bandcamp" we wrote back in July. They started out with some of their newer bands, but recently they have also been adding albums from their past archives. And frankly some of...
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Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
Written by Justin C. Panopticon's new album, Autumn Eternal, is surprising in a lot of ways. One of the biggest surprises to me is that it's not being hailed as a masterpiece. People should be running...
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Corpse Light - Without Form
Written by Matt Hinch. Artwork by Jim Webb In a whirlwind 16 days back in the Spring, Grimoire Records recorded, mixed, mastered and released (with art) Without Form by Baltimore doomsters Corpse...
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Destroy Judas - Forever Like Stars...We Shine
Written by Kevin Page. Artwork by Fortifem To this day I own less than a dozen cassettes and half a dozen pieces of vinyl. Heck, I haven't even owned anything to play those formats on in well over two...
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A Flare in the Northern Sky - Cosmic Black Metal Roundup
Written by Calen Henry. Upon reflection it’s not actually all that surprising that there’s so much space themed black metal. After all, when one tires of trying to capture the sound of a cold...
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Witchsorrow - No Light, Only Fire
Written by Matt Hinch. I’ve sort of got a predisposition towards bands with “wizard” or “witch” in their name. It doesn’t always work mind you, but it’s a good rule of thumb. Most often said band names...
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Thy Worshiper - Ozimina
Written by Ulla RoschatArtwork by Anna Malarz from Thy WorshiperThy Worshiper originally formed in 1993 in Wroclaw/Poland, but are now, after some changes in their line-up, a six piece band and located...
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Label Spotlight: Transylvanian Tapes. Vol. 3
Written by Craig Hayes. This is the third in a continuing series of posts highlighting recent releases from Oakland, California-based label Transylvanian Tapes. I first encountered the label back in...
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Magic Circle - Journey Blind
Written by Karen A. Mann. Artwork by Joe PetagnoComposed of veterans from a slew of well-regarded Boston hardcore bands, Magic Circle are about as unlikely a doom band as you can imagine. They’re also...
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Grima - Devotion to Lord
Written by Justin C. I've always thought "atmospheric black metal" was a bit of a misnomer. To me, the name implies a very wispy, maybe even ambient sound, whereas a lot of atmospheric BM has plenty of...
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Sunn O))) Monoliths and Opinions: Part XVII - Kannon
Written by Craig Hayes. Cover art by Angela Bolliger. If you want to get a clear picture of the increasing mainstream acceptance of avant-garde or extreme music, then you only have to note that Sunn...
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Tod Huetet Uebel - Malícia
Written by Majbritt Levinsen. Artwork by Valnoir Magnificent! Grandiose! Massive and brutal! F*cking insane! These were the first words that arose in my mind as the crisp and clear sounds of the first...
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Label Spotlight: I, Voidhanger Records
Written by Kevin Page. Italy's I, Voidhanger Records, founded in 2008, are one of the handful of labels where quality reigns supreme. Not one to simply sign a slew of bands and push product out the...
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The Visit - Through Darkness Into Light
Written by Matt Hinch I won’t go on and on about Through Darkness Into Light by Ottawa’s The Visit. Mostly because words fail to capture the beauty found within these five tracks. As someone who knows...
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Cult of Occult - Five Degrees of Insanity
Written by Justin C. Art by Jeni Fitts / Provoking Drama I vaguely remember checking out Cult of Occult's first full-length, Hic Est Domus Diaboli in the summer of 2014, and then moving on without a...
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Locrian - Infinite Dissolution
Written by Majbritt Levinsen. Sculpture by David Altmejd I totally fell in love with Locrian back in 2012 when I first came in contact with this highly creative trio. They blew me away and opened up a...
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