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Spirit Adrift - Chained to Oblivion
By Ulla Roschat. Spirit Adrift from Arizona came to life in Mach 2015 with Nate Garrett as the band’s sole member. Chained to Oblivion is the bands second release By Ulla RoschatSpirit Adrift from...
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Mizmor - Yodh
By Matt Hinch. I couldn't have picked a better night than this to pen this review. It's a Monday. I've been miserable all day. Disappointed and frustrated. By Matt Hinch. Artwork by Zdzisław Beksiński...
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Pallbearer - Fear and Fury
By Karen A. Mann. It’s been almost two years since Pallbearer’s last full-length, the widely praised Foundations of Burden. For those of us getting impatient to see what the band will serve up next,...
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Gilded Lily - Mongrel's Light
It's always gratifying to see a band progress. I reviewed Gilded Lily's blast of rage just a little over a year ago, and they're already back with a full length that finds them making a huge leap as a...
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Label Spotlight: Iron Bonehead Productions
MOBILE PREVIEW By Steven Leslie. While I tend to enjoy almost all of Iron Bonehead’s releases, this one was both a surprise and a revelation. From the opening seconds of “The Heartbeat’s Drum” to the...
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From The Metal Archives Vol 3 - Migration Fest edition.
I had the time of my life at the recent Migration Fest, held in Olympia, Washington. Musically the festival was a stunning success, I mean just check the lineup. It was superbly organized and run. Also...
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Spire - Entropy
In chemistry and physics, entropy is a thermodynamics quantity that describes the degree of disorder in an isolated system. This ties into the second law of thermodynamics By Hera Vidal. In chemistry...
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SubRosa - For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
By Justin C. I read a blurb about Subrosa's new album, For This We Fought the Battle of Ages, that irked me a little. The writer basically said Subrosa was talented, but boring and repetitive. I wasn't...
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Giveaway - A Fortnight Spent Beneath Ashen Skies t-shirt by Christian Degn
Welcome to the second Metal Bandcamp giveaway! Recently I fell in love with a t-shirt featuring the gorgeous drawing A Fortnight Spent Beneath Ashen Skies by Christian Degn. After procuring it a...
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Fyrnask - Fórn
By Steven Leslie. While Germany has a long history in the black metal world, they have often played second fiddle to their northern brothers in arms. If there is any justice in this world, bands like...
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Dark Depths: Shadow Woods Thursday Preview
By Kaptain Carbon. Shadow Woods is an outdoor metal festival held in the upper reaches of Northern Baltimore. Shadow Woods stands are one of the few “open air” metal festivals left in the US and...
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Dark Depths: Shadow Woods Friday Preview
Kaptain Carbon continues his unsolicited preview of Shadow Woods by listening to every band on each day and writing about it with increasing weirdness. A Sound of Thunder has been a staple around the...
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Dark Depths: Shadow Woods Saturday Preview
Kaptain Carbon continues his unsolicited preview of Shadow Woods by listening to every band on each day and writing about it with increasing weirdness. A Sound of Thunder has been a staple around the...
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Metal Bandcamp is 5 years old!
Hip hooray, today Metal Bandcamp turns five years old. Since 2011 we have published 1340 reviews featuring a diverse selection of the best metal available on Bandcamp. Hip hooray, today Metal Bandcamp...
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Colosso - Obnoxious
By Justin C. I've been following Colosso from the beginning with Max Tomé's (mostly) one-man show on Abrasive Peace. That was a fantastic modern death metal album right out of the gate By Justin C....
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Frozen Forest - Ancient Ritual
By Calen Henry. Ancient Ritual is the debut LP from Zagreb’s Frozen Forest. On it, in a way that seems almost unique to modern European bands, they’ve gone absolutely all out with both metal imagery...
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High Spirits - Motivator
By Karen A. Mann. For those about to rock, High Spirits not only salute you, they offer a rock’n’roll self-help manual in their latest release, Motivator, to help you on your rock journey. Like a...
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Sumerlands - Sumerlands
By Karen A. Mann. After turning heads with their 2014 Guardian demo, Philly traditional metal outfit Sumerlands is back with a full Relapse debut that’s easily in contention for one of the best...
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Dave’s Demo Roundup Vol. XI
By Dave Schalek. This is a three song demo from the U.K.’s long running Solstice. Solstice are releasing this demo, To Sol A Thane, at a name your price offering in order to raise funds for the...
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Lotus Thief - Gramarye
By Justin C. Lotus Thief, perhaps the sole band working in their self-described genre of "text metal," is back with their second full-length, Gramarye. Born from the partnership of Bezaelith and...
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