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Winterfylleth - The Threnody of Triumph
Review by Natalie Zina Walschots. Originally published here by Exclaim. This is the third full-length from England's Winterfylleth. Recorded with Welsh producer Chris Fielding (who is best known for...
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Pendulous - Mirrored Confessions
Review by Aaron Sullivan. Pendulous is a DOOM band from my local scene here in Los Angeles. A band that I have had the pleasure to see a handful of times and am very glad to see they have something...
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Skeletal Spectre - Voodoo Dawn
Review by Justin C.Cover art by Adam Geyer With all the talk of how extreme and brutal metal can be, it's easy to forget that it can actually be fun. Enter Skeletal Spectre, who play straight-up,...
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Menace Ruine - Alight In Ashes
Review by Natalie Zina Walschots. Originally published here by Exclaim.Artwork by S. de La Moth As metal becomes increasingly hybridized, with more sub-genres and novel combinations springing up all of...
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Hivelords - Cavern Apothecary
Guest review by Chris Grigg.Artwork by Tim Buckley Any review that starts from a position of bias but does not acknowledge said bias is misleading, so it needs to be stated that I am a Hivelords...
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Shriner - 2011 demo
Review by Aaron Sullivan. Hailing from New Jersey comes the Sludgy Post-Metal band known as Shriner. Jersey has a pretty healthy Sludge scene with bands like Sadgiqacea and Ominous Black to name a few....
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Tribulation - The Formulas of Death
Review by Andy Osborn.Cover art by Jonathan Hultén There are a few different types of truly great albums. There’s the ones that initially fly under the radar until dozens of repeat listens reveal their...
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Demilich - Nespithe
An Autothrall Classic (the review is actually written by JD. Sorry JD). Originally published here. Although little-known by the newer generations of metal fans, Finland's Demilich put out one album in...
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Gorguts - Colored Sands
Review by Justin C.Artwork by Martin Lacroix It's been a good year for comebacks. Byzantine and Misery Signals, just to name two, returned after 5-year hiatuses to deliver solid, crowd-funded new...
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Oaks of Bethel - Discography I + II
Oaks of Bethel is a side project of the prolific Njiqahdda, that mixes black metal, both harsh and adventurous, with drone, doom, and ambient music. Since 2009 Oaks of Bethel have released 8...
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Battlefields - Agassiz
Artwork by Seldon Hunt. Init Records is an example of a non-metal label with some interesting metal/metal related releases (in this way they are similar to Sargent House). Among the metallic treasures...
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Fuck the Facts - Amer
Review by Red.Artwork by Mel MongeonIf there's a takeaway from Fuck the Facts' new EP Amer, it's that these seven songs could easily be expanded into something even better. Â Or they can remain as they...
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Your Last Wish - Desolation
Review by Justin C.Cover art by Bob Skelton Your Last Wish's 2012 album Desolation is available on Maple Metal Records's Bandcamp page. Your Last Wish is a Montreal-based band that plays a thrashy,...
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TOAD - Endless Night
Review by Justin Petrick. Take Over And Destroy or TOAD for short, is a band out of the dry heat of Arizona. They have brought upon the world their original sophomore release Endless Nights; a fluid...
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Colosso - Abrasive Peace
Review by Justin C. Colosso's first full-length, Abrasive Peace, floats somewhere on the spectrum between death metal and technical death metal. The songs are adventurous and complex, but they rely...
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Prosanctus Inferi - Noctambulous Jaws Within Sempiternal Night
Review by Craig Hayes. Artwork by Paolo GirardiI'm not suggesting you should ever judge a book by its cover, but if you didn't know a thing about Prosanctus Inferi, then a glimpse at the band's...
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Nomadic Rituals - Holy Giants
Review by Aaron Sullivan. Back in April I reviewed six up and coming DOOM bands out of Ireland. The first being Nomadic Rituals who have returned with a full album entitled Holy Giants. The DOOM heard...
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Dragged Into Sunlight - Widowmaker
Review by Natalie Zina Walschots. Originally published here by Exclaim.Cover art by Sindre Foss There isn't a great deal of aggressive music that profoundly disturbs the listener in a primitive, primal...
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Deus Otiosus - Death Lives Again (demo)
Danish death metallers, Deus Otiosus, have uploaded their one and only demo, Death Lives Again from 2007, to their Bandcamp. I'll simply quote the press-release email I got, and let you enjoy it.The...
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Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
An Autothrall Classic. Originally published here. In 2010 Season of Mist released Atheist's comeback album Jupiter, and it has been available on the Season of Mist Bandcamp for some time. Now the rest...
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