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Darkness - Blood On Canvas
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Yaşru - Bilinmeze
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Who's in for some traditional epic folk metal inspired by Turkish folklore, and with sprinkles of doom? Read more ›› |
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My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding
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My Dying Bride are back, wishing to bind us mere mortals once again to their beautiful realm of melancholic death doom. I'm up for it, are you? Read more ›› |
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Ancst - Culture Of Brutality
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Ancst: crust punk maniacs, dark ambient worshippers, blenders of melody and ferocity. A band of many faces. Read more ›› |
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Spaceslug - Out Of Water
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Last year’s Mountain Of Misery, the solo project of Spaceslug drummer Kamil Ziółkowski, served as a stop-gap amid a relatively long break between releases, but 2.5 years after Memorial, Spaceslug are back in their entirety. Read more ›› |
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Alien Ant Farm - Mantras
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Damn it, Jim, I'm a critic, not an entomologist. Read more ›› |
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Heresiarch - Edifice
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Heresiarch (/hɛˈriːzɪɑːk/): the founder of a heresy or the leader of a heretical sect. Also the name of a some sick ass blackened death metal band. Read more ›› |
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Love Sex Machine - Trve
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When I discovered Love Sex Machine nearly a decade ago, their appeal was that they were some of the most sickeningly crushing sludge metal out there. Trve is still all that, but the soundscapes are just a bit more expansive this time around. Read more ›› |
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Blaze Of Perdition - Upharsin
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Upharsin is certainly a tricky word to interpret; thankfully the same can't be said about the rest of the album, as what we have is quite simply some of the finest black metal you'll hear this year. Read more ›› |
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Glassing - From the Other Side Of The Mirror
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Atræ Bilis - Aumicide
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Atræ Bilis are a set of Canadian technical death metallers, so surely they should know a thing or two about the genre, am I right? Read more ›› |
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Hekseblad - Kaer Morhen
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Move over Tolkien, there's a new fantasy inspiration for black metal in town. Read more ›› |
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As The Sun Falls - Kaamos
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In their career thus far, As The Sun Falls have written melodeath that firmly conforms to the established trends in the Finnish scene. With Kaamos, that very much remains the case, but it’s a damn enjoyable rendition of a familiar sound. Read more ›› |
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Urzah - The Scorching Gaze
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Between 2022’s EP II and their full debut The Scorching Gaze, Urzah self-imposed moniker ‘earthy noise’ has been rebranded as ’earthen heaviness’. It’s a logical revision, as Urzah’s music is plenty heavy, and plenty more than mere noise. Read more ›› |
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Sunnata - Chasing Shadows
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As one of Poland’s more intriguing stoner/doom exports, Sunnata have defied easy categorization across their journey thus far, and with their latest offering, finding the right words to describe them still feels a bit like Chasing Shadows. Read more ›› |
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Fierce Deity - A Terrible Fate
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There’s really something to be appreciated about the singular, unrestrained creative vision that often emerges from a one-man project; with no need for compromise between band members, the songwriting can go into bold places, and while it doesn’t pay off every time, the results can be uniquely satisfying. Read more ›› |