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High On Fire - Cometh The Storm
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When he first launched High On Fire, Matt Pike had to learn to push beyond the doomy confines of Sleep and let loose. Over two decades of ripping thrashy sludge later, High On Fire seem to have shifted their focus slightly back towards heaviness rather than speed this time around. Read more ›› |
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Ὁπλίτης - Παραμαινομένη
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Last year, J.L. seemed to be the busiest black metal composer around. While the production and some of the musical ideas in this new album need to be more developed, it is safe to say that Ὁπλίτης (Hoplites) has reached a new high in its young yet productive career. Read more ›› |
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Castle Rat - Into The Realm
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This Castle Rat is here to take you Into The Realm of the most obscure traditional doom. Read more ›› |
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Týr - Battle Ballads
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It seems Týr have been away at battle for the last 5 years, as they now return with glorious Battle Ballads to sing. Read more ›› |
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Khirki - Κυκεώνας
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Khirki unleashed a debut of spiritually epic proportions, taking many of us by surprise; however, they've now set themselves a high benchmark with Κυκεώνας. Can their sophomore possibly live up to the standards of their memorable debut? Read more ›› |
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Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer
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It would perhaps surprise certain users to see their Auntie Sahar (formerly known as “Apothecary”) reviewing an album of this nature. Yet would you all dare to believe that, prior to my coronation as Metal Storm Drone Empress in the 2010s, I was a thrash / tech death fiend in the late 2000s? Read more ›› |
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Arð - Untouched By Fire
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Arð is a Northumbrian project masterminded by Mark Deeks (also of Winterfylleth), who is a piano teacher, author, and a choir arranger and conductor, among other things. The band’s music is described as ‘monastic doom’. Keep reading to find out what this means. Read more ›› |
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Nocturna - Of Sorcery And Darkness
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I spent a lot of time in my review of Nocturna’s debut album referring to Nightwish, but while the band still clearly belongs to that symphonic power metal lineage, they are successfully forging their own identity with Of Sorcery And Darkness. Read more ›› |
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Dvne - Voidkind
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As I mentioned when reviewing the recent Rolo Tomassi album, releasing a seminal record brings its own challenges in having to sustain that standard going forward. It’s a challenge that Rolo Tomassi ably rose to back in 2022, and it’s one that Dvne have accomplished with Voidkind. Read more ›› |
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La Torture Des Ténèbres - V
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Lost in the dissonant void. Read more ›› |
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Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
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Invincible Shield is to Firepower what Defenders Of The Faith was to Screaming For Vengeance: reaffirmation of the recovery, capitalization on the success, the follow-through on a trailblazer. Judas Priest, as ever, delivering the greats. Read more ›› |
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Attic - Return Of The Witchfinder
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By Medieval law, it would surely be an act of violation against traditional occult heavy metal if you were to miss out on this, an act that The Witchfinder would likely punish by burning at the stake. Read more ›› |
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Acid Mammoth - Supersonic Megafauna Collision
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“Dance with the fuzz now, baby. Feed your desire!” Read more ›› |
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Iron Monkey - Spleen & Goad
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As one of the older apes in the jungle, Iron Monkey return to lay down the law on how nasty and groovy Read more ›› |
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Cistvaen - At Light's Demise
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As stated by John Steinbeck in The Winter Of Our Discontent, "It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone", and this is true for Cistvaen; here, they offer atmospheric black in the darkest of forms with At Light's Demise. Read more ›› |
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Darkestrah - Nomad
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What better way is there for Darkestrah to mark their return than by giving you an insight into the life of nomadic Kyrgyzstan? Read more ›› |