Aborted - Global Flatline
Review by Baz Anderson
9.0
Aborted really have pushed the boat out with Global Flatline, and even if the only down-side is that most of the Coronary Reconstruction EP finds its way onto this album too, they are totally re-recorded and much faster, heavier and bloody brutal. There'll always be someone who finds the effort to whinge and moan about a band deviating from their original sound, but Global Flatline will emphatically put a boot into these faces with its much...

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Awakening Sun - Sold Out
Review by Windrider
5.5
When it comes to standard death metal, the term songwriting is more important than in many other genres. No one asks for originality, people who play death metal riffs must know how to work with their instruments and the production is focused on brutal blasting in nearly every album. Therefore, it is quite easy for an album to fail and now I'd like to present this wonderful example, Sold Out by Awakening Sun. What you get here is death metal...

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Omit - Repose
Review by wormdrink414
8.2
Omit is a funeral doom band that highlights its female vocalist. Their tracks are long, their tunes are pretty solemn, and I don't know what bands to compare them to. I'm sure similar stuff has been done before, but by whom and when I can't say. Their style isn't one that generally interests me. Nevertheless, I like Repose. It's the sort of album that's executed well enough to get people to leave whatever debauched,...

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Iconocaust - Judas Complex
Review by wormdrink414
7.4
Depending on what track you throw on first, you'll either immediately love this album, or immediately laugh at it. Take the title track; it kicks off with a riff that sounds like it was ripped straight from Ashes Of The Wake, moseys into a pretty lame, mid-paced opening verse, then proceeds to stumble around with some pop metalcore-esque clean vocals. It's not a good song. But it doesn't come close to capturing the sonic goodness of...

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Inferion - The Desolate
Review by Doc Godin
4.0
...Those dark nights of the soul, when you come across something so horrible you even go as far as to hover your mouse cursor over "Korpiklaani" in your itunes menu, considering it as a desperate alternative to further putting up with whatever is you've just been subjected to...

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Synarchy - Tear Up The World
Review by Doc Godin
8.0
Nostalgia pieces, avante-garde, experimental. It seems there's always an angle these days. What's wrong with a some straight forward aggression and solid riffs? Nothing. Let's not be misunderstood here, Synarchy write some intricate and thoughtfully constructed metal, but the delivery is just nice and simple.

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Decaying - Encirclement
Review by Doc Godin
7.9
So there's been a lot of plain, basic death metal coming my way over the past few weeks for review. Vore and Ominous Crucifix both offered just that with varying degrees of boredom. Luckily, Decaying came along to restore my faith in death metal.

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Ram - Death
Review by Doc Godin
6.0
Nostalgia vs sounding outdated. Where's the line? Is there a line? Please tell me there is, so we can tell RAM they just crossed it.

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Power Prog & Metal Fest 2012 (PPM)

Belgium, Mons (Lotto Mons Expo)
06-08 April 2012

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Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Kaputte Nackte Affen
Wacky Grindcore

Sad Reminder: This is the swansong of the bizarre squad that is Japanische Kampfhörspiele.

Being both extremely brutal and fun, this album will make your head explode with its unothodox ideas and schizophrenic vocal delivery. It's not everyday you get your grindcore so forward-thinking.



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Machine Head plus guests - The Eighth Plague Tour, Denver, CO, 15th January 2012 27.01

Now I knew that Machine Head is a popular band and Darkest Hour as well as Suicide Silence always draw crowds in Denver, but frankly I didn't expect this. Holy crap! The show at the Summit Music Hall, smack in downtown Denver, CO was just a few tickets shy off being totally SOLD OUT! Nice surprise, in part since all of the bands did play in Colorado last year. Doors was originally scheduled for 6pm but since one of the openers (Rise To Remain out of England) jumped off the bill last minute, everything got pushed back an hour or so. I was wondering if the mass amount of people would make it... (by D.T. Metal)   Read more ››
 
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