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Reviews
Wizards Of Kaos - Wizards Of Kaos
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Wizards Of Kaos? Psychedelic artwork? Yeah...this is undoubtedly a stoner metal release. Despite filling out all the staple sounds of stoner metal/rock and not much past that, this is still an incredibly cool release.
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Royal Thunder - CVI
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Is this abrasive...Or accessible? Jesus Christ, this album is such a great balance of the dirty, grittiness of southern rock influenced stoner metal meets classic prog rock. It's psychedelic, yet unbelievably easy on the ears, and easier on the brain.
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Marauder - Elegy Of Blood
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Do you know what's boring as shit? Generic power-influenced traditional heavy metal built entirely on overused, recycled riffs & leads. Luckily, Marauder are much more interesting and engaging because... Fuck it, let's not pretend this is anything more than what it is; boring, overdone heavy-power metal.
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Sonata Arctica - Stones Grow Her Name
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So these days the eyes on Sonata Arctica are those curiously wondering just what the Finnish fivesome will give us this time. A super solid first four power metal albums, then a bolt out the blue with the unique Unia and a middle-ground The Days Of Grays following up. Three years on then and Stones Grow Her Name is an apt reward for the wait, or is it?
Five years ago when Unia was released, it was like Sonata Arctica lost their true identity. There are certainly great moments on both that album and ...Grays, but the band seemed somewhat directionless and overcompensated with quirkiness. It was as if the band were going through a mid-life crisis without original guitarist Jani.
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Litrosis - I Am Death
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Here's some great news meloblack fans; thanks to Litrosis, you now have a band to listen to without feeling like a total wuss.
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Bands
Orchid's Curse
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Orchid's Curse, a 5-piece metal band, were formed in 2005 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and have fueled the flames of heavy metal since their beginnings. The current line-up has been active and playing shows within the region since the Summer of 2005. Musically the band has been in a continual state of growth, progressing into more extreme, yet melody-filled territory with each and every new song. Since their debut EP, "Goodbye Is When The Casket Closes", was released (September 20, 2006) it has generated press and reviews from various continents over the globe and was reviewed in Unrestrained Magazine. The EP was released on vocalist John Hogan's independent record label Diminished Fifth Records.
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Hayagriva - Descendant XII
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Raw vs amateurish. Some times, the line is not so clear. Is it raw by choice to fit the music better, or can they just not afford hi-spec type studio work? Other times, like in Hayagriva's case, it's pretty clear. Descendant XII sounds like it was intended to be a thick, clean-cut epic piece of melodic black metal. Unfortunately, it just sounds incredibly thin and unmoving.
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News
Dew-Scented - Announce Line-Up Changes
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German death/thrash metallers Dew-Scented have announced new line-up changes. The band comments: "The new line-up (re-)introduces Marvin Vriesde (Severe Torture, ex Blo.Torch) as main guitarist and songwriter."
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Witchcraft - Sign With Nuclear Blast
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Official Nuclear Blast press release:
Nuclear Blast feels honoured to welcome Swedish doom metal kings Witchcraft to the family!
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Bands
Diskord
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Diskord is a dark and impenetrable abstract wall concealing a horrifying sonic landscape in pink where up is down, night is day and clear is unclear. A swirling beanstalk of doomy old school death metal intertwining with fast and slow diversified sounds to create the absolute meltdown of your senses and ultimately guiding you to the innermost reptilian part of your brain.
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Reviews
Warrick - Beyond Diplomacy
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When tapping the thrash keg of the 80s, it seems most modern bands merely manage to hiss and sputter out a cup of unsatisfying foam. Then along come the Floridian 5-piece Warrick, who tilt the barrel to pour out the freshest remnants: not sufficient to fill a pint mind you, but enough to wet the proverbial whistle.
Beyond Diplomacy shows instant promise with the acoustic prologue of "Devestation". Visions of solemn destitution give way to the hopeful revolt of ringing distortion, almost akin to Children's "Hard Times Hangin At The End Of The World". However, the mood is nearly trampled by overeager thrash archetypes: Monotonic chugging triplets and angst-ridden lyrics. The redemption sought by the song's final minutes projects a pattern of ups and downs, (though mostly ups), throughout the release.
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Dødsengel - Imperator
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The two men behind Dødsengel have been releasing some quality material under that name for a few years now, catching a bit of a break with their 2010 release, Mirium Occultum, which helped spread their name across the globe and caught the attention of a great deal of black metal fans. Imperator should achieve the same results, only perhaps more so...
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Reviews
HellLight - Funeral Doom
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Hey hey my my. Doom can never die… Huh. Never thought I'd hear an extreme doom band singing about Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols.
So back to the beginning. Solitude Productions recently re-released HellLight's 2008 release Funeral Doom, originally printed in a now sold-out limited run, packaging it with The Light That Brought Darkness mini album. The mini album features the new title track along with a bunch of doomed-up covers.
For sake of brevity, I'm going to gloss over the re-release a bit. In 2010 the band put out …And Then, The Light Of Consciousness Became Hell…, which was reviewed by your truly. In order to get to the more interesting stuff, suffice it to say Funeral Doom contains less well constructed and executed songs in the style of their later release. They got better over the ensuing two years, thus making the 2010 release with the ridiculous title a better place to start.
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Bands
Haeres
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Formed in March 2009, Hæres was created by Sryzir, Ghorn, Voldsom and Nèkkz. A concept based on the dark side of human beings. The crimes of ancient peoples, the bestial instincts, the blackness of human...
J. Gauthier joined during the summer to fill the void on drums. Following the departure of Nèkkz, the group has continued to define its style: A melodic black metal, dark and catchy. A year after the project started, the Slaotvean bassist, J-D, replaced Nèkkz and thereby completed the group.
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Posted: 16.05.2012
by Azoic
Bands
(EchO)
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The band was formed in the first days of October 2007, near Brescia, thanks to the idea of Antonio Cantarin and Simone Mutolo, with the aim to play Doom Metal with different influences, in the first place psychedelic. The original line-up of the band was composed by Antonio Cantarin (vocals), Simone Mutolo (piano and keyboards), Mauro Ragnoli (guitar) and Paolo Copeta (drums). Then, in March 2008, Simone Saccheri joins the group as second guitarist.
The name (EchO) comes from the Oreads nymph of Greek mythology, famous for being in love with Narcissus, and the parentheses indicate the sound wave that propagates.
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Posted: 16.05.2012
by Azoic
News
Testament - New Album Details Revealed
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Bay-area thrash legends Testament have revealed more details about their upcoming full-length titled Dark Roots Of Earth, including the album cover, tracklist and release date.
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