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Sacrificial Vein - Black Terror Genesis
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Dissonant black metal was, at one point, at the avant-garde of metal. But full decades have passed since then, and now it's a sound that has became quite commonplace in metal. Pushing it back towards the avant-garde is something that only the brave do. Sacrificial Vein show some of that bravery. Read more ›› |
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Locrian - End Terrain
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This is Locrian doing what Locrian do best; just keeping on being Locrian while once more redefining just what Locrian means on the surface, yet never abandoning the roots that make them such a unique band. Read more ›› |
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Kvadrat - The Horrible Dissonance Of Oblivion
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Kvadrat will drag you into the disturbing depths of dissonant, blackened death metal… and will probably keep you trapped in a tight box, kvadrat, or something. Hey, at least you'll have excellent metal to keep you company! Read more ›› |
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Hamferð - Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
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After being lost at sea for years, an apparition, dripping wet, shows up at your door. Read more ›› |
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While She Sleeps - Self Hell
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Let sleeping dogs lie. Read more ›› |
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Aborted - Vault Of Horrors
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I get by with a little help from my friends. Read more ›› |
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Horndal - Head Hammer Man
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Horndal, the metal historians dedicated to chronicling the story of the hometown from which they took their name, cover another chapter in the small town’s history, and once more set it to a backdrop of top-tier sludge. Read more ›› |
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Critical Defiance - The Search Won't Fall
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The Search Won't Fall, for critically defiant thrash, anyway. Read more ›› |
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Watchman - Cursed
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How does life continue after the end of all flesh? Read more ›› |
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Doodseskader - Year Two
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Of all the things to be merged with post-metal, I never expected... industrial hip-hop? Read more ›› |
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Dead Head - Shadow Soul
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A marriage of bludgeoning death metal and blistering thrash metal at its finest. Read more ›› |
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Svdestada - Candela
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Released in the middle of the northern hemisphere’s winter, Svdestada’s third album is a potent mix of genres that will set fire to your soul. Read more ›› |
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Counting Hours - The Wishing Tomb
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Don't count the hours, enter The Wishing Tomb now and become an emotional wreck. Read more ›› |
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Brodequin - Harbinger Of Woe
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O Zorn! - Vermillion Haze
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“O Zorn!”—a cry of lamentation in the face of catastrophe, uttered by the rabbits of Richard Adams’ classic adventure novel Watership Down. From this, the US sludge band O Zorn! derive their name, and, fitting to the exclamation's meaning, their music mirrors these emotions of desperation. Read more ›› |
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Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
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In sound, it appears fairly streamlined and straightforward. It’s only when one begins peeling back the layers of the onion on paper that the true majesty reveals itself. Read more ›› |