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Durbin - Screaming Steel
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Our pal Rod already had to carry out his obligation to tautology by applying himself to the latest release from The Rods, so now it’s my turn to take on Screaming Steel. I’d just like to point out that I had the idea for the name 14 years before James Durbin did. Read more ›› |
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Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey
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Ten studio albums, and Necrophobic keep churning out high-quality, melodic, black/death metal like there’s no tomorrow. A reliably great band still at the top of their game. “Can you hear the songs sung from the deep?” Read more ›› |
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Weston Super Maim - See You Tomorrow Baby
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What was that hit movie called again, Everything Everywhere All At Once? There’s a certain strain of math-oriented metal, characterized by the likes of Car Bomb and Frontierer, that feels like the musical realization of that title, and Weston Super Maim follow firmly in those artists’ footsteps. Read more ›› |
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Mastiff - Deprecipice
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‘Short but sweet’ isn’t really applicable to Deprecipice, as there’s little sweet about it, but this is a brief and belligerent rampage of hardcore-infused sludge. Read more ›› |
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Cataclasite - Heavy Lies The Weight Of The World Upon Us
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‘What’s the most obscure band you’ve ever heard?’ is a hard question to answer; anyone who’s been friends with musicians when growing up is doubtless going to have heard plenty of failed bedroom projects that reached the ears of at most 10 people. ‘What’s the most obscure band you’ve heard that’s worth recommending’ is arguably a more intriguing conundrum, and Cataclasite may well be a contender for my answer. Read more ›› |
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LVME - Of Sinful Nature
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LVME are shrouded in mystery and shrouded in sin, and their sinister dissonant black metal casts a shroud of darkness upon anyone brave enough to listen to it. Read more ›› |
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Darkspace - Dark Space -II
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One plus one makes two. One plus one... Can it make one? Darkspace strips down its formula; the negatives add up, and yet the cosmos remains as cold and unforgiving as ever. Read more ›› |
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Ecclesia - Ecclesia Militans
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Who would have thought that the Ecclesia Militans would make witch-hunting sound such great fun. Read more ›› |
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DragonForce - Warp Speed Warriors
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The Warp Speed Warriors of DragonForce bring all of their warped silliness and high-octane speed to the party in this latest instalment. Read more ›› |
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Morta Skuld - Creation Undone
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Sorta skulled. Read more ›› |
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Exhorder - Defectum Omnium
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Exhausted. Read more ›› |
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Skeletal Remains - Fragments Of The Ageless
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One of Betty White's limbs. Read more ›› |
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Molten - Malicide
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Molten metal may scorch, but is not nearly as hot as the riffs on Molten's latest death/thrash installment. Read more ›› |
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Saevus Finis - Facilis Descensus Averno
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So, you want dissonant and disturbing death metal with ritualistic/cosmic horror undertones, but you are so tired of bands overusing lo-fi, echoing and cavernous production? Saevus Finis have got you covered; they may sound hellishly twisted, but they put out their message loud and clear. Read more ›› |
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Early Moods - A Sinner's Past
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If you're someone that wakes up in foul Moods Early in the morning, then Early Moods have something here that'll lighten up the rest of your day in joyous headbanging fashion. Read more ›› |