Review: Xasthur – Portal of Sorrow
“Portal of Sorrow” has been released as an alternate swansong for XASTHUR and although I believe the full-length predecessor...
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Review: Fornost Arnor – Escaping the Abyss
“Escaping the Abyss” is the debut release from UK band FORNOST ARNOR, it is also the first release for new label Witch King...
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Have a Nice Life – The Icon and the Axe
It has been a few years since the release of Deathconsciousness, an album that sprung from obscurity and earned Have a Nice Life much...
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Watain – Reaping Death
Big hooks, gang vocals, death metal solos. Written as a single ahead of the June 2010 LP Lawless Darkness. A release accompanied with as...
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Hypothermia – Skogens Hjarta
Opening with stark/sparse post-rock melancholia, accented by jarring ugly guitar stabs, these first minutes set the tone for a 69 minute...
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Distrocer – Filhos da Guerra
Distrocer‘s early material (Infernal Offense, 2006) is raw and, partly for that reason, underwhelming. It does not leave a massive...
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GBH – Kids Get Down
More ’56 than ’82. GBH have had a steady career since City Baby and while 30+ years will take the edge off, their sound and...
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Em Ruinas – Son of Hell
Lead guitarist and vocalist Igor Lopes has a killer SA Metal record collection, and it actually translates to a sound that incorporates the...
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Odisseia – She is Sacred and Sinner
Odisseia have not been massively active since their inception in 2001. The first studio recordings come from 05, and this demo remains the...
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Review: Highgate – Highgate
The first thing that strikes about HIGHGATE is the similarity to bands such as KHANATE, OTESANEK, NEGATIVE REACTION, STUMM, WRECK OF THE...
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