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Laceration – Remnants
While there’s much debate over whether or not Death actually invented the death metal genre, their impact and influence on countless bands is undeniable....
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Astrophobos – Enthroned In Flesh
It has been 2 years since Sweden’s Astrophobos unleashed their Lovecraft-influenced black metal masterpiece, Remnants of Forgotten Horrors, an album that I thoroughly enjoyed....
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Satan’s Wrath – Galloping Blasphemy
Revisiting the roots has become somewhat a trend in the world of heavy metal these days. Many bands nowadays choose to forsake the modern...
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My Dying Bride – A Map Of All Our Failures
The year of 2012 is most definitely a good year for doom. After Paradise Lost’s Tragic Idol, and Candlemass' (allegedly) final release Psalms for...
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Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell – Don’t Hear It…Fear It!
In half a century the mainstream rock music has evolved into many shapes and sounds, from progressive, into hard, into heavy and black, and...
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Anhedonist – Netherwards
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know the first thing about doom metal. The only time I even come in contact...
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Revel in Flesh – Deathevokation
It is my belief that the Boss HM-2 pedal was one of the single greatest innovations in death metal. That pedal helped to create what...
Interviews
Interview with Martin van Drunen (Asphyx, Hail Of Bullets)
"It's a very special album for us, not because we think it's very good, but because of all these small little coincidences that are there. "
Must-read
The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
Scott Ian Lewis on the dangerous state of live music, comics, and Necromanteum
“The songs you love, but not played well” – An Interview with Devin Townsend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPb_jsnY2I
Get Ready for Wacken 2023
Get ready to unleash your metal power because Wacken Open Air is back with a bang for its 2023 edition! Mark your calendars for...