Posted on May 30, 2013 |
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Helsinki four-piece Masteroid were formed in 2008 and have so far released one split EP and one album of what they call ‘stoner and doom metal’ (I’ll come back to that). In 2011 they took the brave, but now rather modish decision to stop singing in...
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Posted on May 13, 2013 |
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USBM (United States Black Metal) has been growing in prominence and skill ever since the turn of the millennium when cult act Weakling released their sole opus “Dead as Dreams” on an unsuspecting public. The unfathomable darkness and anger captured on that recording set the...
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Posted on May 9, 2013 |
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Ash Borer has been on my radar since 2011 though I can’t quite recall its origin. Regardless of how they made an imprint, the dark, cold and isolate vibe Arcata, California’s Ash Borer gave, has followed me ever since and I was stoked to hear...
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Posted on April 17, 2013 |
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The first time I came across Rotting Christ was on a live compilation that I picked up on one of my first visits to Camden many years ago. Sandwiched between cuts from Sentenced and Crematory on Century Media’s “Out Of The Dark” compilation sat ‘The...
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Posted on April 14, 2013 |
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Given that it’s only been recently that the British black metal scene has properly got its act together after years of creative stagnation and indifference, it’s unsurprising that it’s taken Scottish quartet Cnoc An Tursa this long to release their debut album after forming in...
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Posted on April 11, 2013 |
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Throne are an Italian metal band about whom I know very little. In fact, I know next to nothing about the Italian metal scene, and without any biog and very little internet presence we’re going to have to wing this one guys! They are described...
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Posted on April 9, 2013 |
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I have never been a big fan of black metal. The extremely shrieky vocals, extra highly distorted guitars, and terrible recording/production quality by the genre’s original bands was always a huge turn off. I appreciate bands like Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer, and Celtic Frost. I understand...
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Posted on April 1, 2013 |
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Mexican death metallers Zombiefication, a duo comprising of Mr Hitchcock on vocals and Mr Jacko on bass (ably assisted by Messrs. Kim & Brain on guitar and Mr Hammer on drums) offered up this EP as a precursor to their “At The Caves Of Eternal”...
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Posted on March 28, 2013 |
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Norway’s Kvelertak created quite a storm when they released their debut back in 2010, and not just sonically. They were feted by the press for their refreshing and startling combination of black metal and punk elements. And they were slated by those genres purists for...
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Posted on March 18, 2013 |
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Century Media is unveils Fintroll‘s newest offering. “Blodsvept” is a rollicking romp through the landscape of music. It’s hard to put it into just one category as each song combines so many dazzling elements. “Blodsvept” is a fun album to listen to. If you have...
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Posted on March 16, 2013 |
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It’s kinda difficult to justify a reissue of a record that’s barely even ten years old yet…..hold up….”Desert Northern Hell” is nearly ten years old? Damnnnnnnn. Time flies when you’re having fun? In that case, come at us Tsjuder, we’re ready for you and that...
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Posted on March 14, 2013 |
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For those of you unacquainted with ancient Tibetan funerary practices, a sky burial is the process of flaying, dismembering and butchering a corpse on a mountaintop plateau before grinding the bones up, possibly burning some incense along the way. This gory tableau is then devoured...
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Posted on March 11, 2013 |
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Winnipeg, Manitoba’s duo of Brett Goodchild (all instruments) and Jordan Dorge (vocals) play your straightforward, atmospheric black metal, something I didn’t realize the central provinces had in them, living closer to the Quebec metal scene. There’s nothing better than a discovery that buries roots beneath...
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Posted on March 11, 2013 |
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Hungarian band Kolp is yet another solo metal project, this time from Knot, who provides the music. He enlists the help of good friend Jim Jones (no not that Jim Jones) for lyrics vocals and the result is a mix of black metal, sludge, doom...
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Posted on March 6, 2013 |
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Let me squash your curiosity right here by saying this; I know nothing more than any other reviewer out there. I wish I could say that Nine Covens and I kicked it back this one time when they were over from the United Kingdom, played...
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Posted on March 2, 2013 |
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With his spiky, bleached-blonde barnet, ever-present leather jacket and Flying V, Joel Grind resembles the archetypal old-school metal warrior. Either that or a bad guy from Robocop. As frontman for nuclear war obsessed thrashers Toxic Holocaust for the past few years, Grind’s creativity has been...
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Posted on March 1, 2013 |
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Clowns and metal have gone hand in hand for years now and from Shawn “Clown” Crahan of Slipknot fame to some styles of black metal face paint, these freaks with a smile have been slowly creeping into the metal scene a lot lately. Avatar is such...
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Posted on February 24, 2013 |
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Within the rather restricted sub genre that is black/thrash metal, it’s hard to stand out from the ravenous, Satan-praising hordes, but an eye-catching name won’t do you any harm and that’s undoubtedly something that LA’s Lightning Swords of Death are in possession of. Of course,...
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Posted on February 20, 2013 |
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What happens when you combine geekery, the great north of the United States and a love of extreme metal music, you get Frosthelm. Self proclaimed lovers of all things MMORPGs and cheese, the Minot natives let loose their EP “The Northwinds Rend Flesh”. I wasn’t...
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Posted on February 20, 2013 |
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Right, music elite, especially the black metal elite should fuck off for the time being, because it’s time for a new Darkthrone record. Darkthrone’s latest opus is titled “The Underground Resistance” and is bound for release on the 25th of February through Peacevile Records. I...
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