Posted on April 16, 2013 |
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Featuring an assortment of Norwegian musicians and the odd guest appearance from some underground household names, Okular could not truly be labelled a supergroup, but their collective approach to composition and recording eschews the traditional method, with all composition and lyrics by Andreas Aubert while...
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Posted on March 17, 2013 |
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In no way do I consider myself an expert on death metal. I was always more of a clean singing guy. The big four were about as heavy as I got. One day, I watched the video for Death’s “Lack of Comprehension”. It had a...
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Posted on December 20, 2012 |
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Following on from their re-issues of Human, The Sound Of Perseverance and Individual Thought Patterns, those cheeky folks at Relapse have blessed us with a long awaited remaster of the legendary Spiritual Healing album. A totally new remaster with extensive liner notes and a whole...
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Posted on October 20, 2012 |
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Probably the most appealing thing about Yorkshire gloom merchants My Dying Bride – apart from their monolithically heavy doom metal sound – is the fact that they are so resolutely anti-commercial in their outlook. It’s been a constant throughout their career and is an admirable...
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Posted on September 18, 2012 |
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Due to an overwhelming demand from metal fans worldwide, Grammy-nominated and Juno award-winning Banger Films is setting out to raise funds to make what has become known as “The Lost Episode” a reality. Metal Evolution: Extreme Metal “The Lost Episode” covers co-director Sam Dunn‘s favorite...
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Posted on July 20, 2012 |
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Following 23 shows and 19 flights throughout Europe, pioneering Florida death metal merchants Obituary are pleased to unveil the official routing of their first North American headlining tour in over three years! Brought to you by Rock The Nation and sponsored by Fender, the Carnival...
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Posted on July 19, 2012 |
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Taking their cue from early Death and Carcass, Italian death metal crew Beyond the Gates follow up their “Soul Crisis” mini-album with this full-length effort that showcases a more technical progression to their music. But is that really a good thing? Whilst technical death metal...
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Posted on July 9, 2012 |
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Urrrgh, the live album. Something that I never got on with, and is the endless source of debate between one of my best friends after a couple of beers and getting belligerent due to the many years that we’ve both been into heavy metal (and...
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Posted on June 19, 2012 |
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Album re-issue’s are kind of hard to review as I’m not totally clear who the audience for the review would be. Generally, the album in question is either a classic or one saw limited distribution and enough demand has built up for the band or...
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Posted on April 15, 2012 |
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Vorkreist are yet another extreme metal band from France, in this case a black metal band with death metal overtones. I have to say, over the years there has been some significantly talented bands coming out of the country. Whatever they are putting in the...
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Posted on April 7, 2012 |
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Spacey synthesizers. Bad 80’s sci-fi. That’s how this album starts out. It puts you in the mood of mid-70’s prog-rock. “Death” is the stuff of lava lamps and black light. Some of the highlights of Ram’s new offering are ‘Comes From the Mouth Beyond’. When...
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Posted on April 7, 2012 |
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What can you say about Death? One of the most important bands in the history of death metal, Chuck Schuldiner and his various lineups continue to exercise a profound influence throughout not only every subgenre of death metal proper but beyond into other forms of...
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Posted on February 27, 2012 |
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In the eighties Los Angeles was the epicentre of the dreadful glam rock/hair metal movement, with Poison, Cinderella and Dokken being some of its worst abominations. Nowadays, it’s the home of one the finest outfits in death metal today, namely Abysmal Dawn. With two critically...
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Posted on February 18, 2012 |
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Denver thrashers Havok continue their metal assault today confirming May 22 as the North American release date of their new EP titled “The Point Of No Return.” Recorded by the band with final touches coming via James Murphy (Death, Testament), the EP will contain two...
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Posted on January 28, 2012 |
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Nowadays, Richard Christy is mostly known for being one of the hosts on the Howard Stern show, but there was a time when he bashed the skins for Death, Control Denied and Iced Earth. He does like to keep his drumming chops in shape with...
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Posted on January 17, 2012 |
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Ever shrouded in mystery, ThisIsNotAScene had a surprisingly civilised chat with an elusive member of Dragged into Sunlight before their set at Damnation Festival; chatting about the creation of the aurally destroying album, the reasons for the secrecy and upsetting old women in America’s bible...
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Posted on December 8, 2011 |
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Three death metal legends have joined the reconstituted Ephel Duath. Vocalist Karyn Crisis and Sadus bassist Steve DiGiorgio (who also has worked with Death and Testament, among many others) have joined the Italian band’s only surviving founder member, guitarist Davide Tiso. Former Necrophagist and Kreator...
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Posted on November 20, 2011 |
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New Jersey’s hard hitting Funebrarum has been serving old school death metal done right since 1999. Featuring veterans of legendary acts such as Evoken, Disma, and Assück (just to name a few), failure was never an option for this DM war machine. A solid debut...
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Posted on August 28, 2011 |
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UK progressive metal outfit BETRAEUS are set to release their fantastic debut EP on Siege Of Amida this November.
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Posted on May 14, 2011 |
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DEATH’s legendary fourth album Human will mark its 20th anniversary with an official re-issue on June 27th internationally via Relapse Records.
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