Extreme metal, whatever that means at this moment!, is pretty well saturated across virtually all its subgenres. That makes it hard objectively to evaluate new artists: the leading lights of a particular sound are rapidly salient; thereafter as a reviewer it is difficult to separate...

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Thunderous post-instrumental outfit Pelican have announced the long awaited follow-up to their sprawling 2009 full length “What We All Come To Need,” a new four song EP “Ataraxia/Taraxis” to be released on Southern Lord on April 9. With members now residing in separate cities, the...

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Taking grooves and turning them into living, driving, and compulsive entities is the trademark of Brooklyn metallers Goes Cube. They did it with previous album “Another Day Has Passed” and have continued the pattern on new album “In Tides And Drift” released via The End...

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Colossal and imposing, two words that only give a hint at the powerful and dramatic wall of sound on “Path Of Totality”, the second album on Relapse Records from Brooklyn band Tombs. Consisting of twelve sonically crushing metal tracks drawing on numerous varied genre sounds...

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TOMBS are streaming their brand new album "Path Of Totality", follow-up album to the acclaimed "Winter Hours", as an exclusive first listen at NPR.org

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TOMBS has posted the title track from their forthcoming album Path Of Totality online now at MetalSucks.net.

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TOMBS has posted the first preview track, “Vermillion“, from their forthcoming album Path Of Totality online now via the band’s Facebook and MySpace pages

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TOMBS has completed work on their brand new album, Path Of Totality. Path Of Totality, the follow-up to their acclaimed Winter Hours release.

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