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EXUL - Perpetual Catastrophe
Perpetual Catastrophe is the brand-new 4-tracker, plus intro, EP from Polish thrashers Exul. I had gladly spent words of...
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WHISKEY RITUAL - Still Scum
Making some ugly, dirty punk songs sound even uglier and dirtier than the original is pretty hard, I guess. But the Italian...
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South Of Heaven
Part VI Hello again after a not-so-short, unintentional break. The reason was simply the spitefulness of dead things and let's...
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APOSTATE - Elegy Of Phantom Pain
How about diving into an atmosphere of medieval magic and mystique? Elegy Of Phantom Pain by Apostate offers just that. After a...
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TRUE BLACK DAWN - Of Thick-Circling Shadows
Do you know the American heavy metal band Black Dawn, which released some "iconic masterpieces" in the late '90s and early 2000s?...
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SVARTSYN - Vortex Of The Destroyer
In the sprawling and ever expanding world of black metal, there's a lot of studio-only, one-person projects that get a lot of...
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Disrupted with Mikael Hanni (vocals)
Swedish deathers Disrupted are back on the stage with their third part of their "Death anthology". "Stinking Death" has turned...
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BLAZE OF PERDITION - Upharsin
Blaze Of Perdition has been circling my radar for quite some time. My first encounter was with The Hierophant, which served as a...
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LEVIFER - Southern Bestial Storms
This little offering of South American darkness is another one that I bought just to round out an order I placed with an online...
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Sacrifice with Rob Urbinati (vocals, guitars)
It took a long time for legendary Canadian thrash band Sacrifice to come up with a new album but finally "Volume Six" is out...
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CRYPTOSIS - Celestial Death
If the train is going in the wrong direction, every station is wrong. This saying is attributed to Otto von Bismarck, the founder...
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DESTRUCTION - Birth Of Malice
More or less exactly 20 years ago, I began to lose interest in Destruction. It made me sad and angry that the heroes of my almost...
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URN - Demon Steel
Misanthropic bitterness and total grimness are two of the usual ingredients when it comes to black metal. High speed and sharp...
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ONSLAUGHT KOMMAND - Malignancy
And to think I picked this one up just to pad out an order I was placing. Jeez Louise, this is some awesome stuff. I guess we...
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HOUWITSER - Sentinel Beast
Houwitser was formed in the late 90s by (former) Sinister personnel, and since then has seen so many members coming and going...
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