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Describing themselves as "sci-fi metal", this Norwegian duo release their third album Outbound with the help of funding from fans! Cheesy, spacey power metal; great stuff!
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Baz Anderson R'Vannith |
Has some hiccups, but it'll still metal fist you stupid.
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wormdrink414 Unknown user, X-Ray Rod |
Progressive metal that has some extreme elements in it, but not so much of it to really justify calling them "Extreme progressive metal".
This is definitely rivaling Lascaille's Shroud for my prog AOTY right now.
Features drummer Dobber Beverly (ex-Insect Warfare, Ingurgitate), and some other current members of Ingurgitate.
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psykometal |
The sophomore release from this two piece Colorado outfit. Of The Flock is chalk full of groovy, hard-hitting sludge, at some points darkly melodic and atmospheric in its delivery, helping to give the band a higher dimension of personality that certainly makes them more intriguing than many of their contemporaries.
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Auntie Sahar wormdrink414, Abattoir |
With their debut "Moments From Ephemeral City" in 2011, I wasn't sure if it was a one-off fluke or indicator of future greatness. Now that "The Tide, The Thief & River's End" is finally here, I am extremely happy to find that they have improved in every aspect and put out another solid album. For fans of Karnivool, Fair To Midland, Lunatic Soul, Haken, Opeth, Tool, and Leprous.
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Introspekrieg R'Vannith, BloodTears, Nefarious, Ivor |
Bölzer got some serious bällz. Managing to be nostalgically old-school and uncompromisingly modern all at the same time, and all achieved in 3 glorious songs.
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Unknown user X-Ray Rod, Auntie Sahar, Nefarious, wormdrink414, Marcel Hubregtse, Daniell, BloodTears |
If you read my review of their previous album, you know I love them. If you didn't and you don't know the band, stop being uncool and go listen to it. Classic heavy/doom metal doesn't get better than this.
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Daniell Marcel Hubregtse, Unknown user, R'Vannith, BloodTears, wormdrink414 |
Oh look, here's me recommending a Blut Aus Nord record. Pretty sure that's never happened before. If you like Blut Aus Nord, or any music, at its most primitive and twisted then I imagine this will make the blood rush to your lower-middle areas.
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Unknown user Auntie Sahar, X-Ray Rod, Daniell, Introspekrieg |
The seventh volume in a saga of quality extreme metal from Singapore. Cloaked in a layer of obvious Asian musical influences sure to interest fans of bands like Nile and Melechesh.
Check out a track here.
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Auntie Sahar Unknown user, X-Ray Rod, Marcel Hubregtse |
If you like your prog to be ambitious, diverse, theatrical & technically proficient, then you are gonna love what these Israelis have in store for you!
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Nefarious Ivor, R'Vannith, Dane Train |
Bit of a mouthful that style description. Don't let it put you off though, Castevet's sound has always been a bitch to accurately describe but one thing's for sure: this is a top quality record. If their début wasn't already brilliant enough (which it was), Obsidian pushes the envelope even further and expands on their scorched-Earthen sound with a flawlessly organic progressive edge, with influences from Virus and Enslaved, if their sound is anything to go by.
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Unknown user X-Ray Rod, Nefarious, BloodTears, R'Vannith, Troy Killjoy |
Yeah it sometimes drags and can be a drag, but when everything comes together on this, you'll get lost in it. 77 minutes... of some okayness and some epicness.
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wormdrink414 Unknown user, Marcel Hubregtse, Abattoir, X-Ray Rod, BitterCOld |
Sorry Dream Theater, Fates Warning make us wait for their albums much longer, but release much better music.
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Daniell BloodTears, Dane Train, Introspekrieg, Yaniv |
Long gone are the Arcturus copycat days, now Vulture Industries just released their most personal album to date. Soaring, theatrical, twisted, deeply emotional, awesome.
Try here or there!
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Darkside Momo psykometal, Ivor, R'Vannith, Auntie Sahar, BloodTears |