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Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma
26.02.2012 | Avant-Garde Black Metal

Bouncy, catchy, spooky, sinister, campy black metal.

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Mr. Doctor, Fat & Sassy!, wormdrink414, Troy Killjoy, Introspekrieg, R'Vannith, Darkside Momo
Lurk - Lurk
15.02.2012 | Doom/Sludge/Death/Black

*Curls into fetal position and rocks back and forth*
*Checks closet*
*Turns on night light*
*Pulls blanket over head*

"It was just a bad dream..."

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Marcel Hubregtse, wormdrink414, !J.O.O.E.!, Mr. Doctor, Daniell, Lyrinan, BitterCOld, White Winter Sun
Goatwhore - Blood For The Master
08.02.2012 | Black/Death/Thrash

Goatwhore have finally seemed to find their niche. Furiously awesome...thrash?...Death n roll?...Black n roll? Who the hell knows. This is just simply awesome.

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Mr. Doctor, Ag Fox, Troy Killjoy, wormdrink414, BudDa, Darkside Momo

Awesome grind built on great, bouncing riffs, a few melodic leads here and there, some catchy chanting...and...banjo & trumpet?

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wormdrink414, Mr. Doctor
Everything Went Black - Cycles Of Light
18.01.2012 | Hardcore

Gritty hardcore with a slightly atmospheric edge that borders on black metal riffing from time to time.

Raw, pounding, and almost purely visceral. A great way to start off 2012.

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Mr. Doctor
The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre
09.01.2012 | Psychedelic Rock

Take too many drugs and listen to The Devil's Blood.

A great adventurous, yet easily digestible piece of 70's style psychedelic rock, amp'd up for a modern age.

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Ag Fox, Darkside Momo, DerRozzengarten, Dane Train, Mr. Doctor, Marcel Hubregtse
The Fallen Divine - The Binding Cycle
28.11.2011 | Epic Progressive MeloBlack

Ok folks, shit just got real.

If Santa only brings your sorry ass one thing this year, pray it's The Fallen Divine's The Binding Cycle. It's a ferocious, yet melodic album that is appealing on so many levels.

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Troy Killjoy
Uigg - Of Moose And Men
17.11.2011 | Thrash

Living proof of how production can suck and yet still the album can rule. Great modern groove-thrash, highly recommended for fans of Rumpelstiltskin Grinder.

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Enthring - The Grim Tales Of The Elder
07.11.2011 | Folk Metal With Balls

Enjoy stuff like Equilibrium & Ensiferum, but want a little more aggression? Enthring might just be what you need...

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White Winter Sun
Smohalla - Resilience
31.10.2011 | Avant-Garde? Post black? Something, something....

Being pleasant and happy is totally lame. Here's something completely miserable & haunting to help you be one of the cool kids.

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DerRozzengarten, !J.O.O.E.!, Ag Fox, Troy Killjoy, Mr. Doctor, Darkside Momo
Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination
13.10.2011 | Thrash-Black-Death

Alright kiddies, go throw out your copies of Breathing The Fire. You won't need them anymore.

This renders 90% of the other thrash albums released this year unnecessary.

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wormdrink414, Daniell, Mr. Doctor
Assjack - Assjack
16.09.2011 | Hellbilly Hardcore

Hereby celebrating the 1 year, 1 month, and 12 day anniversary of possibly one of the most entertainingly obnoxious listens of all time. Despite being a pretty ancient album, it still sounds as furious as it did way back in 2009.

Here's to praying for part II from Hank III.
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Fat & Sassy!, wormdrink414, BitterCOld

At first I was all like "Meh."
Then I was like "Hmm..."
Now I'm all "Whoa."

Not sure why it took me a few months to revisit this. I'm glad I did though, Book Of Black Earth create massive, rowdy sounding death metal with nothing but their guitars. No need to drag any keyboard player away from his Gossip Girl marathon.
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Sacred Ally - Reality Hammer
22.08.2011 | Thrash/Prog

Here's something that doesn't suck for you; a nice little prog-thrash hybrid cram-packed with awesome riffs. Don't like prog? Neither do I. Somehow, this just works, though.

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MoraWintersoul, Mr. Doctor
Hail!Hornet - Disperse The Curse
09.08.2011 | Sludge

Life getting a bit pretentious for you? Eat a bag of pine cones and crank up Disperse The Curse.

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BloodTears