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Wolfheart - Winterborn
13.10.2013 | Tuomas Saukkonen

It's Tuomas Saukkonen...you know what to do...

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Gorguts - Colored Sands
02.10.2013 | Gorguts

Definitely my favorite of the decade+ long comeback album craze that has been happening lately.

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Troy Killjoy
Feto In Fetus - Condemned To The Torture
20.09.2013 | Deathgrind

Deathgrind you say? And from Poland? Hell yea, I'll check it out.

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Mr. Doctor
Dreadnought - Lifewoven
11.09.2013 | Folk-y Prog Rock/Metal with some BM aesthetics

Just listen to it.



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R'Vannith, Fat & Sassy!, BloodTears, Mr. Doctor, Ivor
Born Of Osiris - Tomorrow We Die ∆live
24.08.2013 | Progressive Deathcore

Can't stop coming back to this album.

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Mr. Doctor, Troy Killjoy, Darkside Momo
Seeds Of Iblis - Anti Quran Rituals
19.06.2013 | Anti-Islamic Black metal w/ Middle-eastern flourishes

These gals and guys are creating quite the buzz with their rather original take on anti-religious black metal. And for this reason they have to hide their identities from their own government in order to avoid being legally decapitated.



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Mr. Doctor, BitterCOld
Rob Zombie - Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
20.04.2013 | White Zombie 2013

White Zom...I mean...Rob Zombie is alive!



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Introspekrieg, jupitreas, wormdrink414, Doc Godin, Mr. Doctor
Eschatos - Hierophanies
07.04.2013 | Progressive black metal

These dudes (and chick) hail from Latvia and play a rather atmospheric variety of progressive black metal. They just barely started out in December 2012 and already they have recorded a video, released this beauty in late January, and started playing shows. That should give you an idea of the talent in this band and their music (not to mention the killer artwork).


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!J.O.O.E.!, Mr. Doctor, R'Vannith, BloodTears
Thrawsunblat - Thrawsunblat II: Wanderer On The Continent Of Saplings
31.03.2013 | Raw Black & Melodic Folk metal

Featuring all the surviving members of Woods Of Ypres, these North Americans (1 is Canadian, the other 2 are American) have recorded an outstanding blend of black and folk metals with a good bit of melody.

I never really listened to Woods Of Ypres but from comments I've seen here and there this album is more akin to their black metal era than their later work. Musically, it also reminds me of Panopticon's Kentucky but not quite as "country-ish" and better.



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Susan, !J.O.O.E.!, Mr. Doctor, Promonex
Necrocurse - Grip Of The Dead
13.03.2013 | Swedish fucking Death Metal

"With members from Nifelheim, Swordmaster, Runemagick, Sacramentum, etc and set in a traditional ancient Heavy Metal spirit, "Grip Of The Dead" is a convocation of ominous Deathchaos and Blackened Thrash destruction. Together with a slab of anthemic devil-horn theatrical antics, the end result is a perfect assimilation of the legitimate NECROCURSE sound-stamp!" - Pulverised Records

Yea, I know, more Swedish death metal, big whoop...BUT!...this is really fucking good Swedish death metal. Really catchy, that good old school-style production (if you dig that sort of thing) and kick ass leads and solos to boot.

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!J.O.O.E.!, Marcel Hubregtse, Mr. Doctor, wormdrink414

If you like your death metal progressive, long and epic then this is definitely the album for you.

If you're a fan of the book series "Revelation Space" by Alastair Reynolds then you should also check this out since it's based off his book series.

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Milena
Amiensus - Restoration
06.02.2013 | Progressive melodic black post-metal

Found this little gem while using the Bandcamp Discovery feature. Very solid and beautifully crafted American progressive melodic black metal with bits of post-metal strewn about as well.

Here is what the band has to say about the album:
"The result was something that had some rhythmical qualities and aesthetics coming from the black metal genre, but paired up with some contrasting melodic influences from genres such as progressive metal, post-rock, doom metal and even a bit of folk. We don't really know what to call it, we just try to call it metal."

I'd say that sums it up quite well.



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Nefarious, BitterCOld, Susan, R'Vannith
Quadrivium - Methocha
29.12.2012 | Avantgarde Black metal

I get the feeling these guys must have been rather upset by Arcturus' disbandment back in 2007 and then decided to take it upon themselves to fill that void left in the Avantgarde world. But not only did they fill the void, they improved upon what Arcturus had already done by doing what [probably] a lot of us Arcturus fans always hoped Arcturus would have done, they mixed all the best aspects of Aspera Hiems Symfonia and La Masquerade Infernale into one solid, super cohesive album.

In case you can't tell yet, this album is obviously heavily influenced by Arcturus but they still managed to add their own touches to it here and there as well so if you are a fan of Arcturus (especially of AHS and LMI) then you SHOULD get this album ASAP.

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Susan, Daniell, !J.O.O.E.!, Nefarious, Darkside Momo, Introspekrieg, R'Vannith, BloodTears, Mr. Doctor
Aeon - Aeons Black
22.12.2012 | Death Fucking Metal

I'm just gona plagiarize Susan on this one...

"Aeon's 4th full length is a brutal death metal assault with a heavy dose of groove. And you won't miss any of the complexity because of the remarkably clear production. In fact the production is so clear I feel like this band is in my living room.

Which is AWESOME."



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Susan, BudDa
The Algorithm - Polymorphic Code
28.11.2012 | Electronic Djent-step?

Can't really describe this any better than Rémi Gallego himself so I'll just quote him on this...

"Imagine a mash up of electronica driven breakdowns, djent-y guitars, gut wrenching dub-step wobs and glitchy melodies all working together to fluidly pummel your head into the future."

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Ag Fox, Introspekrieg, !J.O.O.E.!, Mr. Doctor, Promonex