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

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

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Endorsed by: Troy Killjoy

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

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Endorsed by: X-Ray Rod

Just listen to it.

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Endorsed by: R'Vannith, Fat & Sassy!, BloodTears, X-Ray Rod, Ivor

Can't stop coming back to this album.

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Endorsed by: X-Ray Rod, Troy Killjoy, Darkside Momo

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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Endorsed by: X-Ray Rod, BitterCOld

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

The Video

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Endorsed by: Introspekrieg, jupitreas, wormdrink414, Doc G., X-Ray Rod

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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Endorsed by: !J.O.O.E.!, X-Ray Rod, R'Vannith, BloodTears

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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Endorsed by: Susan, !J.O.O.E.!, X-Ray Rod, Promonex

"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.

Check it out!

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Endorsed by: !J.O.O.E.!, Marcel Hubregtse, X-Ray Rod, 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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Endorsed by: Milena

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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Endorsed by: Nefarious, BitterCOld, Susan, R'Vannith

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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Endorsed by: Susan, Daniell, !J.O.O.E.!, Nefarious, Darkside Momo, Introspekrieg, R'Vannith, BloodTears, X-Ray Rod

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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Endorsed by: Susan, BudDa

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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Endorsed by: Ag Fox, Introspekrieg, !J.O.O.E.!, X-Ray Rod, Promonex