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Symphony X - Iconoclast
The Symphony X's hardest side is fucking great!! |
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2.
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Iced Earth - Dystopia
Stu Block fits really well with Iced Earth's music. The beginning of a great era. |
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3.
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Vektor - Outer Isolation
A great thrash album, a masterpiece of this era. |
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Megadeth - Th1rt3en
Better album than Endgame and a good Megadeth album. |
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5.
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Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder
Warbringer is doing the things right with this album. |
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6.
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Deicide - To Hell With God
More blasphemy made in Deicide |
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7.
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Mastodon - The Hunter
An evolution of the Crack The Skye sound. Sounds really good. |
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8.
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Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events
The comeback to their roots couldn't be better. |
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9.
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Evile - Five Serpent's Teeth
A mix of old school thrash sounds very actual. |
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10.
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U.D.O. - Rev Raptor
Accept' last album is good, but Udo' last album is really good. |
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11.
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Vader - Welcome To The Morbid Reich
Great straight death metal. |
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12.
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Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
A good melodeath album, more melodic than Twilight of The Thunder God. |
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13.
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Saxon - Call To Arms
Old NWOBHM band making a great metal album. |
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14.
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Rhapsody Of Fire - From Chaos To Eternity
The last album with Luca Turilli is a example of the Rhapsody of Fire's greatness. |
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15.
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Iron Savior - The Landing
One of the best Iron Savior albums in their discography. |
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16.
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Anvil - Juggernaut Of Justice
Since 13 Anvil is making such a good albums, and this is the best by now. |
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17.
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Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
The Best Album of WITTR, mixing atmospheric sounds with black metal. |
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18.
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Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
Devin Townsend is a fucking genious, and this is one of the most brutal albums in his discography |
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19.
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Destruction - Day Of Reckoning
Fantastic teutonic thrash album from one of the big four of teutonic thrash metal bands. |
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20.
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Haken - Visions
One great album. One example of good progressive. |
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21.
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Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings
I can say that this is the best album of funeral doom that I've heard in my life |
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22.
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Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two
Good progresive album. |
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23.
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While Heaven Wept - Fear Of Infinity
Epic doom metal like Candlemass. |
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24.
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Alestorm - Back Through Time
The Best album of Alestorm in my opinion. |
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25.
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Suidakra - Book Of Dowth
A good album but not their best. |
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26.
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Burzum - Fallen
Burzum's last is a great black metal album. |
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27.
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Cruachan - Blood On The Black Robe
The black metal influences are more present in this album, like the first album of Cruachan. |
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28.
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Soziedad Alkoholika - Cadenas De Odio
Mala Sangres's continuation with more hardcore influence. |
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29.
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Iron Mask - Black As Death
Excellent power metal album. |
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30.
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Revocation - Chaos Of Forms
A great deathrash album. |
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31.
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Decapitated - Carnival Is Forever
Great tech death album. |
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32.
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Scale The Summit - The Collective
One of the surprises of this year. Stunning prog album |
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33.
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
Great mix of symphonic elements and raw tech death. |
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34.
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Stormwarrior - Heathen Warrior
Straight and strong power metal. |
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35.
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Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us
The first album thah I've heard of them is really good. |
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36.
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Obscura - Omnivium
Technical Death that sounds really good. |
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37.
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Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination
Thrash/black album when the black metal is more present. |
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38.
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Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification
Two albums in one year, this is really really good. |
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39.
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Origin - Entity
Techincal death, with epic blast beats. |
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40.
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Myrath - Tales Of The Sands
Progressive metal from Tunisia. The mix of sounds is epic. |
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41.
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Cormorant - Dwellings
Really curious sound, mix of folk, black and progressive. |
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42.
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Korpiklaani - Ukon Wacka
Another Korpiklaani's album, not really great but very good. |
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43.
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Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance
The second best funeral doom album of this year |
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44.
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Disma - Towards The Megalith
Good death metal album, I think that they're great good |
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45.
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Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions
A catchy album, really melodic but brutal. |
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46.
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Anthrax - Worship Music
Belladona's return could be better, this is a good album. |
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47.
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Wolf - Legions Of Bastards
Classic heavy made by modern bands is great, and Wolf is a good example of "doing the things right" |
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48.
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Belphegor - Blood Magick Necromance
The line of black/death is solid with this band. |
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49.
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Blotted Science - The Animation Of Entomology
I am waitin for a LP, this EP is very solid. |
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50.
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Septicflesh - The Great Mass
Great mix of symphonic elements and death metal. |
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51.
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Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire
Good album of Stu's band. |
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52.
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Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s)
Good black metal album. |
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53.
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DoomSword - The Eternal Battle
Classic doom metal. The improvement of this band is good. |
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54.
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Krisiun - The Great Execution
One of the best death albums of the year. |
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55.
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Týr - The Lay Of Thrym
Tyr is a great band, but I think that this album could be better, although is a really good album. |
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56.
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The Gates Of Slumber - The Wretch
True classic doom metal with a good sound. |
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57.
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Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
A great back of the classic death metal band. |
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58.
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Vomitory - Opus Mortis VIII
More good brutal death from Vomitory. |
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59.
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Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
One of the Pagan's Mind's best albums by now. |
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60.
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Taake - Noregs Vaapen
Good black metal stuff |
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61.
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Derek Sherinian - Oceana
Another prove of Derek's talent. |
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62.
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Devin Townsend - Ghost
Ambient relaxing music showing Devin Townsend's other side. |
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63.
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Aria - Феникс/Phoenix
Comparing with the previous album this is only a good album. |
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64.
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Toxic Holocaust - Conjure And Command
Great thrash metal album. |
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65.
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Opeth - Heritage
The lack of growls don't grow on me, but it's a good album with a curious sound. |
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66.
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Andromeda - Manifest Tyranny
The change of sound is strange but solid |
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67.
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Havok - Time Is Up
Better album than Burn in my opinion. |
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68.
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Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument
The mix of psychodelic and black metal is epic. |
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69.
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Cynic - Carbon-Based Anatomy
Ambient death album. I would like it a bit more if it looked like Focus instead of Traced In Air |
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70.
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Anaal Nathrakh - Passion
Another brutal album made by Anaal Nathrakh |
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71.
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Forgotten Tomb - Under Saturn Retrograde
Good DSBM album, dark and raw. |
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72.
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Folkearth - Sons Of The North
Folkearth needs more stability in my opinion, this album is really better than Viking's Anthem |
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73.
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Animals As Leaders - Weightless
Tosin Abase is a great guitarist, but I would like to hear more feeling and less technic. |
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74.
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Nightwish - Imaginaerum
Not a bad album, it has great moments but the last part is a bit boring |
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75.
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Insomnium - One For Sorrow
A great melodeath album in my opinion. |
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76.
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Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I
Waiting for the next part, this one is a good beginning |
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77.
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Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand
One good album of the irish band |
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78.
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Norther - Circle Regenerated
Not a bad melodeath album, but their discography has better albums. |
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79.
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Hate Eternal - Phoenix Amongst The Ashes
A good brutal death album. |
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80.
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Edguy - Age Of The Joker
Since Rocket Ride is the best album by now, but it could be better |
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81.
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White Wizzard - Flying Tigers
More traditional heavy metal. They must improve because its sound is good. |
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82.
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Textures - Dualism
Progressive Death with a good sound. |
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83.
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Pegazus - In Metal We Trust
If you don't know them this is their best album by now. |
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84.
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Children Of Bodom - Relentless Reckless Forever
After Blooddrunk this album comes back the sound of the classic CoD. |
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85.
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Shining - VII - Född Förlorare
Depressive black metal with melancholic sound. |
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86.
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Machine Head - Unto The Locust
A good Machine Head album, not better than The Blackening but really good. |
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87.
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Falkenbach - Tiurida
Good viking metal album, but I think that is their worst album. |
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88.
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Kromlek - Finis Terræ
Not a bad folk metal album, I think that they must improve. |
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89.
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Blood Stain Child - εpsilon
Trance with melodic death couldn't sound so good like this album. The bond is really solid. |
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90.
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Amebix - Sonic Mass
I don't like much the Amebix's new sound, I prefer the crust punk of their previous ones, but this album isn't really bad. |
