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Eidola - Eviscerate

First, they signed with Blue Swan Records and became part of the ‘Swancore’ math/post-hardcore subgenre, and now they’ve hopped aboard the Djent Express; Eidola clearly aren’t afraid of dabbling with divisive sounds.

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Posted: 18.06.2024by musclassia | Comments (0)

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Full Of Hell - Coagulated Bliss

It is commendable that Full Of Hell keeps reinventing itself by adding outside influences to their grindcore formula. Still, the new sounds have to make sense, and Coagulated Bliss shows a band losing touch with what made them great.

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Posted: 18.06.2024by X-Ray Rod | Comments (0)

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Fu Manchu - The Return Of Tomorrow

With The Return Of Tomorrow, Fu Manchu sound as if they're already a step ahead. So does this mean they know exactly what you want from this album?

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Posted: 18.06.2024by AndyMetalFreak | Comments (3)

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Fellwarden - Legend

Legend has it, The Watcher has returned with one of his most epically ambitious releases yet.

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Posted: 18.06.2024by AndyMetalFreak | Comments (0)

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Thanatotherion - Alienation Manifesto

Thanatotherion is the black metal project of one Shelby Lermo, known for his work in Vastum and Ulthar. Knowing this was enough to make me want to check it out so that's what I'm putting out there first.

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Posted: 16.06.2024by RaduP | Comments (2)

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Dysrhythmia - Coffin Of Conviction

You'll rarely find a more fitting band name.

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Posted: 16.06.2024by RaduP | Comments (3)

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Cloven Hoof - Heathen Cross

Yes, this is still Cloven Hoof, only they've developed a sudden urge of power after 45 years.

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Posted: 14.06.2024by AndyMetalFreak | Comments (7)

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Hippotraktor - Stasis

On debut album Meridian, Hippotraktor occasionally gave off the slight sense of being ‘Psychonaut but different’. Stasis accomplishes the goal of establishing this band as its own unique and flourishing entity.

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Posted: 14.06.2024by musclassia | Comments (1)

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Wormwood - The Star

The Star from Wormwood is one of the brightest to shine this year.

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Posted: 14.06.2024by AndyMetalFreak | Comments (0)

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Candy - It's Inside You

Candy find new electronic genres to inject into their hardcore mix.

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Posted: 14.06.2024by RaduP | Comments (0)

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Darkened - Defilers Of The Light

With their best work to date, Darkened have solidified their position at the head of the modern death metal pack, presenting equal amounts of atmospheric melody and addictively fun heaviness.

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Posted: 13.06.2024by F3ynman | Comments (0)

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Maladomini - Malpractice

By this point in time, the idea of adding keyboards and synths to blackened metal is one that has been thoroughly explored across multiple decades; despite this, there’s something about Maladomini’s self-described blackened synth metal that feels quite original.

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Posted: 12.06.2024by musclassia | Comments (4)

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Homecoming - Those We Knew

Progressive stoner metal with sludge, grunge and post-metal influences: Those We Knew really feels like an album purpose-built for my tastes.

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Posted: 11.06.2024by musclassia | Comments (3)

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Anvil - One And Only

There can only be one 'one and only', and my money is on Chesney Hawkes.

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Posted: 11.06.2024by omne metallum | Comments (0)

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Shrapnel - In Gravity

How do you get into gravity?

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Posted: 11.06.2024by omne metallum | Comments (2)

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SIG:AR:TYR - Citadel Of Stars

Maybe the most important element of Viking metal is indeed the guitar solo.

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Posted: 08.06.2024by RaduP | Comments (2)