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Wrathprayer - Enkoimeterion
The passage of time doesn't mean much to Wrathprayer. Enkoimeterion marks the Chilean duo's return after 12 years and their infernal style of black/death metal remains impeccable. Read more ›› |
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Zbrucz - Riparia Riparia
Despite the uncompromisingly raw nature of their performance and production values, Zbrucz releases a screamo debut album with such a passionate, painful, yet catchy sense of melancholia that it’s difficult to resist replaying it over and over again. Read more ›› |
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Chat Pile - Cool World
Just existing should be enough to make you angry. Very angry. Add to it all the societal pressures and injustices and it's soul crushing. Anyway, here's Chat Pile delivering the soundtrack to the trauma of living in a society. Read more ›› |
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Doedsmaghird - Omniverse Consciousness
When your band is so avant-garde that you need a side-project to get even more avant-garde. If the band's name does give you pause, you're not having a dyslexic episode, Doedsmaghird is a side project of Dødheimsgard. Read more ›› |
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Iotunn - Kinship
2018 must be a year of mixed emotions for Jón Aldará fans; on the one hand, both bands he was already involved with at the time (Hamferð and Barren Earth) subsequently went on prolonged dry spells without an album, but on the flip side, he joined Iotunn and lit up their acclaimed debut Access All Worlds. 2024 has been kinder to these fans, as not only have Hamferð awoken from their slumber, but Iotunn have returned for round two. Read more ›› |
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Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean
A year after releasing the colossal, genre-spanning triple album Triangle, Schammasch delved deeper into one of the more unexpected sounds of that album with the EP The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite. Seven years on, they revisit Les Chants De Maldoror, and in the process display some more novel interpretations of their style. Read more ›› |
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Grand Magus - Sunraven
Other fast food options are available. Read more ›› |
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Legions Of Doom - The Skull 3
A debut album that has the number ‘3’ in the title? What is this all about? Read more ›› |