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Maestrick - Upside Down
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Panzerfaust - Streaming Upcoming Record In Full
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Less than a week prior the release of their seventh full-length instalment The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion, Canadians Panzerfaust offer in listening the entire effort via YouTube player. Read more ›› |
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Daxma - There Will Come Tomorrow
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Las Trumien - Budowniczowie Grozy
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Austere - To Tour Europe With Lunar Tombfields
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In spring of 2025, black metal groups Austere and Lunar Tombfields will join forces for European 'Dissolution Tour', which will encompass 19 shows in total. Read more ›› |
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Skinlab - Release 'Flesh Wounds' Single
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California-based nu metal ensemble Skinlab put out a brand new standalone single, called "Flesh Wounds". It was produced, mixed and mastered by Ulrich Wild. Read more ›› |
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Grafjammer - Disclose New Full Length Title & Release Date
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Grafjammer, a black metal unit from The Netherlands, announce the release of their fourth studio record. Titled De Tyfus, De Teerling, it will be set free through Folter Records on January 10, 2025. Additional details will be unveiled in the following weeks. Read more ›› |
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Hope Behind The Hills
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Hope Behind The Hills - The Philosophical Strife
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Hope Behind The Hills - No Fate For A Moribund
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Ixion - Evolution
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I know I’m a bit of an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a, uh, something else. Inscrutable. But I’m getting to make myself vulnerable here and open up with a tiny glimpse into me. I like doom metal and I like beer. IPAs, in particular. Shocking, I know. And, generally speaking, my tastes in Doom and IPAs are fairly similar – I lean towards the heavier ones, especially the dank kind. Evolution, by IXION is more of a lighter Session Doom Pale Ale. I’ve been listening to the band since Collin was feeling lazy and bumped To The Void my way for a review back in ’11. I really enjoyed their brand of cosmic atmospheric doom and have followed them along their journey. For Evolution the doom is left further and further in the rear-view mirror as the band, well, continue to evolve their sound. The cosmic-atmospheric vibe takes more of the stage, blending growled vocals with plenty of clean, doomriffing passages countered by atmospheric lingering keys and synth melodies. At times it sounds like To The Void and at other times it maintains the same melancholic mood, but the music sounds more like something off Depeche Mode’s Black Celebration or Music For The Masses (Both of which are fantastic albums, btw). Other times some components sound like they were plucked from Tom Baker-era Doctor Who. All of this fits well with the three-act theme of the album. Extinction – Adios, muchachos, humanity’s time has come and it’s 1347 all over again. Restriction – Rise of the Machines. Robots! Androids!. Finally Regeneration – a/k/a my preferred ending to the Mass Effect saga. Synthesis. Transferring our consciousness into new biotechnological bodies. The music morphs from closer to their traditional flavor of doom to a little more Whovian before merging together a bit as we advance along the plot. And it all sounds terrific. With the weather here being a shade above freezing as of late, grey skies, it’s been the perfect sonic accompaniment to my strolls around my new settings. Perfect music for a COld gray day. It’s a hard album for me to write about in the sense it’s more cerebral rather than visceral. Visceral means lots of evocative, descriptive language, whereas trying coalesce thoughts into words with a release like this is a far more nebulous task. And I don’t think my words are quite up to their music. If you’re open to some atmo doompeche mode, block off some time some gray, lazy afternoon and try Breaking The Code on Bandcamp. Read more ›› |
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Shrykull - Beyond Subconscious Realms
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Wardruna - Share Video For New Song
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Wardruna are pleased to present the live video for "Lyfjaberg", as a chapter of the 'Live At The Acropolis' show. The full concert will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on January 24, 2025, alongside the new album Birna Read more ›› |