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Tower - Let There Be Dark
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From the Tower, a voice shouted down: Let There Be Dark! Suddenly, a dark heavy metal album of the highest quality was unleashed. Read more ›› |
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SpiritWorld - Helldorado
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What lies in Helldorado certainly isn't treasure, it's a SpiritWorld south of heaven and west of hell, full of zombified cowboys who unleash some of the most exhilarating hardcore/crossover thrash you'll hear. Read more ›› |
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Katla - Scandinavian Pain
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I started my stint as a Metal Storm reviewer with a review of Katla. Shortly afterwards another band by the same name popped up, but it was only now that the second Katla made it to the full length stage to make me be able to cover both bands on the main page. Read more ›› |
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Amenra - With Fang And Claw
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When a band releases two records simultaneously instead of a combined album, it’s safe to assume that there’s a conceptual divide being explored across the two releases. In the case of Amenra, the band attempt to bring together the start and end of their journey to date, while setting a platform for the next era of their career. Read more ›› |
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Amenra - De Toorn
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When a band releases two records simultaneously instead of a combined album, it’s safe to assume that there’s a conceptual divide being explored across the two releases. In the case of Amenra, the band attempt to bring together the start and end of their journey to date, while setting a platform for the next era of their career. Read more ›› |
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Effluence - Pianistic Dismemberment
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Brutal death metal is often seen as a formulaic and repetitive genre, with every band doing the same thing since the 1990s. While there is some amount of truth to that, there lies a fringe within it that creates some of the wildest and most interesting, chaotic, and experimental metal one could find these days. The likes of Dripping and Encenathrakh make some of the most unique-sounding music you will ever hear. Effluence have for five years now been following in the footsteps of Encenathrakh and delivering some of the best material this sub-sub-subgenre has to offer. And on Pianistic Dismemberment, they decided to change the formula and go even further into the bizarre. Read more ›› |
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Steven Wilson - The Overview
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A return to longer form songwriting for Steven Wilson. Read more ›› |
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Fange - Purulences
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Reviewing a new Fange album now boils down to finding the balance between showing my frustration at the lack of expected progression, and describing my lasting and thorough enjoyment of their sound nonetheless. Read more ›› |
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Ainsoph - Affection & Vengeance
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Although its most renowned metal exports have predominantly been in the realm of symphonic metal, the Netherlands has produced a few bands in recent years that are doing quite interesting things within or adjacent to black metal, including the likes of Fluisteraars, Vuur & Zijde and Laster; Ainsoph are another such example. Read more ›› |
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Warbringer - Wrath And Ruin
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Hey, they stole the title from Amber Heard's biography. Read more ›› |
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Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea
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In the tsunami wave of new metal releases, we all have our guilty pleasures from time to time. So, I’ll let the genie out of the bottle and the spirit out of the box, and admit: Spiritbox is one of mine. Read more ›› |
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Pyres - Yun
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Typically, when a band goes a decade after their debut album without releasing anything further, it’s safe to assume that they fall under the ‘one-album wonder’ category. However, although a Year Of Sleep turned into 12 years, Pyres have ultimately stirred from their slumber, and they’ve come out blazing here. Read more ›› |
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Nephylim - Circuition
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Nordic bands in melodeath and similar genres with region-specific scenes have a tendency to conform to the well-established styles of their respective local scenes, whether it be Finnish bands mimicking Insomnium or Swedish bands carrying the Gothenburg torch. It does seem a shame to restrict oneself to just one source of inspiration, however, and here comes a non-Nordic melodeath band that derives influence from all kinds of sources. Read more ›› |
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Frogg - Eclipse
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There’s some frogs out there with oddly long fingers, evolved to offer them various advantages in the wild. However, it wasn’t until 2025 that the true reason for this evolutionary path was discovered; it turns out that Froggs are shredding fiends on the guitar. Read more ›› |
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Euphrosyne - Morus
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Just a few days ago, I mused in a review on how it’s really not an issue for a new band to release an unspectacular debut; as long as it shows promise, it can be good to have room to grow into. On the flip side, storming out the blocks with an outstanding first release sets intimidating expectations for future efforts. Read more ›› |
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Hierarchies - Hierarchies
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There are ways to seduce the more freaky fans of the death metal cult, but throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks isn’t one of them. Read more ›› |