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Megaton Leviathan - Magick Helmet
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The warm, gazy drone doom of Megaton Leviathan’s Mage in 2018 was one of the albums that ignited a greater interest in ambient/drone-related metal on my part. In the five years since, Megaton Leviathan have changed substantially, and so has their music. Read more ›› |
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Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 3 - A Fullmoon Madness
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Are you ready to have the "very long albums" discussion again? Read more ›› |
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Venus - Obscured Until Observed
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Get out your surfboards! It's time to ride the new wave of progressive, technical thrash—or you'll get swept away! Read more ›› |
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Cruciamentum - Obsidian Refractions
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Reinventing the lineup doesn't always come with reinventing the wheel, and following up a landmark album doesn't always have to completely disappoint or completely live up to the hype. Here's Cruciamentum finally following up their debut after eight years. Read more ›› |
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Helmet - Left
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Somethings are better just unsung. Read more ›› |
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Gama Bomb - Bats
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People like to deride pizza thrash as if it's the lowest denominator in terms of an art form: you know what I say? Read more ›› |
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Bjørkø - Heartrot
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Entering the 2020s, Amorphis weren’t necessarily the band from which I was expecting to see multiple members break out as solo artists, but evidently their star guitar duo had other ideas. Read more ›› |
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Varathron - The Crimson Temple
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Celebrating their 35th anniversary this year, Varathron have by no means lost their touch during that time; in fact, The Crimson Temple suggests the complete opposite. Read more ›› |
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DGM - Life
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This year, DGM bring a progressive power metal release to Life with the highest standards of musicianship. Read more ›› |
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Hellix - Montage
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Fast, technical, progressive thrash hardcore bursting with creativity. Sounds cool, huh? Welcome to Hellix. Read more ›› |
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Exulansis - Overtures Of Uprising
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Sequestered Sympathy, the 2019 debut of Exulansis, was a fascinating combination of black, prog, crust and doom metal with a whole dollop of chamber folk that left many eager to see where the band could further take this ambitious fusion of styles. However, in the intervening years, Exulansis appeared to have been convinced of the virtues of compartmentalization. Read more ›› |
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Mountain Of Misery - In Roundness
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Considering they came out with at least something every year between 2016 and 2021, it’s been a quiet couple of years for Spaceslug. Going some way to filling the void left by them is Mountain Of Misery. Read more ›› |
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Sâver - From Ember And Rust
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It’s been 4 years since Sâver dropped their debut album, but they’ve not been idling in the interim, merely honing their craft across a couple of collaborative releases before unleashing sophomore album From Ember And Rust. Read more ›› |
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Porta Nigra - Weltende
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The Mayan calendar got it wrong. Weltende, the end of the world, arrived in 2023, not 2012. Read more ›› |
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Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
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It would be safe to say that Moonlight Sorcery's inaugural full-length was one of the most anticipated debuts to hit the black metal scene of late. What's not so safe to say is the name of the album, which is somehow similar to but significantly more annoying than Gloryhammer's "Sword Lord Of The Goblin Horde". I think I would have preferred something in Finnish. Read more ›› |
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Vertebra Atlantis - A Dialogue With The Eeriest Sublime
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A gargantuan slab of ice approaches from the heavens, something that ought to be mind-twisting for all who witness, but in that moment, it feels really comprehensible. Let's see why. Read more ›› |