Reviews
June 2026
8.0
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Death metal, Metalcore
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
24.06
Do you want something hardcore? Well, it doesn't get much more hardcore than the Temple Guard, who unleash the Citadel In Flames.
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8.0 |
24.06
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May 2026
N/A
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Gothic doom metal
Official review
by
RaduP
22.05
For decades the inclusion of The Moon And The Nightspirit on a metal website was more of an adjacent curiosity, alongside other acts that somehow make their way into the database. Seed Of The Formless…
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N/A |
22.05
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April 2026
N/A
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Mathcore, Progressive math metal
Official review
by
RaduP
29.04
Mathcore for prog rock fans?
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N/A |
29.04
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N/A
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Progressive black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
07.04
The Silver just got more Horrendous.
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N/A |
07.04
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N/A
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Epic heavy metal, Power metal
Official review
by
RaduP
01.04
It is somewhat fitting that I shook off my writer's block to return to Triumpher right after Ross The Boss' passing.
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N/A |
01.04
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March 2026
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
05.03
Itching closer to four decades in the scene, Magus Wampyr Daoloth earned every right to go by The MagusTHE Magus[/band].
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N/A |
05.03
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February 2026
7.6
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Black metal, Pagan folk metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
28.02
Thy Worshiper have been dropping in and out of the scene for the past 3 decades, but due to circumstances across the Eastern border of their homeland, they might have perhaps found something worth worshipping.
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7.6 |
28.02
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9.0
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Symphonic metal
Guest review
by
24emd
25.02
Daniel Flores and Pandora Evangelista return(ed) with a vengeance and another 70-minute concept album.
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9.0 |
25.02
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8.4
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Depressive black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
23.02
Is depressive black metal meant to be so beautifully uplifting?
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8.4 |
23.02
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7.8
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
12.02
Flying high again.
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7.8 |
12.02
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7.4
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Sludge metal, Stoner metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
12.02
TarLung are still consuming the hard stuff, but now they believe the time is right to dabble in something a bit stronger, so let's hope they're making the right decision.
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7.4 |
12.02
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January 2026
N/A
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Progressive math metal
Official review
by
RaduP
27.01
A decade in the making has softened Genotype for better or worse.
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N/A |
27.01
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N/A
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Black metal, Doom metal
Official review
by
RaduP
14.01
Liked the gothic touches of The Thule Grimoires but wish The Ruins Of Beverast brought back some of their ritualistic atmospheres? Tempelschlaf is for you!
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N/A |
14.01
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December 2025
7.4
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
11.12
The Stone has arrived in time for the winter. Now it's time for some ferocious Serbian black metal that remains just as trve to the genre now as the infamous Norwegian bands back in the 90s.
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7.4 |
11.12
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November 2025
N/A
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Deathcore, Metalcore
Official review
by
RaduP
21.11
You are not safe from breakdowns here.
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N/A |
21.11
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7.8
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Alternative metal, Thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
18.11
Shorter than many prog metal tracks.
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7.8 |
18.11
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N/A
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Hardcore, Noise rock
Official review
by
RaduP
03.11
I guess you can't keep making life loathing noise rock forever.
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N/A |
03.11
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October 2025
8.0
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Bay Area thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
08.10
All out war.
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8.0 |
08.10
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8.2
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Hard rock, Blues rock
Official review
by
omne metallum
08.10
We're all going on a summer holiday.
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8.2 |
08.10
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September 2025
N/A
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Indie rock, Noise rock
Official review
by
RaduP
24.09
Is it pop? Is it punk? Is it noise? Yes!
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N/A |
24.09
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N/A
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Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
16.09
“Good things come to those who wait”, proclaimed a famous Irish brewery. When it comes to sludge metal, it seems a decade is just long enough to come up with an album rammed full of the best riffs in the…
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N/A |
16.09
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August 2025
7.0
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Melodic death metal, Metalcore
Guest review
by
TonsureOvDoom
10.08
This review touches on the whole discography of The Black Dahlia Murder, and concludes by explaining why Nightbringers is the peak release of the band. I'll go into the reasons why The Black Dahlia…
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7.0 |
10.08
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N/A
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Deathcore
Official review
by
Thryce
06.08
As Frederik Nietzsche once famously wrote in a book whose name escapes me at the moment: "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star".
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N/A |
06.08
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July 2025
6.0
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Technical deathcore
Guest review
by
TonsureOvDoom
27.07
Thy Art is Murder is bouncy thumpcore - up to a point.
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6.0 |
27.07
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8.0
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Symphonic power metal
Guest review
by
TonsureOvDoom
18.07
Twilight Force are at their best on Tales Of Ancient Prophecies.
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8.0 |
18.07
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8.0
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Heavy metal
Guest review
by
TonsureOvDoom
18.07
The hated Silence In The Snow is Trivium's best album.
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8.0 |
18.07
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8.0
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Instrumental, Progressive doom metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
13.07
This is The Trial Of Socrates expressed not through words, but instead captivating post-metal and doom instrumentation.
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8.0 |
13.07
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June 2025
N/A
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Hardcore, Alternative rock
Official review
by
RaduP
18.06
Turnstile keep shedding more of the "hardcore" part of their sound, something that was already a predictable trajectory, but also one that dives even deeper in pop adjacent styles.
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N/A |
18.06
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8.8
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Black metal, Death metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
04.06
Teitanblood continue to solidify their elite status among their death metal peers. From The Visceral Abyss, just like with their previous albums, is an exercise of order in chaos with a production that…
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8.8 |
04.06
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May 2025
7.8
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Alternative metal, Doom metal
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
31.05
There’s a lot of good doom metal out there that falls on the lighter, rockier side – psychedelic rock given a bit of extra volume, some old-school heavy metal darkness, maybe an anachronistic darkwave…
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7.8 |
31.05
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N/A
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Mathcore, Metalcore
Official review
by
RaduP
30.05
What happens when tongue-in-cheek chaotic avant-garde mathcore gets even more conceptually ambitious?
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N/A |
30.05
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N/A
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Funeral doom metal, Symphonic doom metal
Official review
by
RaduP
02.05
In an alternate universe, the Daft Punk song goes like "Lighter, Better, Slower, Mellower".
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N/A |
02.05
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April 2025
7.2
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Gothic doom metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
25.04
Tribunal wants to doom us further still with In Penitence And Ruin.
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7.2 |
25.04
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N/A
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Progressive black metal, Technical death metal
Official review
by
musclassia
02.04
Tómarúm realized the promise of their first recordings with a blistering debut album in 2022; Ash In Realms Of Stone Icons was a full-pelt onslaught of progressive black metal, although it did leave some…
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N/A |
02.04
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March 2025
8.4
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
28.03
From the Tower, a voice shouted down: Let There Be Dark! Suddenly, a dark heavy metal album of the highest quality was unleashed.
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8.4 |
28.03
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8.3
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Black metal, Hardcore, Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
14.03
When we last heard from This Gift Is A Curse, they had sculpted A Throne Of Ash; nearly 6 years on, the Heir to the throne has emerged, and this new release is very much a gift, not a curse.
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8.3 |
14.03
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7.5
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Doom metal, Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
09.03
After an 8-year absence, Throne (ITA) emerge from the catacombs to reclaim their mantle.
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7.5 |
09.03
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N/A
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Atmospheric black metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
08.03
What do you value more in music: originality or quality? Your answer will decide how you feel about Theoden's Reign.
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N/A |
08.03
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8.3
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Folk metal
Official review
by
tominator
07.03
Growls, power ballads, gallops, blast beats, death metal, heavy metal, power metal, … it’s all here, but, above all, I Skovens Rige is a true folk metal album.
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8.3 |
07.03
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February 2025
N/A
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Hard rock, Heavy metal
Official review
by
RaduP
12.02
Is there a more fitting band name than "Time Rift" for a band that transports you to the 70s?
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N/A |
12.02
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7.5
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Hard rock
Official review
by
omne metallum
11.02
I'd give you the world if I could. The moon, stars, and all the suns in the universe. Anything for you, my heart.
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7.5 |
11.02
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N/A
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Grindcore
Official review
by
RaduP
06.02
Making grindcore together can truly be a strong bonding experience.
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N/A |
06.02
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January 2025
N/A
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Ambient, Atmospheric black metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
29.01
H.P. Lovecraft's most imaginative adventure tale, told through the spectral black metal of The Great Old Ones.
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N/A |
29.01
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8.2
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Melodic death metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
17.01
The halo over our demise.
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8.2 |
17.01
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December 2024
8.0
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Heavy metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
05.12
That Weird Radical Man.
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8.0 |
05.12
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November 2024
6.9
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Doom metal, Heavy metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
30.11
The Watcher has been watching on long enough, and is now ready to unleash their debut full-length Out Of The Dark.
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6.9 |
30.11
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8.4
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Avantgarde black metal
Official review
by
musclassia
23.11
With such a breadth of ideas and influences in the songwriting of Thy Catafalque, there’s room to orient different albums towards distinct vibes, whether it be the playfulness of Naiv or extremity of Alföld;…
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8.4 |
23.11
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6.0
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Atmospheric black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
22.11
The Time Lurker had been loitering in the shadows for quite some time, only to now emerge with a daring Emprise that might take even more time to get into.
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6.0 |
22.11
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8.2
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Doom metal, Gothic metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
20.11
The gothic doom masters The Foreshadowing return after a lengthy absence with a record that's just as strong as where they left off.
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8.2 |
20.11
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N/A
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Death doom metal, Funeral doom metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
16.11
A two-part descent into the Trollcave.
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N/A |
16.11
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N/A
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Screamo
Official review
by
RaduP
15.11
After completing the monumental task of having a one-track screamo album, Tenue expand both the tracklist and the sound.
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N/A |
15.11
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8.1
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Gothic metal
Official review
by
musclassia
07.11
Although The Formulas Of Death was long in the rear view mirror, Tribulation were still being described as ‘kings of gothic, deathly metal’ at the time of the release of their last record, Where The Gloom…
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8.1 |
07.11
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8.1
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Epic heavy metal, Power metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
07.11
After Storming The Walls, will Triumpher triumph once more with Spirit Invictus?
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8.1 |
07.11
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October 2024
N/A
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Ambient noise, Experimental black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
31.10
Do you sometimes think that post-metal is just not noisy enough?
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N/A |
31.10
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N/A
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Experimental
Official review
by
RaduP
28.10
What is it with prog guys and ravens? Can Toby Driver make the raven sing?
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N/A |
28.10
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N/A
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Doom metal, Folk metal, Stoner metal
Official review
by
RaduP
15.10
The Flight Of Sleipnir used to release a new album almost every year, but now they've spaced out their release schedule significantly, so I can't blame anyone for not being familiar with them,…
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N/A |
15.10
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7.2
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Death metal, Thrash metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
14.10
Going back to their roots, The Crown form a Crown Of Thorns.
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7.2 |
14.10
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N/A
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Avantgarde metal, Black metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
12.10
You either die kvlt or live long enough to see yourself become avant-garde.
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N/A |
12.10
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September 2024
N/A
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Heavy metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
30.09
The Streaker’s Torch.
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N/A |
30.09
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N/A
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Post hardcore, Noise rock
Official review
by
RaduP
26.09
A lot of the times when we bring noise rock into discussion, it's because the line between noise rock and sludge metal is often very thin. Well, that's not the case here. The Jesus Lizard is…
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N/A |
26.09
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7.7
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Melodic death metal, Metalcore
Official review
by
omne metallum
23.09
From tragedy.
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7.7 |
23.09
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N/A
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Technical death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
07.09
When Teeth broke into the scene, they were a pretty intriguing combination of dissonant death metal and death doom metal. Nowadays they focus more on the former, but they remain intriguing.
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N/A |
07.09
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N/A
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Doom metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
06.09
Spirit of the Living Thunder Horse…
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N/A |
06.09
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August 2024
7.8
|
Progressive death metal
Official review
by
musclassia
13.08
For whatever reason, the cosmos and sci-fi concepts seem to be most frequently explored by death metal bands, specifically technical/progressive death metal ones, and the titles, artwork and musical contents…
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7.8 |
13.08
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8.3
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Death doom metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
08.08
Tzompantli’s sophomore album shows improvement on all aspects that were rushed or half-baked on their debut. With Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force, the band unleashes an ideal mix of D-beat-laced death…
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8.3 |
08.08
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July 2024
N/A
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Darkwave, Neofolk
Official review
by
Ivor
10.07
Every now and again I stumble across an album that I cannot quite pinpoint for myself. Often it can be the oddest minuscule detail about it or something to that effect that turns out to be the key. In…
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N/A |
10.07
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9.0
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Gothic metal
Guest review
by
ForestsAlive
02.07
Ichor is a timeless but undervalued classic packed with creativity, amazing performances, and beautiful atmosphere. While it's the band's first album, it represents an achievement that remains…
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9.0 |
02.07
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June 2024
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
16.06
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…
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N/A |
16.06
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9.2
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Death metal, Atmospheric death metal, Brutal death metal
Guest review
by
Ch'ti
10.06
Attracted by the cover, I decided to get into this band, unaware of the battalion that awaited me. And I was not disappointed.
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9.2 |
10.06
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N/A
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Doom metal, Sludge metal
Official review
by
RaduP
08.06
It's easy to forget that Thou didn't build their name on collaborations and covers and general detours. Thou built their name on slabs of nasty sludge. In our defense it's been six years…
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N/A |
08.06
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