Reviews
June 2026
8.4
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Black metal, Folk metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
15.06
Assiégé Pour L'éternité is more than just a simple remake of Assiégé: it sets Véhémence on the path to medieval meloblack glory!
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8.4 |
15.06
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May 2026
6.4
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
10.05
Forwards into the past.
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6.4 |
10.05
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April 2026
8.8
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Death metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
13.04
Mop and bucket not included.
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8.8 |
13.04
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March 2026
6.8
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
11.03
The sky turned black for many when Windir tragically came to an end 22 years ago, but the time for mourning has long passed and Vreid continue to carry that flame. They've stepped up to the mark before,…
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6.8 |
11.03
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December 2025
N/A
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Experimental black metal, Blackened death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
18.12
Painkiller, go home! You're in the wrong album!
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N/A |
18.12
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November 2025
7.5
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Blackened death metal, Progressive death metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
24.11
Join the VoidCeremony for another voyage beyond the realms of our reality and into a void of high-end blackened progressive death complexity, and who knows what you'll discover along the way.
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7.5 |
24.11
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N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
17.11
How's the Black Twilight Circle holding up these days?
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N/A |
17.11
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N/A
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Doom metal, Sludge metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
09.11
Hear the battle cry of The Besieger, the master of the art of war!…
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N/A |
09.11
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September 2025
N/A
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Atmospheric doom metal, Folk metal
Official review
by
nikarg
27.09
Agalloch, Apocalypse Orchestra, Swans, Weeping Sores, Wolvennest, and Dead Can Dance walk into a bar enter a studio. Would you be interested to find out what their jam sounds like?…
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N/A |
27.09
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N/A
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Progressive black metal, Symphonic black metal, Technical death metal
Official review
by
musclassia
23.09
Rubidium is rather overlooked compared with the other alkali metals, but as a component of fireworks, it makes for a fitting title of a debut album from a band looking to start with a bang.
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N/A |
23.09
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7.8
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Black metal
Official review
by
Roman Doez
07.09
Québec is one of the standout scenes within black metal, with the likes of Forteresse and Gris embodying some of the best that the genre has to offer. Vespéral themselves are not really newcomers to the…
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7.8 |
07.09
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June 2025
N/A
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Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
10.06
Particularly with the increasing saturation of most subgenres, there’s frequent discussions within the context of metal regarding the merits of doing something new versus doing something well. With Chaos,…
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N/A |
10.06
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6.8
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Hard rock, Heavy metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
10.06
Do you cry when angels deserve to die?…
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6.8 |
10.06
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May 2025
N/A
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Progressive black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
21.05
Years later, Caio Lemos is the only one who can make black metal feel this earthy.
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N/A |
21.05
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April 2025
7.8
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
28.04
Venator are on the road to heavy success after coming from the gutter, but can they maintain their impressive form into the Psychodrome?
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7.8 |
28.04
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March 2025
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
04.03
A new chapter in the body dysmorphia cosmic horror saga, perhaps the most maddening one so far.
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N/A |
04.03
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February 2025
8.2
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Atmospheric black metal, Pagan black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
16.02
There aren't that many one-woman atmospheric black metal projects around, but then there aren't many projects period in this genre that are in the same calibre as the highly talented Vermilia.
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8.2 |
16.02
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January 2025
7.7
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Mathcore, Math metal
Official review
by
musclassia
29.01
In the Metal Storm Awards each year, we group together djent and mathcore in the ‘math metal’ category; this is partly because it would otherwise be tricky to reach 10 good nominees in some years, but…
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7.7 |
29.01
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8.0
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Thrash metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
29.01
Clarissa’s Relentless Blade.
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8.0 |
29.01
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7.4
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Melodic doom metal, Progressive metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
24.01
According to the Veil Of Conspiracy, the Shape Of Grief should look exactly as this sounds.
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7.4 |
24.01
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December 2024
7.5
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Psychedelic rock, Stoner metal
Official review
by
musclassia
05.12
Considering the genre’s desert origins, the frozen North may make for an unusual setting for a stoner metal album. Nevertheless, the music within Veuve’s Pole will feel intimately familiar to aficionados…
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7.5 |
05.12
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November 2024
N/A
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Experimental black metal, Blackened death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
21.11
Don't invite me to the function if this isn't the vibe.
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N/A |
21.11
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7.7
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Djent, Progressive metal
Official review
by
musclassia
06.11
Vola are sticking rigidly to their 3-year album cycles, and Friend Of A Phantom arrives with the same regularity as its predecessors; it also comes with a regularity in style that's slightly surprising…
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7.7 |
06.11
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October 2024
7.6
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Progressive rock, Stoner metal
Official review
by
musclassia
30.10
The aptly titled Transitions represents wholesale change for Vokonis on a number of fronts; however, the band is still musically recognizable as the one that graced us with Odyssey three years ago.
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7.6 |
30.10
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September 2024
5.8
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Nu metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
30.09
Slip not…
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5.8 |
30.09
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N/A
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Shoegaze, Post-metal, Progressive metal
Official review
by
RaduP
16.09
Seeing that this album had a Neige feature, I expected something in line with blackgaze. Well there is some of that on Janis, but I didn't expect for the rest of the sound to be so far away from it.
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N/A |
16.09
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8.0
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Progressive death metal
Official review
by
musclassia
11.09
For all the bands that get labeled as ‘progressive death metal’, there’s arguably not that many in the present day that are all that closely tethered to death metal as it was first known to be. Such groups…
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8.0 |
11.09
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August 2024
7.0
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Death doom metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
27.08
Unyielding in Shadows…
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7.0 |
27.08
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July 2024
N/A
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Atmospheric black metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
RaduP
25.07
The Dutch black metal scene of the past decade has had many moments that veer away from the black metal core, and now members of various bands joined to create a very unique brand of post-black metal.
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N/A |
25.07
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8.0
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Death metal
Official review
by
Netzach
10.07
Don’t fix what ain’t broken, just build on it. Here’s how.
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8.0 |
10.07
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7.0
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Doom metal, Stoner metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
01.07
A slow, pummeling exercise in heaviness……
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7.0 |
01.07
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June 2024
8.0
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Symphonic black metal, Technical death metal
Official review
by
musclassia
19.06
To the surprise of probably not that many people, an 8-year gap and almost complete overhaul of the band’s membership since II has had a fairly dramatic impact upon the sound of Vale Of Pnath.
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8.0 |
19.06
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May 2024
N/A
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Black metal, Sludge metal, Thrash metal
Official review
by
nikarg
16.05
Producer: So, what style of metal do you guys play? Black, death, sludge, thrash, heavy, post-?
Vulgaris: Yes.
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N/A |
16.05
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N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
Auntie Sahar
16.05
With Ben Vanweelden’s Venomous Echoes, I’m somewhat reminded of what we said about Primitive Man when they dropped Scorn back in 2013. That, given the nature of the music, the band name could simply not…
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N/A |
16.05
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8.1
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Thrash metal
Guest review
by
Ch'ti
16.05
How to renew a genre before it renews itself. Vendetta (GER) guides the listener with their album Brain Damage, which explores in a more innovative way a genre with a well-established style.
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8.1 |
16.05
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April 2024
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
27.04
With Roadburn week over and me slowly going back to my usual routine, it's time to reflect and look back on what I ended up seeing and what I ended up skipping, and most importantly, to make amends.
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N/A |
27.04
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6.5
|
Death metal, Thrash metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
26.04
This Vulcano has been spewing out hot death/thrash metal for over 4 decades now, but could this Epilogue spell the end of their lengthy eruption?
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6.5 |
26.04
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N/A
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Black metal, Death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
09.04
A tale in four chapters. An image of man cast into the house of Abaddon.
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N/A |
09.04
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7.2
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Speed metal, Thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
07.04
A Brit is critical of the Germans, a tale as old as time.
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7.2 |
07.04
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6.4
|
Post-rock
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
07.04
"For winter's rains and ruins are over, and all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover, the light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten, and…
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6.4 |
07.04
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8.1
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Melodic black metal
Guest review
by
Ch'ti
03.04
Another band that releases only one album and disappears so soon. The problem is that when they release a good album, their disappearance is all the more tragic.
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8.1 |
03.04
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March 2024
7.4
|
Death metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
20.03
Can VLTIMAS's sophomore really prove to be EPIC?
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7.4 |
20.03
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8.1
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Folk metal, Gothic metal, Thrash metal
Guest review
by
Ch'ti
05.03
An intriguing, powerful and original album that deserves more recognition.
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8.1 |
05.03
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N/A
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Melodic black metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
04.03
Video game lore told through melodic black metal.
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N/A |
04.03
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January 2024
8.4
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Technical death metal
Official review
by
musclassia
29.01
In December, Santa delivered presents to all the nice kids; in January, Vitriol have come to drag everyone on the naughty list down into the depths of hell.
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8.4 |
29.01
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8.0
|
Black metal
Official review
by
Netzach
12.01
The darkest months have passed by, and the days are quickly getting longer again. Somewhere in between, you'll find Vemod’s dreamy, gazing black metal evoking the sense of the December clouds dissipating…
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8.0 |
12.01
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December 2023
N/A
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Progressive thrash metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
05.12
Get out your surfboards! It's time to ride the new wave of progressive, technical thrash—or you'll get swept away!
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N/A |
05.12
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8.8
|
Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
03.12
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.
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8.8 |
03.12
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November 2023
N/A
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Blackened death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
26.11
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.
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N/A |
26.11
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6.8
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Death metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
12.11
Gethsemane is the place where Jesus Christ underwent agony, treachery, and despair at the arrest that ultimately lead to his crucifixion. I'm sure we've all heard the story, and Vastum aren't…
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6.8 |
12.11
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October 2023
N/A
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Doom metal, Psychedelic rock
Official review
by
nikarg
13.10
Since their formation back in 2000, Vanishing Kids have been releasing interesting albums that do not sound very similar to each other. With the addition of bassist Jerry Soffran next to the founding duo…
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N/A |
13.10
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8.3
|
Melodic death metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
12.10
Epic power melodeath: now there's a genre blend that sounds interesting, doesn't it? On that note, here's a new outrageously fun, traditionally melodic act, with a real heroic attitude that…
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8.3 |
12.10
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August 2023
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
28.08
With Blut Aus Nord's latest Disharmonium album unleashed upon the world, a new one-man band has emerged to give the experimental atmoblack masters a run for their money: Venomous Echoes. As such an…
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N/A |
28.08
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July 2023
N/A
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Alternative metal, Nu metal, Funk rock
Official review
by
RaduP
24.07
With System Of A Down and Rage Against The Machine both sort of reunited but not really making new music, the task of continuing that sound seems to have fallen upon three Indonesian girls.
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N/A |
24.07
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7.6
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Symphonic progressive metal
Official review
by
Dream Taster
20.07
The return of the band with the big V from Down Under; Australia’s Voyager have been a steady prog machine since 1999. Daniel Estrin may be the only founding member left but the lineup has been steady…
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7.6 |
20.07
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N/A
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Black metal, Folk metal
Official review
by
RaduP
18.07
The vengeful spectre is back with a lust for death.
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N/A |
18.07
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June 2023
N/A
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Avantgarde metal, Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
27.06
How do you make a genre-jumping avant-garde black metal album sound approachable?
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N/A |
27.06
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8.2
|
Avantgarde metal, Progressive metal
Official review
by
musclassia
14.06
Vulture Industries are one of those charming bands that managed to pick up the ‘avant-garde’ tag not by being aggressively eclectic or divisively experimental, but purely by sounding unlike anyone else,…
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8.2 |
14.06
|
May 2023
7.7
|
Melodic black metal, Pagan folk metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
05.05
Vorna are a Finnish pagan folk metal band with meloblack tendencies, and for this past decade have been on a roll. Now, that should be enough to entice you.
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7.7 |
05.05
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April 2023
7.0
|
Melodic death metal, Extreme progressive metal
Official review
by
Netzach
25.04
Here is a band that sort of has it all: death growls, black shrieks and blast beats, melodeath riffs, post-rock ambience, clean female vox, folksy post-metal; you name it, Vintersea has it. Well, here’s…
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7.0 |
25.04
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N/A
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Blackened death metal, Progressive death metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
25.04
A vast, purple landscape, gnarled trees, … these cover art elements usually indicate that eerie black metal awaits. Instead, within the first few seconds, VoidCeremony make blatantly apparent that they're…
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N/A |
25.04
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7.0
|
Melodic heavy metal
Official review
by
Netzach
03.04
Finnish “death schlager” band Viikate has long been a favourite band of mine, ever since I discovered their debut album way back in my teens. They have come a long way since then, however, so how does…
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7.0 |
03.04
|
March 2023
N/A
|
Black metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
18.03
Vitriolic Sage's third album proves that modern black metal is alive and well, as beautiful lead guitar melodies and furious drumming collide in these five songs of visceral sorrow. The Dream Road…
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N/A |
18.03
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February 2023
N/A
|
Atmospheric black metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
RaduP
24.02
A couple of years later, let's check back on Vvilderness.
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N/A |
24.02
|
5.8
|
Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
13.02
There’s certain styles that I feel so innately predisposed to liking that it becomes hard to give enjoyable albums in said styles the appreciation they arguably deserve; it’s almost as if it’s too easy…
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5.8 |
13.02
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7.5
|
Alternative metal, Progressive death metal, Metalcore
Official review
by
musclassia
11.02
Of all the ways I encounter new music, recommendations sliding into my DMs from certain users can offer up some of the most intriguing records. Sometimes I get forwarded an album and am left wondering…
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7.5 |
11.02
|
January 2023
7.8
|
Progressive doom metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
13.01
It's always heartwarming to me when a band from a nation you'd least expect releases a quality album. Such is the case here with Vale Of Amonition's Immortalizing The Lugubrious, Or Those…
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7.8 |
13.01
|
7.8
|
Suomi metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
13.01
It's him! No, not him, HIM!…
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7.8 |
13.01
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N/A
|
Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
11.01
Haters will say that Radu only reviews one-man bands this year, which has been true so far, but no more. This one has an astounding two members!
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N/A |
11.01
|
December 2022
8.1
|
Experimental black metal, Blackened death metal
Official review
by
musclassia
20.12
Pennsylvania’s Veilburner have been rather busy since their formation, releasing 6 records in 8 years. The newest of these sees the duo feeling the pinch of the cost-of-living crisis, as they can’t…
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8.1 |
20.12
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