Reviews
November 2025
8.0
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
11.11
Yellow Eyes have always been set on confusion, but now they want to take you to the Confusion Gate, and what lies behind is truly fascinating.
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8.0 |
11.11
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May 2025
N/A
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Djent, Post hardcore, Progressive metal
Official review
by
musclassia
21.05
You Win Again Gravity return with the first part of a potential series of conceptually-linked releases, and in doing so promise to provide ample opportunity for reviewers to make Futurama references in…
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N/A |
21.05
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N/A
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Metalcore
Official review
by
Thryce
13.05
Habemus Papam Metalcorum!…
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N/A |
13.05
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March 2025
8.1
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Doom metal, Psychedelic rock
Official review
by
Doc G.
31.03
It’s kind of wild to think about how much stuff that sucks shares origins with stuff that rules. Like how Terry Pratchett and Adolf Hitler technically came from the same species. Or how the musical scene…
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8.1 |
31.03
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November 2024
8.5
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Melodic black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
09.11
As the flame withers, Yoth Iria spark another Hellenic Blazing Inferno.
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8.5 |
09.11
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May 2024
7.5
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Doom metal, Folk metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
08.05
Who's in for some traditional epic folk metal inspired by Turkish folklore, and with sprinkles of doom?
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7.5 |
08.05
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March 2024
N/A
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Death doom metal, Melodic doom metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
06.03
Titled Russian Gothic, Yakor’s newest album delivers Russian Kypck!…
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N/A |
06.03
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November 2023
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
08.11
You know there's something odd with your Yellow Eyes album when the title isn't three words randomly strung together. Instead we have something more like a detour EP experimenting more with how…
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N/A |
08.11
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August 2023
7.8
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Djent, Post hardcore, Progressive metal
Official review
by
musclassia
15.08
You Win Again Gravity, presumably named after the Futurama quote, are a bit less playful and more emotionally charged than one might expect from a group inspired by a sitcom (although, to be fair, one…
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7.8 |
15.08
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May 2023
N/A
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Avantgarde metal
Official review
by
RaduP
30.05
There's being experimental with your sound compositions, and then there's being straight-up off-key. On Sutra, Yakuza thread dangerously close to the second one.
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N/A |
30.05
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April 2022
7.6
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Blackened hardcore, Post-metal
Official review
by
musclassia
03.04
Sludge and hardcore are natural bedfellows, as are sludge and post-metal; perhaps unsurprisingly, it turns out hardcore and post-metal work very nicely together as well.
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7.6 |
03.04
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February 2022
N/A
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Melodic black metal
Official review
by
nikarg
25.02
Ysyry Mollvün’s self-titled debut is a fix for those who like their black metal to be atmospheric, melodic, with a folk touch, with infinite hooks, and with a fine storyline to back everything up.
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N/A |
25.02
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July 2021
8.4
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Atmospheric sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
06.07
The post-metal summer of 2021 just keeps on giving.
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8.4 |
06.07
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June 2021
N/A
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Hardcore, Sludge metal
Official review
by
RaduP
17.06
There are sludge bands that sound like stoner bands with more meat, sludge bands that sound like an apocalypse of noise. And then there's Yautja, who embrace the hardcore part of the sound.
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N/A |
17.06
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February 2021
8.0
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Melodic black metal
Official review
by
nikarg
11.02
It wasn't enough for Yoth Iria to surprise us with one of the best EPs of 2020; they also had to release exactly twelve months later one of the best melodic black metal albums you'll be lucky…
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8.0 |
11.02
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June 2020
7.0
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Doom metal, Sludge metal
Official review
by
RaduP
11.06
I'm pretty sure God's omnipotence would imply he could do it too, but in Yarrow's defense, I've never seen God do such a punishing sludge/doom record.
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7.0 |
11.06
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March 2020
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
Auntie Sahar
26.03
Alright then, Coronavirus. What jamz you got to throw my way?
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N/A |
26.03
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N/A
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Post-metal, Space rock
Official review
by
RaduP
16.03
[The following were taken from a recently declassified recording of transmissions between ground control and Vostok-1 on the 12th of April 1961, originally in Russian and translated into English]
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N/A |
16.03
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February 2020
8.0
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Melodic black metal
Official review
by
nikarg
20.02
Yoth Iria features in its ranks a very big and very important part of the Hellenic black metal history, and they take their name after the lyrics of Rotting Christ's song "The Fourth Knight Of…
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8.0 |
20.02
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December 2019
N/A
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Hard rock
Official review
by
RaduP
19.12
Ah, yes, hard rock and the sound of yesteryear. Occult and psychedelic and soulful.
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N/A |
19.12
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July 2019
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
16.07
This year has been absolutely crazy for black metal, whether Icelandic, French, Dutch or Polish. USBM hasn't really been lacking either, but Yellow Eyes are sure to make their mark and make choosing…
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N/A |
16.07
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February 2019
N/A
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Industrial metal
Official review
by
RaduP
18.02
Finally, an industrial metal album that sounds like industrial music. I just wish it didn't sound as much like Blut Aus Nord trying to write a Godflesh album.
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N/A |
18.02
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July 2018
8.0
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Doom metal, Stoner metal
Official review
by
RaduP
11.07
Coming so close to death would be a life-altering experience for anyone, so when it happened to Yob mainman Mike Scheidt, it did change his perspectives a lot. He linked it to having your hard dive crash,…
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8.0 |
11.07
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October 2017
7.0
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Black metal, Drone doom metal
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
21.10
Periphrasis: a literary device in which inflated, circumlocutory language is employed in the place of a more succinct explanation purely for the sake of being tortu(r)ously oblique, much in the same way…
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7.0 |
21.10
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March 2017
8.0
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Ambient black metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
10.03
"I believe this is hell; that I will suffer even after I die- eternally". Well, after that opening line I feel like quoting the great Dax Riggs: "If this is hell, then I'm lucky".
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8.0 |
10.03
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August 2016
7.6
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Neoclassical power metal
Guest review
by
andreosokin
17.08
Review tagline: "Oh, Yngwie..."
We all know Yngwie Malmsteen as one of the founders of the guitar-oriented neoclassical rock / metal, who inspired thousands and thousands of people to pick up…
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7.6 |
17.08
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March 2015
7.9
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Folk metal
Official review
by
Susan
07.03
With Wilderun on the precipice of their sophomore album and Thrawsunblat probably doing something kick-ass right this very second, North American folk metal is alive and well. Aw, hell, let's go ahead…
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7.9 |
07.03
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October 2014
7.3
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Crust Punk, Black metal
Official review
by
Ilham
29.10
"Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?" asks Lana Del Rey. Will you still love Young And In The Way when they're no longer young and hardcore? I ask you.
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7.3 |
29.10
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August 2014
8.1
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Doom metal, Stoner metal
Official review
by
tea[m]ster
14.08
Ah yes, stoner/doom metal. Heavy and crushing, filthy and provocative. Not my favorite brand of vodka but when I want to lather my musical palate with some that's artistically and professionally done,…
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8.1 |
14.08
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January 2013
9.0
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Avantgarde metal
Official review
by
Auntie Sahar
08.01
There's really something to be said of the creative direction that a one man band grants its member. Clear, concise, and focused direction, with the ultimate power to take said direction virtually…
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9.0 |
08.01
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June 2012
N/A
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Ambient, Experimental, Noise, Avantgarde metal, Doom metal, Hardcore, Post-metal, Sludge metal, Sludge metal, Atmospheric sludge metal, Atmospheric sludge metal
Official review
by
BitterCOld
06.06
This. Is. This. Is. This is happening.
A couple years ago that magnificent asshole Thryce reviewed the Falling Down II compilation, referring to it thus:
"Basically the idea behind the Falling…
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N/A |
06.06
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April 2012
8.7
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Atmospheric black metal
Guest review
by
Oaken
13.04
If you're into atmospheric black metal, then you must at least have heard of the Russian band called Walknut. Yup, they're the ones who released a magnificent opus in 2007 and then went into…
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8.7 |
13.04
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March 2012
7.5
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Progressive doom metal, Gothic metal
Official review
by
Milena
05.03
Rating supplement: If you like elegant releases and don't mind occasionally being sonically dipped into cheese, attend to this immediately.
Say what you want of how the regions and countries of a…
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7.5 |
05.03
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February 2012
8.1
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Ambient black metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
19.02
You can stream and buy the album here
Staring directly into the void, unsure if this journey through dark and empty maelstroms of negativity will enlighten me or drive me insane. As the crimson red doors…
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8.1 |
19.02
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January 2012
7.3
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Black metal, Folk metal
Guest review
by
Marcus
13.01
Yaotl Mictlan are back again, this time blastbeating their way to your eyes from America. Here is a band so brutal that Mexican drug cartels feared them, so destructive that Felipe Calderón had…
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7.3 |
13.01
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January 2011
N/A
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Atmospheric sludge metal
Official review
by
Thryce
27.01
Post-metal
Recorded: Cadillac Studio, France 2010
Label: Conspiracy Records
Total Running Time: 48:00
Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt: one of 2010's little treasures you might have missed.
These…
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N/A |
27.01
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April 2010
5.0
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Progressive metal
Official review
by
Jeff
18.04
I don't really know where some people live, I don't know if they're on the same planet than us or if they're not just dreaming and don't care about other bands, musicians, metal…
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5.0 |
18.04
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October 2009
8.0
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Symphonic metal
Official review
by
Jeff
03.10
Yotangor is a new female fronted combo made in France! Despite the fact that this trend is getting to be over now, our guys have chosen to play Symphonic Metal (Hard Rock) and their first release is a…
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8.0 |
03.10
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September 2009
N/A
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Black metal, Drone doom metal
Official review
by
Thryce
28.09
Drone/Ambient
Recorded: Hellries Studios, Belgium 2009
Unsigned/Self-released
Total Running Time: 50:00
The void is out there.
From the deepest and darkest burrows of the Belgian underground, comes…
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N/A |
28.09
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August 2009
9.0
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Atmospheric doom metal, Symphonic gothic metal
Guest review
by
White Winter Sun
25.08
Yearning (formed under the name Flegeton) is an atmospheric Doom metal band from Finland. Merging Into Landscapes is the fifth studio album from the band, their first relased through the French label Holy…
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9.0 |
25.08
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July 2008
8.0
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Progressive metal
Official review
by
Jeff
16.07
Busy with his own label Why Note, we haven't heard a lot of news about Yann Armellino lately. The French guitarist was one of the guests of the C.L.A.F.F. project but no more and his last album was…
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8.0 |
16.07
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October 2007
7.0
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Grindcore
Official review
by
Herzebeth
01.10
Well this was really hard to digest to be perfectly honest, a German band as chaotic as this one doesn't appear everyday at your doorstep, though I'm not quite sure if I would like that to happen…
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7.0 |
01.10
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November 2006
7.8
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Black metal, Folk metal
Official review
by
Herzebeth
05.11
It's always great when you toss an unknown CD in your player and end up receiving a blasting experience; this is the first time I ever hear the name Yaotl Mictlan, (a saddening fact because they are…
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7.8 |
05.11
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October 2006
8.6
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Death metal
Official review
by
Dream Taster
30.10
Brutal Death Metal with knack is what Yyrkoon does best. Those guys brought something original to the scene with their 2004's "Occult Medicine", which has become one of my favorite albums.
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8.6 |
30.10
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September 2006
8.8
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Atmospheric sludge metal
Official review
by
Herzebeth
05.09
The Post-Metal hype is hitting like Maxwell's Silver Hammer coming down upon her head; the last couple of months I've received at least 11 Post-Metal albums to review?fortunately more than 6…
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8.8 |
05.09
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June 2006
8.6
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Atmospheric doom metal, Symphonic gothic metal
Official review
by
KwonVerge
09.06
Yearning is one of the most esoteric acts to ever come out of Finland, they have this special feeling that adorns their compositions, something special that can't leave you untouched. The depth of…
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8.6 |
09.06
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January 2006
8.0
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Progressive metal
Official review
by
Jeff
22.01
Nowadays it's not a trend apparently to produce original albums but we can always have some good surprises and damn it's good to find some little jewels like this "To Be Or Not To Be".
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8.0 |
22.01
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November 2005
7.5
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Gothenburg metal
Official review
by
Jeff
07.11
"Melancholy Souls" is the first album of a really promising and talented young band from France, Yorblind. They use to play "Scandinavian" Death Metal, and I suppose that you all understand…
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7.5 |
07.11
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October 2005
7.0
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Death doom metal
Official review
by
Jeff
03.10
Yuggoth is the living proof of a radical turnover. The Russian combo was in the past a band that played Doom/Death Metal but now they use to play a really nice Hard Rock mixed with some thrashy and funky…
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7.0 |
03.10
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July 2005
9.0
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Neoclassical power metal
Guest review
by
Joey Jo Jo
29.07
In the early years of metal, while it was still rooted in Blues/Hard-rock, there were many influential guitarists such as Jimmy Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Glenn Tipton, etc. These guys are credited for…
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9.0 |
29.07
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March 2005
7.0
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Progressive metal
Official review
by
Jeff
10.03
Yann Armellino is a young French guitarist, I saw him with Freak Kitchen (December 2004) in Paris, and I was really impressed by his guitar play. This is the time for me now to do the review of his last…
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7.0 |
10.03
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February 2005
9.5
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Death metal
Official review
by
Dream Taster
04.02
My home country of France is not so well-known for its Metal bands, but over the years bands such as veterans Massacra and Loudblast wrote the handbook of Brutal Death Metal. So, I am pleased to introduce…
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9.5 |
04.02
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October 2004
8.0
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Death metal
Official review
by
Undercraft
27.10
Yyrkoon are a French Metal outfit that began playing Black Metal, but later on they changed their musical style to Thrash Metal with some Death and even Progressive influences, the result? A damn catchy…
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8.0 |
27.10
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6.5
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Neofolk
Official review
by
Jeff
26.10
The clan is back? Ywolf the one man project of the Hungarian Gabriel Wolf, is back with the following of the stories of the Ywolf clan "Dreams Warrior". Maybe some of you remember it but I did…
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6.5 |
26.10
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December 2003
8.5
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Neoclassical power metal
Official review
by
Dream Taster
12.12
Japan has always been a nation where the influence of electric guitar is dominant and where guitar heroes such as Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Michael Romeo are seen as semi-gods. With such influences, fantastic…
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8.5 |
12.12
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November 2003
8.5
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Melodic death metal, Doom metal
Official review
by
Deadsoulman
05.11
My friends, I think we are not far from being in presence of a masterpiece. The third album is said to be the hardest mark to top, but the Frenchies of Your Shapeless Beauty have made it easily. Not that…
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8.5 |
05.11
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October 2003
10
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Atmospheric doom metal, Symphonic gothic metal
Official review
by
Deadsoulman
29.10
Yearning is a Finnish gothic metal band that has not much to do with the gothic scene of this country. Maybe it is due to the personnality of Juhani Palomaki, who once more wrote the entire album, but…
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10 |
29.10
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6.5
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Folk metal
Official review
by
Undercraft
02.10
Yggdrasil are a young band hailing from Sweden, they play Folk Metal with some Doom/Death Influences, and this is their second demo. This band formed only 2 years ago, and they come us with a really professional…
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6.5 |
02.10
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