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Cellar Darling - The Spell
Laced with captivating melodies, intricate harmonies and featuring the enchanting pipes of Anna Murphy, provides for a fantastical piece of composition. Impeccable craftsmanship. |
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Lacuna Coil - Black Anima
Lacuna Coil are like a fine wine. They only become richer, heavier and darker with time. |
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Avatarium - The Fire I Long For
A tender drop of pure refined doom metal lead by a mesmerizing vocalist. |
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Ex Libris - ANN - Chapter 3: Anne Frank
The final chapter to the Ann trilogy is chillingly powerful and hauntingly beautiful. |
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Cathubodua - Continuum
Quintessential bombastic symphonic metal. An incredible debut release from resident newcomers. |
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Aephanemer - Prokopton
Non-stop and top-notch melodic-death metal release with a lavish symphonic thunder. |
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Smoulder - Times Of Obscene Evil And Wild Daring
A magnanimous debut album, much like a classic fantasy novel spun to life. Heavy and doom metal in perfect balance. |
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The Riven - The Riven
An electrifyingly catchy entrance into the realm of female-led doom metal, The Riven are destined to become one of the movers and shakers of this genre. |
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Ex Libris - ANN - Chapter 2: Anastasia Romanova
Like something out of musical, Dianne van Gierbergen is equal parts regal, dramatic, spirited and tragic in her role as the ill-fated heroine. |
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Jess By The Lake - Under The Red Light Shine
As always, Saarela shines, as her magnetic personality, captivity and accessibility bewitch the listener. |
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Sabbath Assembly - A Letter Of Red
The masters of occult-doom rock return with their seventh studio album. It crushes. It devours. It emotes. This is psychedelic 70s rock at its finest. |
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Elessar - Kosmos
The right amount of orchestral, theatrical, charismatic and genuine passion needed to deliver a truly superb album. |
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Sanhedrin - The Poisoner
True doom and dusty, The Poisoner provides a dynamic doomy fix. |
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Chelsea Wolfe - Birth Of Violence
Dark, distorted and ethereal, Birth of Violence is the pinnacle achievement of an artist who has homed her craft for years. |
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The Dark Element - Songs The Night Sings
Anette Olzon and Jani Liimatainen have created an addictive slice of symphonic-power metal. A perfect fit for the pair. |
