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Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark
Stop the press: Marillion remember how to do a record under 60 minutes and it's their best in ages. (Prog Rock) |
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Satan - Earth Infernal
Killer album from these seasoned campaigners. Heavy metal 101 right here folks. (Heavy Metal) |
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Messa - Close
Doom metal lightly peppered with jazzy, folky goodness with a sprinkling of blues rock. Great. (Doom Metal) |
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Elder - Innate Passage
Is it psych? Is it prog? Is it Stoner? Who gives a flying fuck? It's all of these and it's great. (Prog / Stoner Metal) |
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Arð - Take Up My Bones
Some dude from Winterfylleth creates something better than Winterfylleth. (Atmospheric Doom Metal) |
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Voivod - Synchro Anarchy
Snake, Away, Chewy and Rocky. Best Voivod in ages. What the fuck is a Voivod though? (Alt / Prog / Thrash Metal) |
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Darkest Era - Wither On The Vine
Proof that you can do doom with a cheeky little nod to the past while still sounding sparkling fresh and modern. (Doom / Heavy Metal) |
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Friends Of Hell - Friends Of Hell
We love Albert Witchfinder, we do. Smelly, epic doom metal with a hint of sludgy punk - and very nice it is too. (Doom Metal) |
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Midnight - Let There Be Witchery
More sexy black n' roll nonsense from the hooded one. Sordid, silly and delightful in equal measure. (Black / Speed / Heavy Metal) |
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Immolation - Acts Of God
Welcome return of that funky Immolation sound. Get on down to the funky flava. (Death Metal) |
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Autopsy - Morbidity Triumphant
Hard to choose between this and the above for death LP of the year. Pure unadultered savage fun. (Death metal) |
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Spitfire - Denial To Fall
Classy catchy heavy metal from the land of Zeus. It's basically an elegant Hellenic sculpture crafted from shiny steel, dude. Essentially, this is for old farts like me who say things like 'they don't make them like this, anymore'. Well they do, and it's right here mateys. (Heavy Metal) |
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Creeping Flesh - ...And Then The Bombs Came
There's a simple logic at work here: I really like Bolt Thrower; so do these guys; in conclusion, I like them. (Death Metal) |
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Non Est Deus - Impious
This tasty little bastard doesn't fuck around: relentlessly awesome, inventive black metal from the bloke behind Kanonenfieber. (Black Metal) |
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Saxon - Carpe Diem
So metal they come from the City of Steel. Top turn for Biff and co. (Heavy Metal) |
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Locust Point - Michigan Drag
A chunky and rather tasty stew made with Thin Lizzy carrots, Saxon beef and lightly peppered with BOC for good measure. For all imbibers of vintage metal/hard rock juice. (Hard Rock / Heavy Metal) |
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High Command - Eclipse Of The Dual Moons
A hidden jewel in a shite year for my favourite metal genre. (Thrash Metal) |
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Vorga - Striving Toward Oblivion
Super catchy sci-fi black metal. Cosmic, baby. (Melodic Black Metal) |
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Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun
It would be fucking sweet to hear another EDM or Nightfall but that is never gonna happen. This isn't all killer-no filler but it's still top level doom. (Epic Doom Metal) |
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The Cult - Under The Midnight Sun
I have loved this band since 'Electric'. They register about 3.2 on the gorgonzola scale of cheese, which is - scientifically speaking - the optimum amount of cheese required to be awesome. (Goth / Hard Rock) |
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Exhumed - To The Dead
Classic ballads featuring that cheeky little scamp, Ed Sheeran on vibes. (Deathgrind) |
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The Spirit - Of Clarity And Galactic Structures
Proggy death metal with black metal and sci-fi thrown into the blender. (Prog Death Metal / Black Metal) |
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Ataraxy - The Last Mirror
Spain's exponents of superlative death doom return with a tenuous exploration in melody, while retaining the crushingly heavy riffage. Deep, cavernous, dark, and broody as fuck. (Death Doom Metal) |
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Static Abyss - Labyrinth Of Veins
Dark as fuck, brutal, discordant death doom / old school death from some Autopsy fellas. Naughty but nice. (Death Metal / Death Doom Metal) |
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Shape Of Despair - Return To The Void
Really, really slow heavy metal with a bit of atmos thrown in for good measure? I'm gonna call this graveyard doom metal. Wonder if it'll catch on. (Funeral Doom Metal) |
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The Troops Of Doom - Antichrist Reborn
If being a thrash metal band from Brazil and naming your band after a Sepultura classic doesn't elicit Sepultura comparisons, entirely basing your sound on 'Beneath The Remains' and 'Arise' surely will. Oh well, it's very well executed, catchy and drenched in thrashy fun. (Thrash Metal) |
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Hath - All That Was Promised
Expansive prog death metal meditation. Nice. (Prog Death Metal) |
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Werewolves - From The Cave To The Grave
This cheeky little number will give you a right fucking headache. Crushingly heavy, uncompromising, mean-as-fuck death metal. Like a sledgehammer blow to your fucking mandible. Ace. (Blackened Death Metal) |
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Slowtorch - The Machine Has Failed
Wicked psychedelic stoner debut. (Psych / Heavy Metal / Stoner Metal) |
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Nite - Voices Of The Kronian Moon
The music is NWOBHM, the vocals are android Lemmy does black metal with a whisper. We're Nite and we play rock n' roll or whatever the fuck this is. (Black / Heavy Metal) |
Just like above said, I too enjoy your descriptions 