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1000 Yard Stare – Benthic
Take note sludge fans. With Benthic, 1000 Yard Stare join the pantheon of the greats of the genre.
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Grogus – Goat Temple Video Premiere
Today, it is my distinct pleasure to present to you the video for the single Goat Temple by the band Grogus.
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Wednesday 13: Invades and Infects
Music is known to encompass the mind and connect to the audience, and here to enhance it further is the band Wednesday 13. By igniting the audience’s imagination, Wednesday 13, like a painter, has used music as the canvas for the stories being portrayed both on stage...
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Birdflesh – Extreme Graveyard Tornado
The album is a ripper, chock full of riffs and blast, thundering bass, manic yells, screams, and bile, a pinch of humor, and some well placed samples.
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Warcrab – Damned In Endless Night
Where Scars of Aeons was dark and heavy, with a groove that took you by the hand to lead you to the abyss, Damned In Endless Night instead pushing you forward and scourges you ever deeper down.
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Drink Their Blood – Face Of Opprobrium
Face Of Opprobrium is a challenging album that asks a lot of the listener. Accepting the challenge is not in vain though, as the payoff is exceptional.
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A CONVERSATION WITH METAL LEGEND JOHN ARCH
this new album is another outstanding, progressive, and dynamic record from you and Jim Matheos
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Amon Amarth – Berserker
12 blistering, galloping, uproarious, riff-laden odes to Viking vengeance
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Ashen Chalice – Ljubiš li i dalje istinski?
Listening to Ljubiš li i dalje istinski? is not pleasant, but it feels so very necessary. The emotions are palpable. My arm hair stands on end. I feel like weeping. I feel like destroying. I feel like walking into the woods and never coming out.
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Panzerfaust – The Suns of Perdition I: War, Horrid War
In the final analysis, this album is nearly thirty two minutes of near perfection. Maybe the word ‘near’ is not necessary in that last sentence.
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East of the Wall – NP- Complete
you are thrown between metal, melodic, thrash, to transient, ambient and back to metal all within moments of one another
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Hazard – Hazard EP
a late ‘70’s rock throwback, but with the modern knowledge of all the bands that came after.
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H.C. Slim – Sings
H.C. Slim is the dusty crossroad where music lovers from all over can stop to take a rest and just peacefully listen to the short simplicities of a man roaming alone
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Interview with Brian Tatler of Diamond Head
We spoke to Brian over the phone about new members, new music, and what it takes to keep rocking for four decades.
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Deceased – Ghostly White
A captivating sense of melody binds all the disparate riffs, tempos, meter changes, and moody atmospheres together.
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Amon Amarth – The Pursuit of Vikings: Live At Summer Breeze
a near-perfect overview of their storied career
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Temple of Perdition – Homage to the Dead
Band - Temple of Perdition Album - Homage to the Dead Country of Origin - USA/Finland Genre - Black Metal Release Date - May 13, 2019 Label - Vision of God Records Author - Ivan Gossage (Chief Administrator, Order ov the Black Arts) From the arid expanses of modern...
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5 Thoughts about Knocked Loose/The Acacia Strain/Harm’s Way/Higher Power/sanction at Elevation
Back on April 9th (sorry for the long delay), I went to Elevation to see the current Knocked Loose tour. Here are five thoughts on the evening. Number 1: NY hardcore band sanction took the stage first. They played a really tight, if somewhat standard set. Good energy...
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Suhnopfer Interview
Ardraos: ” I’m just trying on my humble level to perpetuate deep tones and a musical emulation that rises on the foundations of the 90’s with an own personality, unlike the thousands of clones of the first Nordic groups, or those trying random experiments, which just pull the scene down.”
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EXCLUSIVE (North America) TRACK STREAM: Crownaside – Xibalba
We have the honor today of hosting the exclusive North American stream of the track Xibalba from the album From Mud To Ashes by Crownaside.
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EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Chalice of Suffering – Whispers of Madness
Moshpitnation is proud to present to you the exclusive track stream of Whispers of Madness, which comes from Lost Eternally, the second album by Chalice of Suffering.
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EXCLUSIVE (USA) TRACK STREAM: Sühnopfer – Je Vivroie Liement
Moshpitnation is proud to present to you the US exclusive track stream of Je Vivroie Liement, which comes from Hic Regnant Borbonii Manes, the third album by Sühnopfer.
read moreJGilbert’s Bandcamp Roundup I
I’ve been gone for a few weeks, but not entirely idle. In the interest of getting some more exposure for Michigan artists and creating a platform for them in my column on Moshpit Nation, I’ve endeavored to do monthly roundups of bandcamp releases for Michigan artists...
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Artillery – The Face of Fear
blistering speed metal – a plethora of tempos, moods, and melodies create a balanced listening experience
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