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Heavy Metal Around the Globe
Cloud Rat – Clipped Beaks/Silk Panic
one of the most daring bands in music right
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Hayduke’s Picks: Black Metal Albums Part 2
10 black metal albums worthy of your attention.
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Valkyria – Tierra Hostil
an aggressive and guitar-driven power metal band
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Hayduke’s Picks: 10 Black Metal Albums Part 1
10 black metal albums worthy of your consideration.
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Interview with Morgue Walker
An interview with Justin Vølus and Dan Inlev of Morgue Walker.
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Master – Vindictive Miscreant
The trio are individually masters of their craft, but also well schooled in composition. Every piece fits as it should in this old school thrashing death masterpiece.
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Scorched – Ecliptic Butchery
Hearing this new album confirms what I theorized then, that Scorched is capable of becoming the new face of American death metal.
read moreLizzies – On The Ice
all-female Madrid-based quartet wears their hard-rocking roots on their denim-clad sleeves, infused with a sizable dose of punkified piss and vinegar.
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Morgue Walker – Forage the Ash
If you like your death metal blackened, grinding and filthy, this one’s for you!
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Grog – Macabre Requiems
massive riffs, guttural growls and gut churning insanity
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Behemoth – I Loved You At Your Darkest
Audiophiles rejoice; this is the best sounding black metal album to date
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Siniestro – Arctic Blood
I’ve determined one thing, FOUR TRACKS IS NOT ENOUGH
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Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze Interview
I will say I give full support for these two artists, this project, and what they stand for. There are some important thoughts shared here.
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Ghost World – Spin
It is the feel good album I can listen to as the marigold leaves get whipped from the trees
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Skepticism – Stormcrowfleet
Stormcrowfleet is a flagship album for the funeral doom subgenre
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Bonehunter – Children of the Atom
listening to them is nothing like experiencing the soft caresses of a warm, spring rain. Rather, it is more like showering in steel wool and then sticking your head inside a forge to dry off.
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Hypnos – Set Fire to the Sky
These exuberant Swedes do much more than merely incorporate their retro influences into their sound; no, they take idolatry one step further by blatantly aping different bands’ styles for individual songs.
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All My Sins – Pra Sila – Vukov Totem
This album is like a wounded predator cornered in a cave. It is majestic, but also feral and extremely dangerous.
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Graveborne – 1918
The album undulates between savagery and mournful atmosphere with a fair number of interesting flourishes added.
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Superfjord – All Will Be Golden
a dynamic, mind bending experience of groove heavy, percussion laden majesty
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Un – Sentiment
the totality of Un’s music embodies the essence of dark emotion
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Wrestling – Ride On Freaks
deftly blends ‘80s speed metal, hardcore punk, melodic riffs, and downright goofy lyrics and vocalizations
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Napalm Death – An Interview with Mark “Barney” Greenway
Back in August, your intrepid reporters traveled all the way to Cleveland to see Napalm Death headline a set at a smaller venue on an off date from the big tour. Click the link to see the live set and interview with Barney.
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The Body – I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer
I hereby dub their music Dissonant DJ Shadow with a Side of Angst, or perhaps House Scene Obliteration. Maybe we can just call it The Body, since the genre only has the one project in it that can rightfully lay claim anyway.
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