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Vader – Tibi Et Igni (Nuclear Blast)

There are very few things in life that are truly certain, the sun will rise, bacon tastes awesome, everyone dies, and a new Vader album will kick serious ass. In my household Vader are simply known as old faithful, with… Continue Reading →

Serpentine Path – Emanations (Relapse)

Serpentine path are a new force to be reckoned with in the doom scene. Featuring members of  Unearthly Trance and one of the founding members of Electric Wizard, they are a doom super-group in all but name really. After delivering… Continue Reading →

Stoic Dissention – Autochthon (Rain Without End)

Sometimes discovering a funeral doom band is a little bit like stumbling into someone’s dingy, all but forgotten dwelling. A dust-filled, grainy backroom with four or five huddled bodies, solemn faces and pitted instruments making their way to some sonic… Continue Reading →

Akrotheism – Behold the Son of Plagues (Odium)

The Norwegians may have got there first and the French carry the banner for the most adventurous and bizarre, but the Greeks, well, they just seem to do it better than anyone else. Exhibit A: Akrotheism, who may not be… Continue Reading →

Emptiness – Nothing But The Whole (Dark Descent)

Whoever heard of introspective death metal? Well apparently, if you splice just the right amount of black metal into the mix, a delicate splash of industrial gloom and you’ve got the starkly named Emptiness. You may think that’s a rather… Continue Reading →

Down – Down IV Part II (Roadrunner)

  NOLA supergroup “Down” have returned with the second in a series of E.P’s that make up “Down IV”. Its been a rocky few years for Down, personal issues and tragedies aside, the first instalment of Down IV was the… Continue Reading →

Mosaic – Old Man’s Wyntar (Amor Fati)

Metal is far more experimental than the masses would give it credit for, but black metal has always been in a league all of its own. Beyond mere amplified guitar-based music and feeding expression that goes beyond ten tracks and… Continue Reading →

Diocletian – Gesundrian (Osmose)

As a kid, I was pretty pleased to have my birthday on St George’s Day. The slayer of dragons is a pretty cool guy to share a day with when you are eight years old. Of course, I have since… Continue Reading →

Killer Be Killed – S/T (Nuclear Blast).

You have probably heard the name Killer Be Killed being thrown around recently, but for those of you who are not up to date I will fill you in. Killer Be killed is a new super-group comprised of a rather… Continue Reading →

Spectral Lore – III (I, Voidhanger)

I’m not sure if I’ve been paying more attention than normal over the past few months and burrowing into those dark corners to find new and interesting stuff, but 2014 is slowly but surely turning out to be one hell… Continue Reading →

Aborted – The Necrotic Manifesto (Century Media)

Belgium’s Aborted are a band that certainly stick out from the crowd, they have become pretty much the definition of a revolving door line-up, with a huge roster of former members behind them, but they have managed to keep their… Continue Reading →

Sickrites – Irreverent Death Megaliths (Osmose)

After several decent stabs at creating their own brand of dimension-bending, death metal groove on various EPs and splits, Sickrites have finally released their first full length. Evidently, it was somewhat overdue. Irreverent Death Megaliths is bursting with the kind… Continue Reading →

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