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Funeral In Heaven/ Plecto Aliquem Capite – Astral Mantras of Dyslexia

  Artist: Funeral In Heaven/ Plecto Aliquem Capite Title: Astral Mantras of Dyslexia Type: Album (Split) Label: Dunkelheit Produktionen  This sounded too good to be true! Black metal from Sri Lanka? Now don’t get me wrong I’m not looking down… Continue Reading →

Dyscarnate – And So It Came To Pass

Band: Dyscarnate Title: And So It Came To Pass Type: Album Label: Siege of Amida Records Good ole England, bringing us the likes of Venom and of course Napalm Death, but never had I heard of Dyscarnate (Formerly Incarnate), the… Continue Reading →

Heidevolk – Batavi

Artist: Heidevolk Title: Batavi Type: Album Label: Napalm Records Heidevolk is one of the hoard of heathen acts comprising Napalm Records’ increasingly enormous Viking army. Compared to some they are pretty good, even though they are from The Netherlands. For… Continue Reading →

Psycroptic – The Inherited Repression

Artist: Psycroptic Title: The Inherited Repression Type: Album Label: Nuclear Blast   The prolific, brutal yet technical death metal maestros from Down Under return with their fifth full length album. For those unfamiliar with the band, Psycroptic are the epitome… Continue Reading →

Lyriel – Leverage

Artist: Lyriel Title: Leverage Type: Album Label: AFM I heard and reviewed Lyriel’s 3rd full length album ‘Paranoid Circus’ which came out in 2009 on Femme Metal Records and shortly after got invited to cover it again via AFM. It… Continue Reading →

Ektomorf – The Acoustic

Artist: Ektomorf Title: The Acoustic Type: Album Label: AFM Records Having reviewed their first couple of Nuclear Blast offerings, I wasn’t too certain if this album was going to work, but I’m glad to say that it actually does. Now… Continue Reading →

Ilenkus – Rule by Thieves

Artist: Ilenkus Title: Rule by Thieves Type: Album Label: Savour Your Scene Records I’d not heard of Ilenkus before, so it was a journey into the unknown as I put “Rule by Thieves” onto the cd player. Straightaway I latched… Continue Reading →

Absence Of The Sacred – Come Hither O Herald of Death

Artist: Absence Of The Sacred Title: Come Hither O Herald of Death Type: Album Label: Sonic Blast Media This is a band from Singapore, and although the metal bible reference site I use states this came out in 2009, I… Continue Reading →

Pact – The Dragon Lineage Of Satan

Artist: Pact Title: The Dragon Lineage Of Satan Type: Album Label: Moribund I know nothing about Pact. Even Moribund’s site only has a holding page. The band have no website and there was no bio with the album. All I… Continue Reading →

Hellsaw – Trist

Artist: Hellsaw Title: Trist Type: Album Label: Napalm ‘Hellsaw’. Band members gurning in corpse paint. Song titles involving ‘DOOM’, ‘APOCALYPSE’ and ‘WINTER’. Sometimes it just warms the heart to know that there are characters out there doing their damndest to… Continue Reading →

Lacuna Coil – Dark Adrenaline

Artist: Lacuna Coil Title: Dark Adrenaline Type: Album Label: Century Media There was a time not too long ago when Lacuna Coil could do no wrong. Following the ‘Comalies’ album, they were media darlings, getting heavy airplay and magazine coverage,… Continue Reading →

Black Messiah – The Final Journey

Artist: Black Messiah Title: The Final Journey Type: Album Label: AFM Germany’s Black Messiah have been going since the late nineties although the bulk of their five releases have been since 2005. They sing often but not exclusively in their… Continue Reading →

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