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Clouds Taste Satanic – To Sleep Beyond The Earth (Kinda Like Music)

Sometimes this reviewing lark can be a real drag and seem like work, other times, a real gem arrives and restores a bit of faith in the music.  I’m glad to say, Clouds Taste Satanic fall firmly in the latter… Continue Reading →

Steel Prophet – Omniscient (Cruz del Sur Music)

They are spoken of as potential heirs to Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, but Steel Prophet have frankly been around long enough to shape their own path and reputation. These Americans started out in the mid 1980s, since when they… Continue Reading →

Mortals – Cursed To See The Future (Relapse)

Cursed To See The Future is the US Brooklyn trio’s sophomore full length and I think the word ‘monumental’ was probably invented for it. Six tracks in about fifty minutes is a formidable proposition, especially when it’s built of huge… Continue Reading →

Nunslaughter – Angelic Dread (Hells Headbangers)

Nunslaughter! You don’t get a much more prolific underground extreme metal band than Nunslaughter. Since 1987 these Cleveland steamers have been grinding out some of the best and most blasphemous thrashing death metal with sole original member, vocalist ‘Don Of… Continue Reading →

Cemetery Lust – Orgies Of Abomination (Hells Headbangers)

Calling yourself Cemetery Lust and describing your musical style as rapethrash means that you are either going for the antagonistic troll method of gaining notoriety or the misguided fratboy style. With these guys the balance is about 60:40 in favour… Continue Reading →

Corrosion of Conformity – IX (Candlelight)

2014 is turning into a bit of a good year for veteran acts to produce work that is both true to their classic sound, and relevant to today; check out crushing new releases from the likes of Crowbar, Prong or… Continue Reading →

Theater of the Absurd – The Myth of Sisyphus (Graviton Music)

Welcome to the progressive world of Theater of the Absurd. This US band has been plying their trade since 2006 and seeking to express themselves in a way which reflects their take on modern progressive music and life in general,… Continue Reading →

Incantation – Dirges Of Elysium (Listenable)

John McEntee and his band of not so merry men return once more to lay waste to your surroundings with another shadowy blast of occult death metal, filled to the brim with blasphemy and darkness. Although this is studio album… Continue Reading →

Waxen – Agios Holokauston (Moribund)

This is the long awaited sophomore album from one man, black metal-ish project Waxen. I must admit that Waxen are a new name to me, but having dug a little deeper, it is no surprise that there has been 7… 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 →

Never Awake – Underground (S/R)

Never Awake are a progressive metal band from Portland, Oregon who have been slinging their complicated and highly technical musical styling’s in the north west of America since 2011. They’ve already got one EP out (self titled) and they have… Continue Reading →

Infirmary/Aetherium Mors – Split (Bindrune /Eihwaz )

I remember back in the 80s and 90s when doing a split record was a great idea, with each band getting a side of the vinyl and sharing the cost of pressing. You also got the 12″ cover image for… Continue Reading →

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