Vorna – AamunkoiLifeforce Records8,5/10,0 Brief: The music of VORNA from Tampere is as melancholic as sublimely gloomy. The sextet from Finland, active since 2008, enters with a majestic metal sound that also features…
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Hatesphere – Hatred Reborn
Hatesphere – Hatred RebornScarlet Records8,0/10,0 Brief: Formed in Aarhus, Denmark by guitarist Peter “Pepe” Hansen in 2000, HateSphere is one of a handful of bands reigniting the flame of ’80s Thrash metal by…
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Klone – Meanwhile
Klone – MeanwhileKscope Music8,5/10,0 Brief: KLONE present Meanwhile, the new album from the French alt-metal/art-rock collective. Emotive and conceptual, Klone have once again broken new sonic ground and built further on their signature…
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Aphyxion – Ad Astra
Aphyxion – Ad AstraCircular Wave Records8,5/10,0 Brief: Aphyxion is a metalcore band from Ribe – Denmark formed in 2007. The group has released four albums: Earth Entangled in 2014, Aftermath in 2016, Void…
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Mansion – Second Death
Mansion – Second Death Independent 9,5/10,0 Brief: Started out as a trio, Mansion is kartano in Finnish. Full band came together in 2012. The “Uncreation” EP was supposed to be their debut album,…
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All Out War – Celestial Rot
All Out War – Celestial RotTranslation Loss Records9,0/10,0 Brief: All Out War is an American metalcore band from Newburgh, New York, formed in 1991. The band played their first show together in Newburgh,…
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Memoriam – Rise To Power
Memoriam – Rise To PowerReaper Entertainment8,5/10,0 Brief: MEMORIAM needs no introduction. Founded by former Bolt Thrower singer Karl Willetts and Benediction bassist Frank Healy — living legends of old-school death metal — MEMORIAM…
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In Flames – Foregone
In Flames – ForegoneNuclear Blast Records8,5/10,0 Brief: In Flames represent the best of metal’s past, present, and future. New Wave Of Swedish Death Metal architects and innovative purveyors of groove, hard rock, and…
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Haken – Fauna
Haken – FaunaInside Out Music9,0/10,0 Brief: If you’re talking about modern progressive rock and don’t bring up Haken, you’re doing it wrong. Since the south English sextet started jamming together in 2004, they’ve…
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Riverside – ID.Entity
Riverside – ID.EntityInside Out Music9,0/10,0 Brief: Riverside are a progressive rock band from Warsaw, Poland. They were founded in 2001 by friends Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudzinski, Piotr Kozieradzki and Jacek Melnicki, who shared…
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For I Am King – Crown
For I Am King – Crown Prime Collective 8,5/10,0 Brief:Dutch metal band FOR I AM KING are gearing up for the release of their brand new full-length studio album Crown – the band’s…
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Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars
Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars Napalm Records 9,0/10,0 Brief:Meritorious masters of melancholic metal KATATONIA carry on their legacy of rearranging the order of the heavy music universe, proudly presenting their hauntingly beautiful…
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Knogjarn – Mera Bedovning
Knogjarn – Mera Bedovning Indie Recordings 9,0/10,0 Brief: From the melting, but still freezing and sunless North, we bring you yet another heavy banger from the Swedish Hard Rock champions Knogjärn! Just in…
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Polar – Everywhere, Everything
Polar – Everywhere, Everything Arising Empire 8,5/10,0 Brief:UK quartet Polar will drop the upcoming album Everywhere, Everything. Armed with heavy new material on their brand new full length, that lyrically delves deep within…
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Obituary – Dying of Everything
Obituary – Dying of Everything Relapse Records 8,0/10,0 Brief:The legendary Death Metal icons OBITUARY return with their highly anticipated new album, Dying of Everything. Dying Of Everything features cover art by Mariusz Lewandowski,…
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Caravela Escarlate – III
Caravela Escarlate – III Karisma Records 8,5/10,0 Brief: Formed in Rio de Janeiro in 2011, Caravela Escarlate is a trio heavily inspired by both English and Italian ’70s Prog Rock, but they draw…
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Maraton – Unseen Color
Maraton – Unseen Color Indie Recordings 9,0/10,0 Brief:Maraton are a Norwegian rock quintet based in Oslo. Maraton embraces the unknown with their captivating and emotional new album “Unseen Color”! Beautiful vocal lines and…
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The Interbeing – Icon of the Hopeless
The Interbeing – Icon of the Hopeless Prime Collective 8,5/10,0 Brief:THE INTERBEING established a name for themselves on the industrial metal scene back in 2011, with the award-winning and highly acclaimed debut album…
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League of Distortion – League of Distortion
League of Distortion – League of Distortion Napalm Records 9,0/10,0 Brief:A new force, LEAGUE OF DISTORTION, unite to defeat the shadows cast upon the music scene with their fresh sound and style! Back…
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Deathless Legacy – Mater Larvarum
Deathless Legacy – Mater LarvarumScarlet Records8,5/10,0 Brief: Mater Larvarum is the fifth full-length release by Horror Rock sensation. Deathless Legacy introduce themselves as monsters on stage and off. As a grotesque shocking horror…
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Soen – Atlantis
Soen – AtlantisSilver Lining Music9,0/10,0 Brief:The story of the band Soen, founded by Martin Lopez (ex-Opeth, ex-Amon Amarth) and Kim Platbarzdis, opens the next chapter with Atlantis 2022. Featuring 13 of the groups…
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Tankard – Pavlov’s Dawgs
Tankard – Pavlov’s DawgsReaper Entertainment9,0/10,0 Brief:Even after four steamy, liver-destroying, gut-stretching decades in the name of heavy metal, there’s no stopping the TANKARD beer crew. Just in time for the celebrations surrounding their…
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Crippled Black Phoenix – Banefyre
Crippled Black Phoenix – BanefyreSeason of Mist Records9,5/10,0 Brief: Crippled Black Phoenix are an English dark rock band, founded by Justin Greaves in 2004. Several musicians have contributed to Crippled Black Phoenix’s albums…
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Major Parkinson – Valesa – Chapter 1: Velvet Prison
Major Parkinson – Valesa – Chapter 1: Velvet PrisonApollon Records8,5/10,0 Brief:Major Parkinson is a particle collider of huge, cinematic melodies, catchy pop hooks, impossible rhythms and psychedelic lyrics. A distinctly different band, with…
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