GHØSTKID – Follow The White Rabbit
GHØSTKID – Follow The White Rabbit Century Media Records 9,0/10,0 Brief: What awaits at the end of the rabbit hole of one’s own mind? This question is explored through gripping, dark tracks on…
Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment
Anaal Nathrakh – EndarkenmentMetal Blade Records9,0/10,0 Brief:Extremity has been Anaal Nathrakh’s stock in trade for more than two decades, and with 11th album, Endarkenment, they maintain their legacy of aural devastation. However, for…
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Finntroll – Vredesv
Finntroll – VredesvCentury Media Records7,0/10,0 Brief:The trolls are back – angrier, hungrier and meaner than ever! “Vredesvävd” (2020) is Finntroll’s seventh full-length, the first in long seven years. The title translates to “Wrath-woven”,…
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The Pineapple Thief – Versions of the Truth
The Pineapple Thief – Versions of the TruthKscope Records9,0/10,0 Brief:Created in May 2008 to provide a home for the growing post-progressive genre and an evolving, flexible and adventurous style of music without boundaries.…
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Bands You Need to Know Now – September 2020
DEAD QUIET Forming in 2014, Dead Quiet established themselves quickly with the release of their debut self titled record in 2015. With burbling organ, dual guitars, and the soaring vocals, Truth and Ruin…
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Noumena – Anima
Noumena – AnimaInverse Records7,0/10,0 Brief:Noumena (est. 1998, Ähtäri, Finland) have offered their distinctive and unique view of melodic metal on five full-length albums so far. Anima rarely there is a better soundtrack at…
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Oceans Of Slumber – Oceans Of Slumber
Oceans Of Slumber – Oceans Of SlumberCentury Media Records7,0/10,0 Brief:Oceans Of Slumber have long been purveyors of a uniquely human(e) and emotionally fertile strain of heavy music; hewn from the bedrocks of arcane…
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Madder Mortem
SOURCE – Marrow as the seventh Mardder Mortem album continues to push forth an adventurous progressive metal sound with fabulous musical interplay and versatility as far as influences/tones you explore. Where do you…
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Blues Pills – Holy Moly!
Blues Pills – Holy Moly!Nuclear Blast Records9,0/10,0 Brief:Blues Pills are a Swedish rock band, formed in Örebro, Sweden in 2011. The band has released three studio albums, two EPs, three live albums and…
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Pain Of Salvation – PANTHER
Pain Of Salvation – PANTHERInside Out Music9,0/10,0 Brief:The Swedish prog heavyweights are no strangers to reinventing their sound almost on an album-to-album basis. Firmly at the forefront of the progressive rock and metal…
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Fight The Fight – Deliverance
Fight The Fight – DeliveranceIndie Recordings/Metal Blade Records8,5/10,0 Brief:Fight The Fight were founded under the name Faenskap, and played shows for many years. The band is a perfect example of childhood friends and…
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Moon Tooth – Crux
Moon Tooth – CruxPure Noise Records8,5/10,0 Brief:Moon Tooth is a US Progressive Metal band founded in 2012. The music is a complex and unexpected blend of various musical styles. From Long Island –…
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City Of Souls
SOURCE – What financial impact has COVID-19 had on you and your band? Have you had to cancel or postpone any tours or festival appearances or postpone an album release because of COVID-19…
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Figures
SOURCE – It’s been three years since Chronos. What have you and the band been up to? Paul Callow (Guitar) – We played a few live shows but mostly we had been super…
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Ebonivory
SOURCE – The Long Dream I is out now! For those who may not have checked it out, what can we expect from this release? Jake Ewings (guitar) – It’s a 60 minute…
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Pissing Razors
SOURCE – The last and sixth Pissing Razors studio record is Evolution. Given the fact that the band has been together for over 25 years, do you still get the same energy and…
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Orbit Culture – Nija
Orbit Culture – NijaSeek & Strike Records8,5/10,0 Brief:In the southern parts Sweden, in between the two major revered metal cities Gothenburg and Stockholm lies the small town of Eksjö, just about 60 kilometers…
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Hinayana – Death Of The Cosmic
Hinayana – Death Of The CosmicNapalm Records8,0/10,0 Brief:Melodic death metal upstarts HINAYANA bring the flaming Texas heat on their upcoming EP, Death of the Cosmic. Following their 2018 debut full-length, Order Divine, the…
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Figures – Operating In Unsafe Mode
Figures – Operating In Unsafe ModeSelf-release8,5/10,0 Brief:2020 sees the release of a debut album from Alt-Metal 5-piece, Figures. On Operating In Unsafe Mode, the band’s distinctive take on melodic alternative metal is familiar,…
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Bands You Need to Know Now – August 2020
HINAYANA Austin, Texas-based melodic death-doom metal unit HINAYANA have been turning heads in the metal scene since their formation in 2014, starting out as a one-man band spearheaded by frontman Casey Hurd. Now,…
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Septicflesh – Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX
Septicflesh – Infernus Sinfonica MMXIXSeason of Mist Records9,0/10,0 Brief:Septicflesh are painting an apocalyptic vision and make full use of their impressive musical palette consisting of black/death metal and orchestral colours on their new…
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Gaerea
SOURCE – Primeiramente, parabéns pelo novo álbum Limbo. Ele representa uma grande evolução musical na carreira do Gaerea. Como vocês avaliam essa produção? Limbo sem dúvida alguma será um marco na nossa discografia.…
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Higher Power
SOURCE – Firstly, congratulations on 27 Miles Underwater, it’s and incredible album! Tell us a little bit about the album and how the production and recording went for this? Jimmy Wizard (Vocals) –…
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City Of Souls – Synaesthesia
City Of Souls – SynaesthesiaSelf-Released8,5/10,0 Brief:One of New Zealand’s most reputable acts, City Of Souls was formed in August 2015 by guitarists Trajan Schwencke and Steve Boag. Vocalist Richie Simpson found their existing…
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Gaerea – Limbo
Gaerea – LimboSeason Of Mist Records9,0/10,0 Brief:GAEREA challenges the archetype of black metal, coloring outside of the genre’s lines with melancholy, texture and passion. ‘Limbo’ devours the listener with misanthropic catharsis and cinematic…
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