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Riverside – Lost ‘n’ Found – Live In Tilburg
Riverside – Lost ‘n’ Found – Live In TilburgInsideOut Music9,0/10,0 Brief:Polish progressive rock masters RIVERSIDE return with a very special live-release. Previously only available as strictly limited fanclub edition, “Lost’n’Found – Live in…
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Theatre Of Tragedy – Musique
Theatre Of Tragedy – Musique (Remaster 2020)AFM Records9,0/10,0 Brief:It’s a long time since it was available – now the THEATRE OF TRAGEDY millennium opus with singer Liv Kristine called “Musique” is in stores…
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Draconian
SOURCE – This is the first Draconian album in five years, so everybody was waiting to see what would have come out of your mind in Under A Godless Veil. Can you tell…
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Darzamat – A Philosopher At the End of The Universe
Darzamat – A Philosopher At the End of The UniverseSzataniec9,0/10,0 Brief:After an 11-year of hiatus in publishing, Darzamat – the Polish pioneers of atmospheric black/gothic metal are back! The concept of the album…
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Crippled Black Phoenix – Ellengæst
Crippled Black Phoenix – EllengæstSeason of Mist Records Records9,0/10,0 Brief:This new release, though, does not make any attempts in pairing with or succeeding its predecessor. Circumstances largely prevented it anyway. On the day…
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Dark Tranquillity – Moment
Dark Tranquillity – MomentCentury Media Records8,0/10,0 Brief:Swedish melodic death metal kings Dark Tranquillity are back with their new album, Moment. It’s been four years since the (Swedish) Grammy-nominated album, Atoma, but the time…
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Svalbard
SOURCE – When did you starting writing the songs that became When I Die, Will I Get Better? Serena Cherry (guitar, vocals) – We started writing this album over 2 years ago! We…
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Darzamat
SOURCE – Eleven years is a long time between albums, especially for an active band who are not on hiatus. Is this gap indicative of a long, difficult writing and recording process? Nera…
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Svalbard – When I Die, Will I Get Better?
Svalbard – When I Die, Will I Get Better?Translation Loss Records9,5/10,0 Brief:Formed in 2011, the band has shown a stable upward trajectory over multiple EP’s, splits, and two full-length albums. What started as…
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Venom Prision – Primeval
Venom Prision – PrimevalProsthetic Records6,0/10,0 Brief:Death metal trailblazers, VENOM PRISON, have today announced a new release titled, Primeval. The 11-track album will feature re-recordings of tracks from their early EPs, Defy The Tyrant…
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Bands You Need to Know Now – October 2020
THE TROOPS OF DOOM New Brazilian Metal band led by the original Sepultura guitar player Jairo “Tormentor” Guedz (The Mist), author and co-author of the classic albums “Bestial Devastation” and “Morbid Visions”. The…
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The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | CenozoicMetal Blade Records8,5/10,0 Brief:In September 2020, The Ocean are poised to release the eagerly-awaited concluding parts of the Phanerozoic journey, the new album – Phanerozoic II:…
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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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