It’s hard to believe it’s been 15 years since the very first edition of Kill-Town Death Fest. What began as a modest celebration of the Scandinavian death metal scene has grown into one of...
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Xiphos – The Age of Alexander
In 2022, when I was still a verile young lad I reviewed Xiphos‘s debut album “The Rise and Fall of Athens”. Ok, I might be a bit biased but my words hold the truth:...
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Report: Void Wanderer Productions and War Productions
A short while ago I had the pleasure to review the latest album of Hellevaerder named “Fakkeldragers” (see: Hellevaerder – Fakkeldragers). This album was released as a co-production from two labels namely, Void Wanderer...
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Dire Thorns – “The Happy Man”
From the fog-drenched flats of Grimsby, Dire Thorns emerge with a blistering debut full-length that spits venom at genre conventions and rewires the circuits of extreme metal. “The Happy Man” is the culmination of Jacob McCabe’s singular...
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Midnight – Steel, Rust and Disgust
I like Midnight. It’s not a fact I hide and frankly, I’d put “Satanic Royalty” up there as one of the finest black/speed metal records made in the last years. Every show I’ve seen...
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Fallujah – “Xenotaph”
Progressive death metal has long been fertile ground for ambition, and Fallujah have always tried to stay one idea ahead of their peers. On “Xenotaph”, the Bay Area outfit push further into their identity as sonic architects,...
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Death Pill – Sologamy
The first time I heard Death Pill, I was floored. Raw, defiant, full of urgency, the kind of sound that punches through the digital noise with a clenched fist and something real to say....
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Byzantine – “Harbingers”
When a band like Byzantine drops a new full-length after an eight-year silence, it’s not just a release, it’s a moment. Formed in West Virginia in the early 2000s, Byzantine have long walked a tightrope of technical precision...
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Mutant Sex Demon – “Cutting Through”
Every now and then, something howls out of Finland’s underworld that you absolutely weren’t prepared for. Enter Mutant Sex Demon and their second album “Cutting Through”, a record that rides the razor-thin line between schlock and sincerity,...
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Malevolence – “Where Only the Truth Is Spoken”
Let’s not pretend Malevolence are part of the underground anymore. Arena tours, Bloodstock mainstage, Grohl’s Studio 606 , these aren’t the rites of passage for gritty hardcore bands trying to claw their way up the sweat-slicked...
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