Dutch viking metal band Slechtvalk are back with their fifth studio album Where Wandering Shadows and Mists Collide. The bands last record came out in 2010, A Forlorn Throne. Being the one reviewed it...
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Bethlehem – Bethlehem
With their early work, German dark/black metallers Bethlehem left a mark on the underground (suicidal) scene. Especially the record S.U.I.Z.I.D. is to date hailed as an utterly deranged and depressive record. Over the years,...
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Sirenia – Dim Days of Dolor
Way back in 2002, I fell in love with this one album. It was Sirenia’s “At Sixes and Sevens”. Years have passed and I lost track of the band. But what better time to...
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Bölzer – Hero
We all hear a shitload of releases every year, right? Right. Out of all that shitload, there’s usually one or two albums that we spin again and again and again until the turntable needle...
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Lucifers Cold Embrace – Sovereign Heresy EP
Anton LaVey, Snorri Sturluson, Aleister Crowley, Kain and Jon Nötveidt: predominant inspirational names, contributing in one way or another culture of heavy metal, by inspiring many a band (or fan) to make (or listen...
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Amaranthe – Maximalism
With Maximalism, Amaranthe is moving further along their path to create their own style. This might bring some new fans, but some fans of old might leave the band for what it is. Still,...
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Finsterforst – #YOLO
My first reaction after glimpsing at the track list of #YOLO was something like ‘are you fucking kidding me?’ Read why...
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Dark Tranquillity – Atoma
A wheel need not be re-invented. Yet means of transport are subject of constant innovation, though in the end they still take you from A to B. Dark Tranquillity just made their 11th ‘transport’,...
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Incarceration – Catharsis
Incarceration released Sacrifice back in 2013, a short 3-songs EP, that received tremendous exposure due to its ear smashing riffs and oldschool feel, which is something a whole damn lot of folks out there...
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Asphyx – Incoming Death
Ashpyx delivered an album that is as solid as a tank. The sound is incredibly thick and hazy, but it fits the battlefield atmosphere on the record. The ferocious, raunchy riffs will make the...
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