The records Black Waltz on which the band found their slightly psychotic sound and Hail the Apocalypse marked the breakthrough of the Swedish groove/modern metal band Avatar. The question that naturally comes to mind...
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Gorguts – Pleiades’ Dust
Gorguts is a technical death metal band, who have been releasing highly praised albums since the early ’90s. The most recent effort, Colored Sands from 2013, was intense and atmospheric. Pleiades’ Dust proceeds his...
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Otep – Generation Doom
Otep is a familiar name that I had heard over the years in the music scene but I never have listened to a single song. Before I started to listen to their new album,...
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Fumes of Decay – Rotten Deformity
It has been awfully quiet at the Fumes of Decay camp for quite some time since the release of their debut album Devouring the Excavated in 2011. This due to some line-up changes, which...
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Nemesea – Uprise
We Dutch are pretty well known for producing female fronted metal and rock bands, and it’s an easy way to roll into the world of metal. Nemesea certainly isn’t the least of all these...
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Aborted – Retrogore
Aborted is a brutal death metal band from Belgium known for their gore inspired artwork and lyrics. With an impressive carreer of eight full-lengths, Aborted unleashes another bulldozering death metal record upon us. The...
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Ihsahn – Arktis
Ihsahn is a bit like wine. We buy wine, gift-wrap it, talk and brag endless about its’ taste. Some may elect to store it and consume at a later date. This may lead to...
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Glorior Belli – Sundown (The Flock That Welcomes)
As I am curious about black metal projects thinking outside the box, Glorior Belli piqued my interest. The project of multi-instrumentalist Infestvvs namely isn’t your typical black metal band. He combines it with sludge...
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Rimfrost
My first acquaintance with the Swedish black metal formation Rimfrost was when I heard A Frozen World Unknown (2006). Especially the song Freezing Inferno, in all its frostbitten gloriousness, with Hravn’s Abbath-like vocals, whirlwind...
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Moonsorrow – Jumalten Aika
So here I am, sitting behind my laptop, trying to write a review about Moonsorrow’s Jumalten Aika. It’s been two weeks since I received this album, I think I’ve listened to it for about...
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