Like every year, some of our editors have created a year list for you with their metal highlights. Enjoy some our opinions below! Ingrid 2019 hasn’t been my most active year when it comes...
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Vaal – Visioen van het verborgen land
Last Saturday I visited the release show of Vaal at Astrant in Ede. The played a relative short yet compelling show. And with members of Cultus and ex-Countess in its live line-up you know...
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Israthoum – Arrows from below
Israthoum already exists more than twenty years and has spawned several EP’s, demo’s and full length albums. I have never heard of them before. And that’s a pity because their latest offspring “Arrows from...
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TYRANNI – BARON AF AVOGHETENS SMÄRTA
The Swedish act Tyranni managed to take my poisoned black heart by storm. After just releasing a demo a short while ago this band delivers its first full strike with “Baron af avoghetens smärta”...
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Hellehond – Verslonden
Tired of fancy (Post-Black) Metal? Want to go back to basics? Well Hellehond is here and proves with a direct approach and without any subtlety that highly enjoyable music can be offered without any...
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Constellatia – The Language of Limbs
In the wilderness that is our promo inbox, we’re often on the lookout for new musical gems. Most of the times, we end up empty handed, but sometimes you strike gold. This certainly holds...
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Nile – Vile Nilotic Rites
When the pillars of a Genre are forged on certain bands legacies it makes it that much more special when they continue to put out quality bar raising content for what is soon to...
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Lacuna Coil – Black Anima
During the last couple of releases, Lacuna Coil has changed their sound more towards heavier material, never letting go of the symphonic aspect of their songs. With the release of Black Anima, this trend...
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The Great Old Ones – Cosmicism
Lovecraftian Black Metal. An indulgence of atmosphere….. dark, chilling, gloomy yet resonating with aggressiveness. One of its predecessors Tekeli-Li was already a brilliant album taking Lovecraft’s mysticism to new heights. “Cosmicism” is a branch...
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Dictated- Phobos
Dictated, Hailing from The Netherlands, is quite possibly on its way to becoming a household name in the genre of Extreme Metal. With their unique and grudging brand of death metal, Dictated seeks to...
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