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CD review 2025

Dire Thorns – “The Happy Man”

Andy July 7, 2025

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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Concerts 2024 Live

Live report: Black Satellite, Cradle of Filth and more – Melkweg Amsterdam, December 5th

Antonie December 12, 2024

I t was the 5th of December, and all the boys and girls in the Netherlands opened presents they got from Sinterklaas, but in Amsterdam there was a spooky vibe going around. It was...

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CD review 2024

Necrowretch – Swords of Dajjal

Omer February 26, 2024

France; The land of cheese, revolutions every Thursday, good people and unique fucking extreme metal. Necrowretch have been around more than 15 years now, and ever since their “Putrid Death Sorcery” debut full-length back...

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CD review 2023

Profanatica – Crux Simplex

Omer December 3, 2023

Bolt Thrower used to say that in a world of compromise, some don’t. They may not exist anymore, but that sentence bears truth to it these days as it did back then. The world...

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CD review 2022

Behemoth – Opvs Contra Natvram

Erik November 2, 2022

Behemoth has shown constant growth since its birth in the beginning of the nineties. They stopped being a pure black metal act with “Demonic Incantations” (1998). Follow up “Satanica” (1999) was their first spawn...

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CD review 2022

Septicflesh – Modern Primitive

Didrik May 17, 2022

Septicflesh is a massively important band for me as it’s one of the ones that actually got me started on this journey into the world of extreme metal. With their blend of very evocative...

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CD review 2021

Last Days Of Humanity – Horrific Compositions of Decomposition

Metal-Exposure April 11, 2021

Before reading this review please be warned: I am quite biased when it concerns Last Days Of Humanity. Reasons are quite simple. I grew up with, become acquainted and even befriended with some of...

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CD reviews 2020

Enslaved – Utgard

Metal-Exposure October 14, 2020

Having long forsaken the path of raw black metal, it has almost turned into a sport to see what the Norwegian extreme progessive metal act Enslaved conjure up whenever they announce a new album....

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Interviews

Interview with Julien from Benighted

Metal-Exposure May 29, 2020

Tony from Metal-exposure: Hi Guys, I’m glad that you are able to take the time and have an interview with us at Metal Exposure. Thank you, man! My pleasure! Tony: Your latest album “...

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CD Review 2018

Ihsahn – Àmr

Metal-Exposure April 26, 2018

Even though I’ve sincerely enjoyed Ihsahn‘s side projects like Peccatum and Hardingrock, I never had a thirst for the solo work of Norway’s favorite black metal musician. It always seemed too, peculiar. The realisation...