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PENTAGRAM - Lightning In A Bottle
Pentagram is one of those bands that I deeply love and greatly respect for many reasons beyond the fact that they are one of the...
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IN APHELION - Reaperdawn
The name In Aphelion ends on n, Necrophobic begins with n. This is probably the biggest difference between these two formations....
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IKU-TURSO - Wolfheart
The legendary Finnish underground usually acts without any approximation to the musical eloquence Emperor once introduced with...
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MÖRK GRYNING - Fasornas Tid
Alright, I'll admit it: I'm a sucker for nostalgia. Sometimes I find myself gazing into the past like a tier-2 rock star in a...
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INQUISITORS OF DARKNESS - Kingdom Of The Sightless God
When it comes to the art of Symphonic Black Metal, I hold firm to the notion that contemporary SBM done in the vein of modern day...
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GRACELESS - Icons Of Ruins
Death metal sounds only occasionally roar through my living room, but when it does, it's often Dutch bands. Asphyx, Thanatos and...
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POISON THE PREACHER - Vs The World
Sharing your name with a Municipal Waste song might not be a total coincidence when you play crossover thrash. Nevertheless, the...
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VERDALACK - Force From The Grave
Japan has a very interesting history when it comes to metal, the island nation’s natural insular state and being a very sought...
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Deamonolith with Desecrate (drums) and Major (guitars)
Gortal is dead, long live Deamonolith! I didn't think it would be so easy for me to say it, because I valued the work of that...
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UDAL CUAIN - No One Falls Like A God
Here we have another album that sounds truly interesting on paper. Udal Cuain is a power/prog act from central Italy, apparently...
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BRZASK - Der Wanderer Im Riesengebirge
For more than two centuries, the Riesengebirge belonged to Prussia and to Germany. Today it is part of Poland and, to a lesser...
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ANGANTYR - Indsigt
There's something perversely comforting about Angantyr. The band is to Denmark what Grafvitnir is to Sweden: a reliable...
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LUCIFER'S CHILD - The Illuminant
After seven years of silence—possibly spent meditating on goat entrails or fine-tuning distortion pedals in the underworld—Greek...
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HEAVEN'S GATE - Tales From A Blistering Paradise
Sects are a topic that I've always had a certain fascination about – mainly wondering how all those people can put their own...
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NUCLEAR TOMB - Terror Labyrinthian
In a world where promo kits uncannily exaggerate many a band's talents, which are usually nowhere to be found in the music, and...
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