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Nocturna – Lucidity Review

By El Cuervo on February 12, 2015 in 2015, English Metal, Power Metal, Reviews, Symphonic Metal, Unsigned Bands, 18 comments

“Given AMG and Steel Druhm’s well-documented love for power metal (Sonata Arctica, Riot, Edguy), it’s difficult to claim high profile names within the genre for review. The reviews I just linked were all within the last eight months, and 2015 alone has already seen well-received releases from Blind Guardian, Angra and Orden Ogan. Aside from demonstrating the corrupt poseurs masquerading as our leaders, this leaves us meager staff writers scraping the bottom of the power metal barrel…” Did El Cuervo just call the Metal Tribunal corrupt? That’s a paddlin’ offense.

Primitive Man – Home Is Where the Hatred Is Review

By Jean-Luc Ricard on February 11, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Doom Metal, Relapse, Reviews, Sludge, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Noise, Sludge, 3 comments

“Loud, heavy, dense, raging, lacking any sort of subtlety or nuance – rarely has a band been so aptly named as Primitive Man. Self-releasing their debut to critical acclaim both here and across the metalogosphere, they followed it up with a series of splits before being snapped up by Relapse for their latest outburst of hatred. Their approach has remained pretty consistent across these releases: crank everything up until it feeds back, then hammer out the most repulsive blackened sludge they can conjure.” Better call your local Department of Sludge Control.

Kraków – Amaran Review

By Madam X on February 11, 2015 in 2015, Black Metal, Dark Essence Records, Drone, Norwegian Metal, Not Metal, Post-metal, Reviews, Black Metal, Experimental Metal, Post-Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Metal, 9 comments

“Winter is being a Mr. Cold Miser and evenings like these cry out for a glowing fire, the dark notes of a glass of Malbec and some post-metal meandering gloom which, as luck has it, is Norwegian based Kraków’s claim to fame.” Cold and snow may be new to Madam X, but not post-metal. Or wine!

Arbitrator – Indoctrination of Sacrilege Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on February 10, 2015 in 2015, Canadian Metal, Death Metal, Industrial Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, Industrial Metal, Melodic Death Metal, 5 comments

“They say nine out of ten startup companies fail. Much of this has to do with the venture’s lack of resources and connections; failing to find the know-how and know-who before the money runs out.” As companies race to find investors, you’re tasked with deciding what bands to invest your funds into. Choose…wisely.

Deivos – Theodicy Review

By Kronos on February 9, 2015 in 2015, Death Metal, Polish Metal, Reviews, Selfmadegod Records, Death Metal, 14 comments

“Theodicy bustles with riffs, brutal growls, blastbeats and all of the traditional trappings of brutal death. True, there are moments of mechanical-sounding electronics to split up the songs and provide a quantum of atmosphere, but deep down, Deivos haven’t made Theodicy in an attempt to challenge or revolutionize the genre.” Brootal death that something…but what?

Mourning Mist – Mourning Mist Review

By Grymm on February 9, 2015 in 2015, Avante Garde, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Forever Plagued Records, Italian Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, Doom Metal, 19 comments

“This was a bear of an album to review. Let me elaborate a bit for clarification… it’s not just because Italy’s Mourning Mist are a new band with precious little background besides having bassist/vocalist Kvasir (also of Profezia and Abhor) in their ranks, as well as a violinist. Hell, violins in metal ain’t nothing new, right?” Not at all, but when will someone incorporate some balalaika?

Kronos Comments: On Sampling Bias and the Seedy Underbelly of the European Metal Scene

By Kronos on February 8, 2015 in Black Metal, Blog Posts, Djent, French Metal, Groove Metal, Hardcore, Non-Metal Metal Things, Not Metal, Progressive Metal, Russian Metal, Unsigned Bands, Black Metal, Djent, Experimental Metal, Hardcore, Non-metal Metal Things, Not Metal, Progressive Metal, 16 comments

“Just about every day, Angry Metal Guy pushes out a review of an upcoming or recently released album, producing press for the album whether we love it or hate it. It exposes readers to a lot of material, but disadvantages artists who aren’t putting out music at any given time. Given a small temporal window, this creates a very biased sample of the music scene. I love reviewing albums, but a lot of great and criminally overlooked bands are in between releases right now, and it kills me to see their hard work go unseen. So in order to rectify their invisibility, they’re being talked about here, where you can be held captive by the unbreakable bonds of html and subjugated to my terrible opinions.” Next stop, Europe!

Hereza – Misanthrope Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on February 8, 2015 in 2015, Death Metal, PRC Music, Reviews, Uncategorized, Death Metal, 8 comments

“Another year, another beginning of a string of releases in metal’s most resilient sub-genre; that’s right folks, it’s Swe-death time! Croatian upstarts Hereza are releasing their debut album Misanthrope, and they’re gunning to Dismember us with their Demonical HM-2-driven Carnage…” We haven’t reviewed any Swedish death in like a week! Phew, here’s some now.

Death Karma – The History of Death and Burial Rituals Part I

By Dr. A.N. Grier on February 7, 2015 in 2015, Black Metal, Czech Metal, Iron Bonehead Productions, Reviews, Black Metal, 10 comments

“Death is perhaps the most interesting subject to me. Though I don’t study it, don’t have any sort of education in it, and don’t have any right to expand on or analyze it, I just find the human intrigue and fear of death fascinating. Some embrace death and live their lives knowing that everything could end today, others accept but fear death, and many avoid discussion of it (and even the thought of it) more than anything else in the world.” Want to learn more about death? Then this is the best source since the Mondo Cane videos.

Dwell – Vermin and Ashes Review

By Steel Druhm on February 7, 2015 in 2015, Danish Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Hells Headbangers Records, Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 16 comments

“Doom/death is a genre that’s really gotten under my skin over the past few years. And it seems to have left some kind of egg or parasitic hanger on, since I hunger for it more and more. That however, comes with a big caveat: it must be utterly doused in mood and atmosphere or be so insanely heavy it causes sinkholes.” Can a band made up of members from another doom/death band meet this stringent criteria?