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Sophicide – Perdition of the Sublime Review

Sophicide – Perdition of the Sublime Review

By Angry Metal Guy on August 8, 2012 in 2012, 4.5, Death Metal, German Metal, Hammerheart Records, Progressive Death, Reviews, Willowtip, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, 26 comments

Technical death metal was the darling of the death metal scene about 5 or 6 years ago, but since the ever-growing retro-death craze has begun to take over the number of quality technical death metal releases that I’ve gotten my hands on has dramatically decreased. Still, that didn’t stop the now 22 year-old Adam Sazslo from writing a bunch of pretty fucking sweet techy songs and getting himself a worldwide deal with Willowtip. Perdition of the Sublime is Sophicide’s debut record and one can see why this record – produced by someone who can’t tour to support it – is being released by a label of this quality: because it’s a truly elite technical death metal experience.

Vintersorg – Orkan Review

Vintersorg – Orkan Review

By Angry Metal Guy on June 22, 2012 in 2012, 4.5, Black Metal, Napalm Records, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Swedish Metal, 12 comments

Last year when Vintersorg released Jordpuls I wasn’t expecting that 15 months later I’d be writing another review of a new Vintersorg record. But earlier this year, Matte Marklund (the guitar player) showed up on the Internetz and said something surprising: there was a new record on the way, right on the heals of Jordpuls, and it would be called Orkan which means “Hurricane.” And now that record is here…

Grand Magus – The Hunt Review

Grand Magus – The Hunt Review

By Steel Druhm on May 18, 2012 in Reviews, Heavy Metal, 7 comments

Grand Magus is one of those bands you expect a lot from. They’ve released a series of top-notch traditional metal albums with elements of doom, and their past few albums were some serious masterstrokes, loaded with catchy, classy tunes. Their style is like a mix of Dio era Black Sabbath and Candlemass with hard rock bands like Fireball Ministry, and they have the knack for writing killer riffs that rattle around in the cranium for days.

Blood Mortized – The Key to a Black Heart Review

Blood Mortized – The Key to a Black Heart Review

By Steel Druhm on May 7, 2012 in 2012, 4.5, Death Metal, FDA Rekotz, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 12 comments

Just in time to wash away the bitter taste of Six Feet Under, comes this ridiculously sick death metal masterstroke by Blood Mortized. Taking the vicious old school Swedish death sound from their Bestial EP and improving on it in every way, The Key to a Black Heart is exactly what you want from the style and death metal in general.