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Rifftera – Across the Acheron Review

Rifftera – Across the Acheron Review

By Doom_et_Al on February 10, 2019 in 2019, Death Metal, Finnish Metal, Inverse Records, Melodic Death Metal, Reviews, Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal, 37 comments

“From a metal perspective, 2019 has been decidedly underwhelming so far. When the promo bin threw me a melo-death album by a band whose name sounds like an adolescent parody of iconic metal giants, I had little hope that things would improve. This sophomore effort by Finnish band Rifftera follows 2015’s Pitch Black; a self-produced smorgasbord of melodic death metal, thrash, power and prog, smashed together with the grace of a junkyard compactor, and then played with the dial at 11. It was fun, but it was a mess.” Have these Finnish melodeath-thrashers gotten their shit together?

Svavelvinter – Mörkrets Tid [Things You Might Have Missed 2018]

Svavelvinter – Mörkrets Tid [Things You Might Have Missed 2018]

By Kenstrosity on December 5, 2018 in 2018, Dimout Productions, Melodic Death Metal, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Things You Might Have Missed 2018, Melodic Death Metal, 94 comments

“Melodeath was shaping up to be the second most disappointing genre this year for me. Though there were several big-name entries, few have stuck with me. Amorphis was awesome at first, but for reasons I’ve yet to decipher I quickly lost interest. Omnium Gatherum suffered a similar fate, but with their inferiority to Amorphis playing the culprit. Kalmah was close to something special, but they were undone by repetitive songwriting. Luckily, two saviors swooped in and delivered big time: Mongol, with The Return; and Svavelvinter—go ahead, say it five more times just for fun—with Mörkrets Tid.” D&D Metal done right.