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Black Hate: Los Tres Mundos

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Black Hate: Los Tres Mundos

There are certain countries associated frequently with black metal, so frequently we don’t even need to mention them, or it, because there’s really only a single one that immediately comes to mind.  Mexico?  Probably one of the last places you’d expect to find a quality black metal band.  Not to say there aren’t any, but […]

Thunderkraft: Totentanz

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Thunderkraft: Totentanz

Uh oh, yep, that’s right, that’s a panzer on the cover.  And you know what that usually means, it’s not bringing an ounce of power, if anything it’s an Italian WWII tank you can take out by shoving a broom handle in its wheels.  Tank, generally, equals horrible when it comes to any style of […]

Blessed Curse: S/T

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Blessed Curse: S/T

Holy fork.  Just when you thought this whole retro thrash revival thing was getting old, just when you thought it was about time to hang up the jeans jacket laden with patches, something gives you the urge to put it back on or make one that you never had.  Something makes you grow your hair […]

RMEDL/K11: Chthonian Music

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RMEDL/K11: Chthonian Music

Just when you think Cold Spring couldn’t possibly release anything darker than the dark he already has, he pulls something like this out.  Granted, Chthonian Music is actually a reissue of an extremely limited cut from 2010 (only 50 copies exist), but that doesn’t stop it from covering your world in darkness, and this is also in spite […]

Eclectika: Lure of Ephemeral Beauty

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Eclectika: Lure of Ephemeral Beauty

Here’s a lack of consistency if there ever was one.  Imagine a book put together without any paper or glue and it would be before you here.  Lure of Ephemeral Beauty opens with a pretty awesome keyboard romp, kind of like the Diablo II soundtrack with more military.  By the way it stomps and crushes skulls, […]

Germ: Grief

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Germ: Grief

We’ve argued this point countless times by now.  You either go classic and do it right, which is apparently impossible for some bands, or you do something new, you do something original, something that excites and confronts.  If you can’t do either, we’ll be more than happy to toss scores of 1.5 and 2.5 your […]

Aenaon: Extance

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Aenaon: Extance

Greek black metal has never really been ‘a thing’. Norwegian, Swedish, German, French, Finnish, and U.S. black metal have distinguished sounds and scenes but Greece is one of those countries that really never managed to create a solid metal community. There have been few distinguished bands such as Nocternity, Kawir, Thou Art Lord, Astarte, and […]

Ferrous Oxide: Devil’s Plaything

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Ferrous Oxide: Devil’s Plaything

Ferrous Oxide is the girl you take home to mom on the first date and marry the same night.  Never before has there been such an unknown act with so much promise and skill in metal.  Sometimes we call things a real crying shame, but this is more than that, it’s Victorian post-mortem black dress […]

San Kazakgascar: Drought Times EP

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San Kazakgascar: Drought Times EP

Bollywood, something we could probably get into around here, but sadly have yet to do it.  Hey, blame all the music we’re constantly swarmed with, as well as the habit, for some of us at least, of playing too many old school games for no good reason.  There’s only so much in this life one […]

Lody Kong: No Rules

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Lody Kong: No Rules

The family name of Cavalera strikes true to many hearts of metal fans and for good reason. Bands such as the legendary Sepultura, Soulfly, and Cavalera Conspiracy have reigned well and have continued to have a strong influence in the metal community. Now Max Cavalera’s sons have formed Lody Kong, a four piece nu metal/thrash […]

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