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Mmmmmm…. This has to be the toughest review I have written. Autopsy, seminal death metal band, originally formed in 1987, and one of THE most influential extreme metal bands ever to exist, releasing a new album in 2011 having got back together in 2010 after being defunct for 15 years. This reunion is a veritable …
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Color me sheltered but I’m just now hearing about this all girl Metallica tribute band called Misstallica. These chicks hail from Philadelphia, PA and actually sounds pretty good! They’d originally named their band “Clitallica” but one of their MOMS made them change it! LOL Lead singer/voc Gigi Gleason has that Hetfield sound happenin’. Just today …
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No Closure from Chicago’s WITHERING SOUL sees release today, March 8, 2011 through Mortal Music. Get in touch at clawhammerpr@gmail.com to find out why X-Plosive Metal called No Closure a “brilliant record,” The Offering Webzine dubbed it “a great black metal album,” and Blistering.com declared it “a great album.” No Closure is a combination of …
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Mortal Music will release No Closure from Chicago’s WITHERING SOUL on March 8. The band’s full-length debut is a combination of symphonic black metal and melodic death metal with some gothic overtones thrown in as well. As an added treat, guest backing vocals have been provided by Melissa Ferlaak. Inclusive of quality Scandinavian influences, but …
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William Kherbek, of AltSounds.com, recently posted his review of the album “Valley of Smoke” by Intronaut. Here’s William’s review below. Metal pummelling at its best. The technical precision that metal often wears extremely gaudily, is on beautiful show on Intronaut’s vast, multi-hued adventure in heaviness. But Intronaut are impressively egoless, only rarely veering into …
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This album is a hidden gem and a lost classic. Think back to early Scandinavian extreme metal and one immediately thinks of Sweden – Bathory, Nihilist, Dismember, Entombed and so on; Finland rarely comes into it. Well this album shatters any myths that it was all about Sweden. This album is the missing link between …
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BURNING SHADOWS play US power metal with touches of Euro power metal and traditional metal. Formed in 2000 in Rockville, Maryland, the band has endured numerous lineup changes in its existence. They’ve had bad luck with drummers, and now find themselves in search for yet another skinsman, their fifth overall. BURNING SHADOWS debut full-length Into …
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There are very few bands that can pull off extreme black metal, the real way of doing it, that is. Bands that always seem to come to mind first are Dimmu Borgir and Behemoth. Well now you had better add TROLL to that list. The selling point that is going to catch your eye first …
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EVERGREEN TERRACE is one of those bands who are badass in many ways. The band has this raw and massive sound that the hardcore, metal, and punk crowds can love. Their latest Metal Blade release, Almost Home, is filled with tons of memorable melodies, extreme breaks, galloping drum beats, and flat out rocking out moments. …
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UK technical death metallers THE BOY WILL DROWN unleash a monstrous release with Fetish, and take technical death metal for one wild ride! Not only on the brutal side, but their technicality expands into a ton of experimentation, obscure structures, sudden time changes, schizophrenic speeds, and yes, also some beautiful melodies. You’ll see that the …
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