Saif Shaikh, Author at Metal Wani

Album Reviews

MALEVOLENCE – “Where Only The Truth Is Spoken” (Review)

Metalcore gets a bad rap. Modern metalcore doubly so. Accusations of over-produced gimmicky Instagram-flavor-of-the-week artists chasing the latest trend on TikTok quickly spread into the genre, for every one great…

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4 min

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CRYPTOPSY – “An Insatiable Violence” (Review)

Fans of niche metal genres are fickle beasts. They can be champions of your art, touting it to anyone who would hear, screaming praise from the mountaintop, until you release…

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4 min

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FALLUJAH – “Xenotaph” (Review)

As a reviewer, I feel a nostalgic sense of accomplishment and contentment when I realize that I have been doing this for long enough to review multiple records of a…

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5 min

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VILDHJARTA – “Dar Skogen Sjunger Under Evighetens Granar” (Review)

The Swedes in Vildhjarta (Wildheart) are back four years after their last record, to serenade us with a new sprawling journey with Dar Skogen Sjunger Under Evighetens Granar (Where the…

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4 min

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RETROMORPHOSIS – “Psalmus Mortis” (Review)

There are only a handful of times that a band comes along and revolutionizes a genre, or standardizes it such that scores of future bands continue to imitate their techniques…

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4 min

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OBSCURA – “A Sonication” (Review)

Technical death metal is a fickle beast. It attracts the most creative, the most talented, and the most achieved musicians from various parts of the globe, and mashes them together…

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4 min

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HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY – “Scorched Earth” (Review)

Another year, another revolution of our tiny planet around the sun, another attempt to pigeonhole Vienna’s Harakiri For The Sky into a single genre. Even a combination of genres would…

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5 min

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FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY – “The Nothing That Is” (Review)

It’s your resident deathcore nerd with another nitpicky review of one of the most consistent bands in the scene, Fit For An Autopsy. I last offered up a review for…

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5 min

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – “Servitude” (Review)

There are a few bands that arise out of the multitudes of great artists that we consume in our ever-increasing metal space, that truly capture our attention, and define an…

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6 min

Album Reviews

DEFEATED SANITY – “Chronicles of Lunacy” (Review)

Defeated Sanity‘s ‘Chronicles of Lunacy’: A Masterclass in Brutal Death Metal There is a natural progression of every metalhead as they navigate through the plethora of subgenres, microgenres, and nano…

Saif Shaikh

MALEVOLENCE – “Where Only The Truth Is Spoken” (Review)

CRYPTOPSY – “An Insatiable Violence” (Review)

FALLUJAH – “Xenotaph” (Review)

VILDHJARTA – “Dar Skogen Sjunger Under Evighetens Granar” (Review)

RETROMORPHOSIS – “Psalmus Mortis” (Review)

OBSCURA – “A Sonication” (Review)

HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY – “Scorched Earth” (Review)

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY – “The Nothing That Is” (Review)

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – “Servitude” (Review)

DEFEATED SANITY – “Chronicles of Lunacy” (Review)

BILLY MILANO: “SCOTT IAN Is A Soulless Piece Of Sht And CHARLIE BENANTE Is An Evil Fcking Woman”

WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Slams Underrating of ALEX VAN HALEN’s Legendary Drumming: “He Gets Overlooked Because of Eddie”

Paul Stanley Sparks Debate by Saying KISS Was “Better Off” Without Ace Frehley and Peter Criss

Controversy Erupts as Fans Accuse MEGADETH of Being Axed from OZZY OSBOURNE’s Farewell Show

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