REVIEW: VULVODYNIA – “Praenuntius Infiniti”
Even the most diehard fans of a particular subgenre can get swamped with the sheer amount of new content being put out throughout the year. Add other subgenres and genres…
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Saif Shaikh
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"Engineer, Doctor, Guitarist, Writer"
REVIEW: SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL – “Kostolom”
Slaughter to Prevail is a supergroup after its own fashion formed from members in We Are Obscurity, Hollow Prophet, and Russian death metal titan Katalepsy. Their newest record Kostolom is…
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REVIEW: BORN OF OSIRIS – “Angel Or Alien”
SumerianCore, a microgenre of progressive metalcore known to a few of the newer crop of “-core” listeners and fondly remembered by a small number of older fans of the genre.…
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REVIEW: OPHIDIAN I – “Desolate”
Desolate is the first new offering from Icelandic technical death metal band Ophidian I since 2012’s Solvet Saeclum. While the previous record mostly slipped under most people’s radar, Desolate is…
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REVIEW: DECAPITATED – “The First Damned”
‘The First Damned’ is an almost ironically named compilation by Polish technical death groove metal stalwarts Decapitated. This compilation is ironically named as it is not the first version of…
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REVIEW: GHOST IRIS – “Comatose”
Modern metalcore is an oversaturated genre. Few bands stand out, many fall flat and scramble over each other either by trying to find and carve an obscure niche, or chase…
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REVIEW: VOLA – “Witness”
Progressive metal or “prog” for the nerds can be a niche an inaccessible genre for the general populace, the “casuals”. Maintaining or increasing accessibility without compromising the technical prowess that…
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REVIEW: ARCHITECTS – “For Those That Wish To Exist”
Metalcore is a crowded space. Progressive metalcore, a smaller corner within that space, is quickly filling up. Architects have made a name for themselves both in the smaller niche of…
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REVIEW: BAEST – “Necro Sapiens”
The Old School Death Metal revival continues to grow, with bands like Tomb Mold, Gatecreeper, Spectral Voice, Carnation, Witch Vomit, Blood Incantation, and several others forming a firm foundation. This…
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REVIEW: HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY – “Maere”
What I will not do to start this review is to try to pin down a single genre Vienna’s Harakiri For The Sky. Some may call it post-black metal, others…
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