1349 – “The Wolf And The King” (Review)
Black Metal has always been a genre that I wish I was more into, but always feel like I missed the train. The old guard of “must-know” first and second…
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Saif Shaikh
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"Engineer, Doctor, Guitarist, Writer"
NAILS – “Every Bridge Burning” (Review)
Much of extreme metal can be long-winded, overly complicated, and nigh pretentious. The hardcore side of metal is more straightforward, relying on transparent punishment to get their point across. No…
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FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE – “Opera” (Review)
A joyous day, Italian symphonic technical death metal band Fleshgod Apocalypse are back after six years to bestow upon us yet another record to their ever-expanding catalog. The new record,…
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NILE – “The Underworld Awaits Us All” (Review)
There can be no conversation in the Technical Death Metal world made complete without mentioning South Carolina’s demigod Nile. Nile has been putting out records for almost as long as…
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GAEREA – “Coma” (Review)
Look, I will freely admit that I am a Gaerea fanboy. I was hooked on their particular brand of modern melodic black metal since their debut EP Unsettling Whispers. In…
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OCEANO – “Living Chaos” (Review)
I would like to think of myself as the resident deathcore nerd. Around the Metal Wani camp, I have named myself the “deathcore guy” and have reviewed several deathcore records.…
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PATHOLOGY – “Unholy Descent” (Review)
There are a few things we can count on in this life, death, taxes, and Pathology releasing a new record every few years. In their sixteen-year career, the Californian slam…
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BENIGHTED – “Ekbom” (Review)
We’re barely close to the end of the first quarter and we’ve already been spoiled by so much good extreme metal and its myriad of subgenres. Deathgrind has always been…
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HOUR OF PENANCE – “Devotion” (Review)
Modern Death Metal is a quickly vanishing subgenre. With so many offshoots veering off and melding with other genres, as well as the rampant advance of the -core influence, the…
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HIDEOUS DIVINITY – “Unexist” (Review)
I will be the first one to admit, that with the sheer volume of records coming out each year by so many bands in so many genres, subgenres, and microgenres,…
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