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E.P. Reviews

CARACH ANGREN – “The Cult Of Kariba” [EP] (Review)

The Dutch symphonic black metallers, Carach Angren, are back, five years after their last release, to treat us with more horror-laced goodness. Their new EP, The Cult of Kariba, is…

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5 min

Album Reviews

REVOCATION – “New Gods, New Masters” (Review)

Thrash metal and I have a complicated relationship. While I recognize the greatness of its many famous bands that laid the foundation upon which more extreme genres grew, I do…

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3 min

Album Reviews

I PREVAIL – “Violent Nature” (Review)

Modern pop-infused metalcore is having its day. Bands in this genre are finding audiences from various subcultures and appealing to wider mainstream non-metal listeners as well. With bands like Falling…

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8 min

Album Reviews

LORNA SHORE – “I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me” (Review)

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, shill for ‘em, or think ‘em overrated, Lorna Shore is one of the most important bands in the proliferation of extreme metal today. They have…

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5 min

Album Reviews

SIGNS OF THE SWARM – “To Rid Myself of Truth” (Review)

Deathcore has become my pet genre. Having watched the genre evolve through many phases with varying influences has made the pursuit of this style almost academic. The downside of taking…

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2 min

E.P. Reviews

AVERSIONS CROWN – “A Voice From the Outer Dark” [EP] (Review)

After five years of radio silence, the Brisbane technical deathcore quartet finally returns, albeit with an EP, A Voice From the Outer Dark. If these three new songs are anything…

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6 min

Album Reviews

SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL – “Grizzly” (Review)

For those who have made our nests in a particular family of subgenres, some pros and cons come with the territory. The pros are that we keep our fingers on…

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4 min

Album Reviews

BORN OF OSIRIS – “Through Shadown” (Review)

Watching the progress of some bands sure do make you feel old, a grizzled veteran of the genre. Born of Osiris is one of those bands. I got into them…

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4 min

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

Album Reviews

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…

REVIEWS

CARACH ANGREN – “The Cult Of Kariba” [EP] (Review)

REVOCATION – “New Gods, New Masters” (Review)

I PREVAIL – “Violent Nature” (Review)

LORNA SHORE – “I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me” (Review)

SIGNS OF THE SWARM – “To Rid Myself of Truth” (Review)

AVERSIONS CROWN – “A Voice From the Outer Dark” [EP] (Review)

SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL – “Grizzly” (Review)

BORN OF OSIRIS – “Through Shadown” (Review)

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

CRYPTOPSY – “An Insatiable Violence” (Review)

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