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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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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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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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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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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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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LACUNA COIL – “Sleepless Empire” (Review)
I first heard of Lacuna Coil through the release of ‘Broken Crown Halo’ – which, at the time, was one of the few bands that adopted a dual-vocalist approach. Today,…
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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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JINJER – “Duél” (Review)
When I reviewed Jinjer’s ‘Wallflowers’ in 2021, I discussed (quite deliriously) how the record did not fall short of delivering sheer, relentless rhythm. I also concluded that review by saying…
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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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