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REVIEW: ORIGIN – “Abiogenesis – A Coming Into Existence”

Throughout the numerous stylistic and musically creative changes that metal and heavy music, in general, has experienced over the course of the past 20 years, many groups have existed predominantly…

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3 min

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REVIEW: THE DAMNED THINGS – “High Crimes”

American rock supergroup The Damned Things comprising members of Alkaline Trio, Fall Out Boy, and Anthrax appeared out of nowhere around the 2010s giving us some sort of one-hit wonder…

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2 min

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REVIEW: JORDAN RUDESS – “Wired For Madness”

It’s been four years since Jordan Rudess last released a solo album, the highly talented Dream Theater keyboardist has kept himself quite busy during that time releasing two albums with…

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3 min

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REVIEW: FRACTAL UNIVERSE – “Rhizomes of Insanity”

Writing and releasing Technical/Progressive melodic death metal in 2019 is an uphill task. With the incredible work coming from Inferi, Equipoise, The Odious Construct, Aethereus, A Loathing Requiem, Augury and…

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3 min

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REVIEW: NEW YEARS DAY – “Unbreakable”

Formed in Anaheim, California in 2005, New Years Day displayed an impressive knack for communicating their music online from very early on. We’re talking MySpace early on. This skill set married…

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2 min

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REVIEW: GRAND MAGUS – “Wolf God”

Few acts manage to combine the sheer heaviness of the doom genre with epic heavy metal so competently as Sweden’s Grand Magus. Completing 20 years of activity in 2019, Fox…

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4 min

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REVIEW: ALLEGAEON – “Apoptosis”

When Allegaeon were in Calgary with Ne Obliviscaris in 2017, vocalist Riley McShane told me they were working on a new album which will feature a song about Tardigrades; the…

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3 min

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REVIEW: AFTER THE BURIAL – “Evergreen”

“Djent”, the onomatopoeic subgenre of progressive metal continues to be a trigger-word, dividing metal “purists” from the new “scene” fans for almost a decade now. Meshuggah is touted as inadvertently…

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3 min

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REVIEW: TRONOS – “Celestial Mechanics”

Best known as the bassist with Napalm Death and a prolific collaborator in the world of metal music Shane Embury is renowned for his eclectic taste in music. So, it…

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2 min

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REVIEW: EXUMER – “Hostile Defiance”

There is something about thrash metal that taps into the vital essence of life. The knife-sharp riffs and roiling rhythms drill into our primordial brains. Thrash lets our raging souls…

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