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E.P. Reviews

7.8

REVIEW: PSYCROPTIC – “The Watcher Of All” [EP]

Tasmanian technical death metal devils Psycroptic are back with another short entry into their extensive catalog, 2020’s single/EP, “The Watcher of All”. Seemingly hot on the heels of 2018’s “As the Kingdom Drowns”, [...]

7.5

REVIEW: SCOUR – Black [EP]

Supergroups are hit-or-miss in many cases. There is something about the antithesis of the sum being lesser than its parts that plague supergroups across all genres of art, and metal is not an exception to the rule. Very few supergroups make it past their [...]

9.0

REVIEW: CARCASS – “Despicable” [EP]

Taking its name from the 1974 Spanish-Italian answer to the seminal ‘Night of the Living Dead,’ the riff salad of “The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue,” which kicks off Carcass’ ‘Despicable’ EP, comes on like [...]

8.5

REVIEW: IHSAHN – “Pharos” [EP]

Listening to Ihsahn has always been an experience of comfort. Irrespective of whether it is his heavy and headbanging music or the side of his music that takes a clear experimental side. Overall, Ihsahn’s musical genius has aged like fine wine over [...]

7.5

REVIEW: SVÄRD – “The Rift” [EP]

It is not a frequent phenomenon that one finds music where a band tastefully uses traditional heavy metal influences with a tasteful modern interpretation. Sure it has been done quite often, in the sense that, our experiences of heavy metal and metal [...]

8.5

REVIEW: FROST* – “Others” [EP]

If there’s anything going on in the world right now we can still be happy about, it’s that music is still being released, and we can still get some enjoyment out of it. In early June progessive powerhouse Frost* will be digitally releasing [...]

8.0

REVIEW: BEHEMOTH – “A Forest” [EP]

Behemoth as an extreme metal band is known for many things. From the on-stage theatrics, fantastic storytelling through their music, extreme compositions and performances, their aesthetics, their very signature sounds, and chiefly among them are their [...]

8.8

REVIEW: KHEMMIS – “Doomed Heavy Metal” [EP]

Let’s knock-out the proverbial biggest guy in the prison yard first: if Khemmis’s new EP ‘Doomed Heavy Metal’ were simply a vehicle for delivering their cover of Dio’s “Rainbow in the Dark”, the record would have [...]