Trauma – Rapture and Wrath

 Classic metal mixed with power metal has always been a very interesting combination to me, and sadly you just don’t see it as much with all the different kinds of …

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Coal Chamber – Rivals

 Thirteen years. Thirteen goddamn years. In case you can’t tell time – that’s a long f**king time. A time to explore new things, do some different s**t, and form new …

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Carnalation – Ghosts

 Death metal has been subject to many modifications over the past few decades with melodic death metal, brutal death metal, deathcore, technical death metal, etc. But sometimes it’s good to …

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Vorgrum – Last Domain

 Folk metal has always had its own ups and downs with bands trying to make it sound all new and more fancy than what it already is, but sometimes just …

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Kamelot – Haven

 Symphonic metal isn’t exactly the most common genre of metal that you’d find on my playlist, if you get what I’m saying. It’s never really appealed to me greatly, but Kamelot’s brand …

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Spontane – Mojra

 The latest helping of a combination of metalcore and punk rock from Polish group Spontane is something that was made for people out there looking for something completely different and willing to …

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Feared – Synder

Oh my f**king God! Let me just start off by saying that . . . I nearly cried tears of happiness (not really) when I went into my inbox and …

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XII Boar – Pitworthy

 If hard rock was ever in a drought and needed some fresh, new talent to fuel the fire once more then XII Boar’s new LP “Pitworthy” is just what the genre needs. The album …

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Strangelet – First Bite

 German metal normally sparks names like Rammstein into the minds of seasoned metal heads, but here is another German group who is just starting their metal career with their debut album “First Bite”. …

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Grenouer – Unwanted Today

 Any small band from any country in the world has my support, but none deserve worldwide support more than the Russian group Grenouer. They’re brand new album, “Unwanted Today”, is a great …

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