Ovenizer – SWM

 The album title, “SWM”, is short for the second track off the album, “Satan’s Washing Machine”. Now me being the moron I am, I couldn’t take that seriously and thought that …

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Minsk – The Crash and the Draw

 When Slipknot came back from hiatus, they’re album was great. When Carcass came back from hiatus, their album was very well received. And now, Minsk have created their return album from a 6-year hiatus, …

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Anno Diaboli – Morbid Dreams

 Only black metal fans can understand when I say that this album is black metal 10,000% and as intense as symphonic black metal can get, and it’s fantastic. Anno Diaboli’s “Morbid …

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Theories – Regression

 When raw gets more raw and then you smash that together with some death/grind metal you get a unique combination that’s hard to master, and yet here’s Theories with their debut album, “Regression”, …

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Baldrs Draumar – Aldgillissoan

 When it comes down to folk metal usually we (meaning people like me) think of metal, yes, but then there’s also the addition of flutes, lyres, and all that good …

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Carach Angren – This is No Fairy Tale

 Black metal badasses Carach Angren have done it before and goddamn it they have done it again with their latest helping of epic black metal, “This is No Fairy Tale”. This album is …

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Amken – Adrenaline Shot

 As a debut album, “Adrenaline Shot” packs a wild punch just from the cover art but also from the blistering pace that Greek thrash metallers Amken took with this EP. The entirety of this …

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Éohum – Revelations, Aurora of An Epoch

 When I hear someone talk about modern avant-garde (innovative) black metal then I expect Éohum to be the first band to come to mind with their upcoming debut album “Revelations, Aurora of An …

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Heidevolk – Velua

 Heidevolk have now set the godd*mn bar for what a a traditional pagan/folk metal album should sound like from now because their upcoming 5th album “Velua” is f*cking great in every …

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Apostate – Time of Terror

 With doom metal being known for its slow and heavy guitars and brutal vocals and songs that last several minutes, Apostate hits it out of the park with their brand new album “Time …

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The Agonist – Eye of Providence

 Progressive metal act The Agonist’s latest album “Eye of Providence” is the absolute epitome of female fronted progressive metal of today’s metal acts because this album has all the works needed to make …

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