Month: September 2014

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In Flames – Siren Charms

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 I probably should listen to In Flames more. Sadly, I rarely ever listen to them, but “Siren Charms” is so good that it’s made me want to listen to them more and that’s exactly what albums are supposed to do and In Flames exceeded at doing this greatly! “Siren Charms” is an amazing album that even if you’ve never heard anything from this band before I’m sure you can appreciate the quality of it at the very least. The album has a really good sound to it that the people who don’t like the deeper vocals in a lot of … Continue reading In Flames – Siren Charms

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Grimace – Gates of Mind

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 I don’t know what it is with these Northern European countries like Finland and Sweden but goddamn can they make some awesome metal! While HammerFall, Amon Amarth, and Volbeat are just three examples that immediately come to mind there are of course many many other artists out there who have amazing talent and deserve a hell of a lot more attention that what they’ve already received. Grimace is one of these unknown bands. They have an amazing sound to them that hasn’t ceased to amaze me throughout the entirety of their debut “Gates of Mind”. While I’m gonna label this … Continue reading Grimace – Gates of Mind

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Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire

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 They’re back with a full album now! Before it was just their EP “Decline & Fall”, but now they’re full comeback “A World Lit Only By Fire” is practically just around the corner! When the guy, Trevor, who sent me the email for the album a few months ago he said “I feel safe saying that this album eats the preceding EP for breakfast”. And I firmly said to myself, “I will be the judge of that!” And as judge, I say that he is 110% correct! “A World Lit Only By Fire” is a hardcore piece of metal that just grinds … Continue reading Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire

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Degenerhate – Chronicles of the Apocalypse

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 I’ve never really listened to grindcore before, but as with just about everything I’m always open to something new and Degenerhate is definitely new for me. I’m not used to going in to listen to an album, looking at the number of tracks, and seeing nineteen! That was definitely something I’m not used to. Of course, me being stupid I thought that these were all songs that were anywhere between 2 to 5 minutes long. Thankfully they weren’t. The longest was almost 4 minutes if I remember correctly (the program I had to use didn’t show all the lengths at … Continue reading Degenerhate – Chronicles of the Apocalypse

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Endzeit – Years of Hunger

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 Black metal has never really been my forte, but it has its moments. This is definitely one of those fine moments. As Endzeit’s upcoming EP, “Years of Hunger” will be definitely one to grab for all you black metal fanatics out there who are looking for something new yet familiar to what you know and love. Each song from this album is energetic and really has a literal pulse of its own that never ends until the very end of the album itself. The vicious beat itself will definitely get some of your heads banging in no time and the … Continue reading Endzeit – Years of Hunger

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Eyes of Mara (self-titled)

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 First off: yes. Second off: fuck yeah! As a debut album from a relatively unknown band, Eyes of Mara made me shit my pants several times over. This album is an amazingly well done combination of death and thrash metal (seems to be happening a lot recently). The vocalist, Tyler Trainer, said this about their debut:  “With this record, we took a step back and really looked at the music we enjoy listening to and playing. We’ve all moved forward musically and wanted to bring all of our influences together to make something we thought was more true to us.” … Continue reading Eyes of Mara (self-titled)

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Gentrification – Deviance

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 German metal! I know. . . the first band that (usually) comes to your mind is Rammstein. Now while Rammstein are considered the leading band for all German metal groups, that definitely does not mean there are bands that can’t challenge Rammstein for best German metal band. And right here is an excellent candidate for that is no other than Gentrification. Their debut album “Deviance” is an amazing work of death and thrash metal that basically had a kid and that kid was “Deviance”. While this album is over all a hardcore mixture of those two genres, the band thought … Continue reading Gentrification – Deviance

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Incite – Up In Hell

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 Told you I was going to be back with this album! Didn’t believe me? Well, fuck you (kidding). And thankfully, “Up In Hell” was better than I thought it was going to be. I thought it was going to be reminiscent of Wretched’s “Cannibal”, and it was in some way but not completely. It was a really solid album, though. As Incite’s third album to be released, the vocalist, Richie Cavalera, commented on Metal Injection that they replaced their drummer and bassist and that “they brought a much more “raging” vibe to the music”. That’s always good news! More rage, … Continue reading Incite – Up In Hell

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HammerFall – (r)Evolution

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 This is my new HammerFall album. Before it was “No Sacrifice, No Victory” but “(r)Evolution” beats that by a mile for me. Overall this album was very nice, even if you don’t like HammerFall I still think you should try this album out. I’ve listened to power metal for a while (Sabaton, HammerFall, DragonForce) and this one is near the top if not at the peak. “(r)Evolution” has the same vocals as always which still sound amazing in chorus along with the back up vocals that do an excellent job. The guitars are true power metal guitars by pulling off … Continue reading HammerFall – (r)Evolution

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Aphyxion – Earth Entangled

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 As Aphyxion’s second album to release, “Earth Entangled” is by no means a push over. And as the cover art might suggest, the album is one that will surely get a lot of people into a mosh pit if they heard this at a concert. Everything is ultimately very good sounding death metal. The vocals are of course very deep and are brutally raw in that they always have a constant harshness that never ends as long as they’re present along with the guitars that are just heavy as all hell. And the drums have a hardcore beat and relentless … Continue reading Aphyxion – Earth Entangled