Month: July 2015

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Despite – Praedonum (single)

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 Despite is one of those bands for me that no matter they pump out, I manage to love it. Their last EP, “Epic”, was fucking amazing and so was their last single, “Chaos Trigger”. Now this 6-man, 8-stringed melodic death metal band has done it again with their brand new song “Praedonum”. Tackling the issue of children who have been abused and kidnapped are captured within the powerful lyrics as they tell how the disgusting people who commit such crimes will pay for their hellish deeds and then some. The vocals for this song are slightly different from Despite’s previous … Continue reading Despite – Praedonum (single)

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Carnivora – The Vision

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 In my time of exploring melodic death metal and it’s various bands, I’ve not found a whole lot of bands of the genre that are based here in the USA and sound good while they’re at it. It’s just one of those genres that’s more centered in places like Sweden and other European countries. But Carnivora is without a doubt the first American melodic death band that I can honestly say do a realy good job at what they do. They’re new album, “The Vision”, isn’t the perfect melodic death album that I’ve heard before but it is more than … Continue reading Carnivora – The Vision

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Exquisite Ending – The Rite of Misanthropism: Psalms V to IX

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 I’ve never been afraid to dive into the world of some of the truly raw and intense black metal, but have personally never been a huge fan of it as I always found it to lack form and a good feel to it. Few bands have been able to get my thumbs up in approve for this style of black metal, and Exquisite Ending has now been added to that list as their new upcoming album, “The Rite of Misanthropism: Psalms V to IX”, is black metal that holds nothing back and leaves no survivors. Straight from the beginning I … Continue reading Exquisite Ending – The Rite of Misanthropism: Psalms V to IX

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Countless Skies – Solace (single)

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 I remember hearing Countless Skies’ debut self-titled album and being absolutely blown the fuck away as this band was as melodic as melodic death metal gets. And I loved it! They only had 4 tracks to their name, but now they add their fifth, “Solace”, from their upcoming and currently unnamed full length album that is due later this year. When I saw that they released “Solace” (which was but hours ago at this time) I immediately went to go check out this song because I was extremely excited to see what else Countless Skies could come up with, and … Continue reading Countless Skies – Solace (single)

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Jarun – Pod Niebem Utkanym z Popiołu

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 Before I even begin to go anywhere with this review, let me just clear up that the title is Polish for “under the sky woven from ash”. I gotta say, badass name, but I digress. This is only Jarun’s second album, but I can already tell that just by listening to this 50+ minute album that they have got their own unique sound down tight. “Pod Niebem Utkanym z Popiołu” (not expecting you to know how to pronounce that) consists of mostly black metal but while also elements of folk and progressive metal at the same time, so for the … Continue reading Jarun – Pod Niebem Utkanym z Popiołu

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Blackened Death Records Presents: Hammer Smashed Faith

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 If there was ever a compilation from a newly formed record company that really knows the underground scene then Blackened Death Records is that company. Also a reference to Cannibal Corpse’s most famous song can never hurt, and it works really well in the situation. There are 13 bands in total whose genre ranges from death metal to neofolk to thrash metal to black metal. Basically, Blackened Death Records found some quality underground bands, chose what I assume to be the best songs that they had to offer, and then put the together into one solid and intense compilation. Each … Continue reading Blackened Death Records Presents: Hammer Smashed Faith

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Lamb of God – VII: Sturm und Drang

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 I’ll be completely honest – I’ve never heard a Lamb of God album in full. I figured that “VII: Sturm und Drang” would be as good as any album to start on and I have to admit that I was not disappointed. This album was pretty vicious with Randy Blythe really doing an amazing job with the vocals which were absolutely top notch to say in the least as they were intense and had a great flow throughout the entire album. The only exception of where the intensity goes away is in the track “Overlord” where there is the most … Continue reading Lamb of God – VII: Sturm und Drang

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Dalkhu – Descend… Into Nothingness

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 It is simply amazing when just two people come together to make something that even 4 or 5 people can’t even when given all the time in the world to do so. Dalkhu is a very interesting and dynamic duet whose second album, “Descend… Into Nothingness”, is a stroke of blackened death metal genius that I’ve never heard from a two man band before in my life. As you might have already guessed from that cover art, this album is raw, brutal, and holds nothing back as there is nothing keeping Dalkhu in one place as their music is chaos … Continue reading Dalkhu – Descend… Into Nothingness

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Corpse Garden – Entheogen

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 There is nothing wrong with going back to the roots of something and trying to make your own take on it. That is exactly what Corpse Garden is doing with their death metal. They are clearly hearkening back to the early days of death metal with their new album, “Entheogen”, as it is a very raw and brutal piece that fans of this genre should be all over because it is a surprising hour long album that will not disappoint. Everything from the cover art to the guttural vocals to the fact that this shit is raw beyond comprehension is … Continue reading Corpse Garden – Entheogen

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Interview with Seven7’s Nicholas Meier (lead guitarist)

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1. “The Follower” had bits and pieces of famous classical pieces in it that would later build up to the actual metal, what inspired you guys to implement that into your music? Well we all love classical music and on each of our albums we took a part of a famous classical piece and turned it heavy. On our first album Try Something Different we used part of the Bolero from Ravel and made a song called “Scream of the Bolero”. On our second album Under Eye we used part of “Aase’s Death” from Edward Grieg “Peer Gynt”, and on … Continue reading Interview with Seven7’s Nicholas Meier (lead guitarist)