Month: July 2015

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Funeste – Le Triomphe du Charnier

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 Oh, it’s one of those black metal bands is it? One of those that you see the band’s logo and it looks either like a bunch of twigs flung unto each other, lightning going every which way, or lightning twigs going every which way. Well thankfully, Funeste is also one of those good black metal bands as this Canadian duet (duet) whose debut album, “Le Triomphe du Charnier”, is spot on what you would expect from a band from the world’s 2nd largest country. “Le Triomphe du Charnier” only has 4 tracks to its name, but those tracks are absolutely … Continue reading Funeste – Le Triomphe du Charnier

-core, Metal, Progressive2 Comments

Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic

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 The thought of mixing metalcore and progressive metal together is interesting to me because I like both of those genres, and the possibilities are endless when combining the two. Well after hearing Between the Buried and Me’s new album “Coma Ecliptic” I found one version of progressive metalcore, and that version has a shit ton of piano in it. The run time of the album alone, almost 1 hour and 10 minutes, was one hint to me that this album was gonna be something else and it was. The guitars vary between being smooth and calm to more a more intense … Continue reading Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic

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Year of the Goat – The Unspeakable

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 I remember the first thing that I thought when seeing the band name was “Satan! Satan! Satan!”, then upon seeing the cover it was more of “…Satan?…”, and after hearing a few tracks it became that I couldn’t detect any sign of Satan as far as I could tell with Year of the Goat’s upcoming album “The Unspeakable”. This was a surprising album because I expected it to be a heavy record with vocals that I couldn’t begin to understand, but this album takes more of a rock sound to it with the guitars having an awesome groove to them … Continue reading Year of the Goat – The Unspeakable

Death, Melodic, Metal1 Comment

Killing Gandhi – Cinematic Parrallels

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 I’ve heard of band taking interludes at certain points throughout an album to provide some sort of insight into what the next track or few will sound like, but I’ve never heard of a band that does “trailers” which is basically an interlude but there’s no music. There’s just the sound of what seems to be a movie trailer and that prepares you for the brutal melodic death metal that Killing Gandhi gives to us in a solid 16-track album, five of which are those trailers. Every track off of “Cinematic Parallels” that actually is music has a great catchy … Continue reading Killing Gandhi – Cinematic Parrallels

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Vanum – Realm of Sacrifice

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 Holy sweet mother of fucking God! I remember yesterday how I said that Hope Drone’s “Cloak of Ash” was one of the most impressive atmospheric black metal albums I’ve heard, and now I’m here to say that again but with Vanum’s album of the same genre, “Realm of Sacrifice”. Every single aspect of this album is precisely what the essence of atmospheric black metal is supposed to sound like with all 4 tracks (each are 8+ minutes) emitting the most ominous, creepy, and unnerving feel that I’ve ever heard come out of an album like this. After all that would leave the … Continue reading Vanum – Realm of Sacrifice

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Hope Drone – Cloak of Ash

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 As a strike of absolute brilliance that I did not see coming, Hope Drone’s upcoming album “Cloak of Ash” is a 7-track piece of atmospheric black metal mixed with sludge metal that fans will be completely blown the fuck away. That’s how I was after just the first track which over 20 goddamn minutes long, and an interesting 20 at that. Every other track was 9 to 10 minutes long which is one of the things that atmospheric black metal is known for along with being atmospheric, of course. Each track off of “Cloak of Ash” is a roller coaster … Continue reading Hope Drone – Cloak of Ash

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Myrkur – Onde Børn (single)

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 I remember listening to Myrkur’s debut album and giving it a fair applause as I liked its style of black metal that went in and out of being atmospheric black metal and just normal black metal. Now we’re back with the one-woman band’s newest single “Onde Børn” which while I thought was overall well done, it was not on the same scale of grandeur of Myrkur’s debut. The vocals were absolutely beautiful and haunting at the same time which made them perfect for the guitars and drums which were what really brought the black metal. Mixed together they made a … Continue reading Myrkur – Onde Børn (single)

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Powerwolf – Blessed and Possessed

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 Powerwolf have always been one of those bands for me that I’ve been meaning to listen to, but I’ve never gotten around to it. But since I first heard “Blessed and Possessed”, I could not have asked for a better album to start off on as this is an awesome piece of power metal! Straight from the beginning, “Blessed and Possessed” captures your hears with powerful vocals that are without a doubt specifically made to gain your undivided attention and then lead into the melodic guitars that are backed up by the powerful drums that have such a commanding tempo … Continue reading Powerwolf – Blessed and Possessed

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Double Chamber – SoBo

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 Taking a genre like hardcore and then mixing it with something like metalcore is a difficult task to say in the least. Double Chamber have the balls to accept that challenge though, and the result is their new album “SoBo”. It’s far from perfect in my eyes and to my ears, but this album isn’t bad by any standards of mine. In my eyes this album is more hardcore than metalcore, but that doesn’t make a real difference as I still think that “SoBo” is a very solid album that fans of any sort of in-your-face music that does not … Continue reading Double Chamber – SoBo

Metal, Other, Sludge1 Comment

My Favorites of 2015 (so far)

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What a great half year it’s been! It is now current July 2nd in the States and that means the first half of 2015 is done and gone. It’s as good as any time to recap and go over my favorite albums of the year out of all the great records that I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing. Below is the list as you may have already noticed unless you’re blind. There are 20 albums in total if you want to know, and I am putting them in no particular order when it comes to how much I like them, … Continue reading My Favorites of 2015 (so far)