Tag: 2015

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Kataklysm – Thy Serpent’s Tongue (single)

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 Coming off of their latest and very successful album “Waiting for the End of Come”, Kataklysm has finally put out a new song that will be on their upcoming album “Of Gods and Ghosts”, and it’s an intense track to say in the least. The greatest thing that “Thy Serpent’s Tongue” brought to the table was an impressive set of guitars that brought the brutal riffs to make the single all the more catchy without losing that signature death metal sound that they’re know for. While I didn’t shit my pants over the vocals, they were definitely solid and fit … Continue reading Kataklysm – Thy Serpent’s Tongue (single)

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Carnival of Flesh – Stories From a Fallen World

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 Some combinations are just never thought of, like mixing symphonic metal with black metal and just seeing what will happen. And what happened in this case was Carnival of Flesh’s debut album “Stories From a Fallen World”. This piece brings the black metal with elements of symphonic metal in such a way that it made for this really interesting combination simply because I’ve never heard anything like it before and it made me excited to know that it’s possible to create this kind of hybrid metal genre and pull it off really well at the same time. Bringing in out … Continue reading Carnival of Flesh – Stories From a Fallen World

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Black Space Riders – Refugeeum

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 Making a follow up to a critically acclaimed record for any band is a challenge because the question comes into play if the band has lost their touch or if they’ve run out of any good material or inspiration for new material. But in the case of Black Space Riders and their upcoming fourth release, “Refugeeum”, it is clear that this band has still got their touch since their last album which was apparently really good. This album, though, is something that I could never see coming. “Refugeeum” was a 9-track experience that I will not soon forget with there … Continue reading Black Space Riders – Refugeeum

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Skinless – Only the Ruthless Remain

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 I’ve honestly never even heard a lick of any Skinless song before hearing their new album “Only the Ruthless Remain” and I really wish that wasn’t the case because this album is fucking awesome! Right from the very beginning, this album was as raw as the cover art is and all seven tracks are the embodiment of old school death metal in modern form  with the album being absolutely littered with the brutal growls that are completely spot on to the point where my face was exactly that of the dying guy on the cover, but you know . . . … Continue reading Skinless – Only the Ruthless Remain

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Sojourner – Heritage of the Natural Realm (single)

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 I’m an absolute sucker for epic (or folk) metal and atmospheric black metal when they’re both done right, but I’ve never imagined how good they might sound if someone smashed them together into one song with both parts being done extremely well. That’s exactly what Sojourner’s debut single has done for me! A 9 and a half minute track with elements of atmospheric black metal along with epic metal elements like a flute worked amazingly well together and only because Sojourner knew exactly the kind of sound they wanted and they fucking knew exactly how to get that sound perfectly. … Continue reading Sojourner – Heritage of the Natural Realm (single)

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Mulu Lizi – Men on Fire

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 I honestly thought that this was going to be a hard rock album just by the cover alone, but it actually turned out to be alternative rock (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). All 5 tracks off of “Men of Fire” are very catchy with the whole band pitching in a nice melody that when thrown together had a real poppy sound to it and made it very pleasing to me because I can listen to more radio-friendly music, but this was really good radio music if you know what I’m getting at. Mulu Lizi started each track with either a … Continue reading Mulu Lizi – Men on Fire

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Six Feet Under – Crypt of the Devil

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 When I think Six Feet Under, I think death metal. And when I think death metal, I think of a lot of other bands along with Six Feet Under. They’re not my favorite death metal band out there that I’ve heard, but they’re definitely up there because Six Feet Under is all about the raw, unadulterated brutality that I can only compare to Cannibal Corpse for easy comparison. Just by looking at the track listing for “Crypt of the Devil” I knew that this was going to be an intense album that wasn’t going to hold anything back and try … Continue reading Six Feet Under – Crypt of the Devil

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Aeveron – VVD Destination Annihilation

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 If someone were to have asked me yesterday “what is your favorite piece of melodic black metal”, my only honest response would’ve been Satyricon’s famous song “K.I.N.G.” and that’s really it. I’ve not had much exposure to melodic black metal, but Aeveron has given me my first melodic black metal album and I can say in the very least that I am more than satisfied. “VVD Destination Annihilation” is an awesome 10-track album that blew my fucking mind because I’ve heard more than my fair share of black metal, and hearing it in a very melodic form sounded like absolute … Continue reading Aeveron – VVD Destination Annihilation

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Furor Gallico – Songs From the Earth

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 This title to me literally screamed “folk metal” when I first saw it. I hadn’t read anything about Furor Gallico and only read the album title, “Songs From the Earth”, and saw the cover art and could tell already what I was getting myself into. I thought that I was going to hear some pretty damn good folk metal, and I was right. Even though I’m not in love with this album I do think that it’s very good for what it is and is a very high quality folk metal album to say in the least. There was an … Continue reading Furor Gallico – Songs From the Earth

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Cattle Decapitation – Manufactured Extinct (single)

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 I have only ever heard of Cattle Decapitation until today. I’ve never heard any of their music and figured that their newest single “Manufactured Extinct” from their upcoming album “The Anthropocene Extinct” was as good as any place to start, and holy shit was I not disappointed! Right from the first sight of the cover art I felt like this was going to be a brutal single and Cattle Decapitation brought the brutality in every single way. The intense death metal riffs alongside the guttural, versatile vocals that have 3 different sounds throughout this single alone: your expected death metal … Continue reading Cattle Decapitation – Manufactured Extinct (single)