Tag: 2015

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A Secret Revealed – The Bleakness

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 Post metal has always greatly interested me with its great variety of sounds and tones that can happen in just one album and even one song. “The Bleakness” from A Secret Revealed is a great post metal album in every way and the first track show how true that is because the opening track goes from metal to calm in a second. I personally thought that the vocals where trying just a little bit too hard, but overall they were good and suited the album very well along with the guitars and drums which had a great sound for the … Continue reading A Secret Revealed – The Bleakness

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Suffering – Chaosatanas

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 Judging by the cover alone, I think we can all agree that this is a step above your average run-of-the-mill black metal. Suffering’s “Chaosatanas” delves into the area if satanic black metal, but it’s not the most hardcore of the kind, and if you know what I’m talking about then you know that this album is not as “bad” as it could be. But “Chaosatanas” is an intense piece of work that leaves no one alive with its brutal intensity that never ceases for one moment in all of the songs. Everything from the vocals to the sound itself to … Continue reading Suffering – Chaosatanas

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No Man’s Throne – Revealed in Ruin

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 Usually when you see an album cover like that the first thought you have isn’t normally “that looks like a good thrash metal album!”, but more of a “what the hell is this?” But as you might have guessed by now, that first one is true because this debut album from No Man’s Throne is nothing to scoff at when it comes down to good thrash metal. “Revealed In Ruin” is a very well done album by a band that clearly knows what kind of sound they want and how to do it expertly. This entire album is fast, loud, … Continue reading No Man’s Throne – Revealed in Ruin

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Shrine of the Serpent (self-titled)

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 Death and doom metal have always been one of my personal favorite genres in all of metal, and sadly sometimes combining them doesn’t work out while other times it works out fabulously. And thankfully, the later is true with Shrine of the Serpent’s new self-titled album! While only having 3 tracks to it, this album keeps to one of the key features of doom metal: the length of songs. Each of the songs are over 8 minutes long with the longest being just under 12, but that doesn’t mean they’re lacking in quality because all of them have an incredible … Continue reading Shrine of the Serpent (self-titled)

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Hanal Pixan – In Lu’umil Belice

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 Normally whenever I hear a black/doom metal album I don’t expect much because a lot of times it’s not properly done and it’s just on big mess of an album. But Hanal Pixan’s new “In Lu’umil Belice” that is quite the opposite. While this album is far from a masterpiece (in my eyes, that is), it is definitely something that Hanal Pixan should be proud of because they managed to create an album that greatly suits their genres in ways that it’s shown off wondrously in the form and make up of the album. Each song is its own unique … Continue reading Hanal Pixan – In Lu’umil Belice

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Dissector – Grey Anguish

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 This new album from the tiny, tiny Russian band Dissector is literally like seeing the treasure amongst the junk. “Grey Anguish” is a death/thrash metal piece that is definitely worth listening to because it’s got all that you want from that kind of metal other than the face that is doesn’t have a voice so deep it would cause scorpions to explode. But other than that, Dissector has pretty much hit the nail right on the head with this album because it has an amazing sound to it that I really enjoyed simply because it was done very well and … Continue reading Dissector – Grey Anguish

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Unmothered – U M B R A

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 I’ve never thought that a 3-song album from a doom/sludge band could implement black metal into an album so well as Unmothered has done with their upcoming album “U M B R A”. All the songs off of this album sound amazing with their versatility between the three genres while also being very heavy to the point where you can head bang for this entire album and replay the whole thing over just to do it again. I’ve seen reviews for “U M B R A” that call it a mixture of Unsane, Today is the Day, and YOB; very … Continue reading Unmothered – U M B R A

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Whorion – The Reign of the 7th Sector

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 I’m not usually the biggest fan of symphonic metal with only a few bands of the genre out there that I know of that are actually good, but Whorion has gone with combining symphonic metal with technical and death metal to create something that I can really, really enjoy listening to. “The Reign of the 7th Sector” is an in-your-face album that is heavy and intense in several ways, but because I’m a lazy bastard I’m just going to say the vocals and the guitars because throughout the entire album they’re loud, they’re hardcore, and they will not give you … Continue reading Whorion – The Reign of the 7th Sector

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Obsidian Key – LOUD!

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 This band is technically both progressive rock and metal, but I’m going to stick with just prog rock because Obsidian Key’s upcoming album “LOUD!” isn’t heavy or hardcore enough for me to consider it metal. There were plenty of calm pieces throughout the album that were very soothing and had a great sound to them even though they’re the opposite of what you’d expect from the title of the album. While some of the songs are lengthy, they do keep the quality consistent all throughout the album and they’re all something that rock fans from everywhere will be able to … Continue reading Obsidian Key – LOUD!

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Grenouer – Unwanted Today

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 You know . . . when a band like Grenouer puts out what is now eight albums and are really good especially in their eighth album, you’d think that that band would be on the grid, doin’ world tours and shit like that. But quite the opposite is true because from what it would appear, Grenouer has quite the cult following of a relatively tiny group of people that have heard them before and are now fans of their progressive metal/rock sound and style as I am myself. “Unwanted Today” is most likely the ultimate album for people out there (and yes they exist) … Continue reading Grenouer – Unwanted Today