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Children of Bodom – Morrigan (single)

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 I’m sure anyone reading this knows who Children of Bodom is so I’m not gonna waste your time by explaining their style of melodic death to you as you just want to know what their new single, “Morrigan”, sounds like. Well it sounds fucking awesome. I liked their previous album “Halo of Blood” but I didn’t love it like many people did, but the style was very intruiging to me and with this new song I can tell that “I Worship Chaos” will be a whole different beast altogether. The beginning of this track starts off very melodic and even … Continue reading Children of Bodom – Morrigan (single)

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Human Desolation – Mind Grind Paradigm

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 The metal scene of Stockholm, Sweden sure has got its shit together because it has been the birthplace of countless great bands and the first one that comes to mind for me is Despite, but now another band has been added to that very good list and that band is Human Desolation with their upcoming melodic death album “Mind Grind Paradigm”. This album has got all you could need out of this genre unless you love the really deep vocals which are not on this album, they’re more of a straight scream if you know what I mean by that. … Continue reading Human Desolation – Mind Grind Paradigm

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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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Trials – This Ruined World

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 Calling yourself a “modern metal” band usually has little meaning to me as that can mean ten thousand different things depending upon the band, but in the case of Trials and their upcoming third full-length release, “This Ruined World”, the term qualifies as some melodic death mixed with some technical element and a tad of thrash to spice it up a bit. The vocals however were far from the deep throat, guttural growls that you may be expecting. Instead, they were more “lighter” as they sounded like vocals from a hardcore band, but there’s no real point to me applying … Continue reading Trials – This Ruined World

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Tempel – The Moon Lit Our Path

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 There’s an absolute fuck ton of instrumental bands out there, and while some are good there’s always a near equal number of bands who aren’t good. Tempel’s brand new album “The Moon Lit Our Path” is without any sort of doubt one of the higher quality of instrumental bands because holy shit is this album a trip that must be taken no matter what for any metal fan. If you’re one of those people who loves the heavy sound and feel but not so much the deep growls, then Tempel has the shit for you, dammit! All 5 tracks stretch … Continue reading Tempel – The Moon Lit Our Path

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Unleash the Archers – Time Stands Still

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 There have been more than enough hybrid genres that without a doubt capture the scope of the imagination that metal bands can take. Symphonic death metal being a perfect example for that. It’s different, unusual, unconventional, and without a doubt unheard of. Another weird combination of genres is power metal and melodic death metal. Both are melodic, one by name, so I can definitely see why someone thought to combine the two together. And today that someone is the Canadian group of Unleash the Archers who have combined both power metal and melodic death metal into an album that I … Continue reading Unleash the Archers – Time Stands Still

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Morthus – Into Oblivion

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 The amount of new bands that have popped up in the last five years alone is staggering to say in the absolute least. And sometimes bands will think to add a little extra to spice things up a bit. With Morthus that little extra is making the blackened death a little melodic to bring some form into the mix and making it just a little bit more pleasing to people who can’t get enough of a good rhythm or beat out of their music. “Into Oblivion” brings the brutality in such a way that the melodic element isn’t overwhelming but … Continue reading Morthus – Into Oblivion

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Ende – The God’s Rejects

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 The essence of the sound of black metal is purely raw and unrestrained, as we all should know I assume. Back in the 90’s this was something else entirely with bands coming with all sorts of different types of shit to make their black metal sound more raw and more unrestrained than what bands before them had already done a thousand times over and over again. Nowadays, some bands are returning back to those times with coming up with albums that while sounding raw on record they sound just as if not more so raw when played live. One such … Continue reading Ende – The God’s Rejects

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Sense of Fall – Fallen Statues

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 Melodic death metal has always had a special place in my heart with bands like Amon Amarth completely getting my attention with the melody and brutally that’s incorporated into the genre. And sometimes a change is welcome to shake the mix up just a little bit to make it more fresh and not the same recycled sound that’s been used a million times. In the case of Sense of Fall’s new album, “Fallen Statues”, that change is a set of female vocals. Yes, yes I know! “Arch Enemy is female fronted too, dumbass.” Well just fucking bare with me here! A … Continue reading Sense of Fall – Fallen Statues

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Alustrium – A Tunnel to Eden

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 Normally whenever you see the term “progressive death metal” it’s just a cover name for some band trying to disguise the fact that they’re deathcore in reality. But in the case of “A Tunnel of Eden” from Alustrium, progressive death metal is the most perfect way to define this album in its entirety without leaving out one single note, chorus, or beat. All 11 tracks off of the album bring a distinct sound that are truly progressive in their composition while still holding that death metal feel with the intensity of the vocals breaking through and making an amazing combination … Continue reading Alustrium – A Tunnel to Eden