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Eyes of Mara (self-titled)

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 First off: yes. Second off: fuck yeah! As a debut album from a relatively unknown band, Eyes of Mara made me shit my pants several times over. This album is an amazingly well done combination of death and thrash metal (seems to be happening a lot recently). The vocalist, Tyler Trainer, said this about their debut:  “With this record, we took a step back and really looked at the music we enjoy listening to and playing. We’ve all moved forward musically and wanted to bring all of our influences together to make something we thought was more true to us.” … Continue reading Eyes of Mara (self-titled)

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Oecist – XVIII LII EP

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 Hardly ever do 100% instrumental albums come across my radar. And even more rarely do I review them (that’s only ever happened once) because they don’t sound interesting to me. But Oecist’s debut album “XVIII LII” (that’s 18 and 52  respectively if you don’t know your Roman numerals) was different. Each of the tracks off of this 5-track EP has a constant tone that’s very atmospheric which makes it sound really nice. Oecist combines many aspects of instrumentalists everywhere into their own music which makes it a very diverse and unique sound even though you can possibly notice the aspects … Continue reading Oecist – XVIII LII EP

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Sisyphean Conscience – Claptrap (single)

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 Apparently this is a Borderlands reference. Never played the Borderlands series but I know enough about it to know who/what Claptrap is and that made me skeptical about this single from Sisyphean Conscience’s upcoming debut album “Malignant Transformation”. For those of you who do know of Claptrap you might understand my skepticism for making a metal song as a reference to him, but this worked out well somehow. I’ll be honest, I never heard anything about Claptrap or Borderlands 1 or 2 in the entire song but maybe that’s because I wasn’t paying enough attention. But besides that one little oversight, the … Continue reading Sisyphean Conscience – Claptrap (single)

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Forevermore – Telos

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 Yes. Just yes. Just. . . stop fucking reading and go listen to this debut album by Forevermore. Seriously. It’s very good. Don’t ask me what genre because I’m not one of those people who can define what genre an album is by listening to it, but if I had to guess then “Telos” is groove metal. And good groove metal at that. Not the most hardcore of music, but it’s up there in my book for bands without that death metal low tone voice. The vocals convey that sense of frustration and anger that’s being poured into the tracks, … Continue reading Forevermore – Telos

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The End At The Beginning – Appearances

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 I know I make a lot of comparisons to Killswitch Engage in my reviews, but I don’t do it without thinking it’s true. And you might’ve guessed by now. . . I believe this band is like ol’ Killswitch. But an inexperienced one to say the least. This band has experience, otherwise they couldn’t make this album, but this is only their debut so they have a long way to go to perfect their skill. They sound really good as a metalcore band don’t get me wrong, but you get what I’m trying to say. At least I hope you … Continue reading The End At The Beginning – Appearances