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Xerath – III

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 “III” was released yesterday and it’s as amazing as I thought it was going to be. It had amazing sound with the guitars, vocals, and drums all having badass tone and sound all throughout this album and that makes it fucking great. Xerath reincorporates the use of atmospheric sounds that they used in their single “I Hold Dominion” to make the songs that they’re used in sound all the more epic and fantastic. I really wish many more people would know of this band because Xerath is one of those groups that have somehow gone undetected among the greater part of the … Continue reading Xerath – III

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Cannibal Corpse – A Skeletal Domain

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 I’m just going to skip all the bullshit I usually say and get right to the chase. “A Skeletal Domain” is fucking amazing. That’s it. No other way to put it, say it, and no way to convince me otherwise. Cannibal Corpse have done it before and they have done it again. And this time with another brutally raw album that has very aggressive everything. From the get-go “A Skeletal Domain” has the very essence of hatred and blind fury in its sound that all the hardcore fans of this band and this music will no doubt enjoy as many already have. … Continue reading Cannibal Corpse – A Skeletal Domain

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Xerath – I Hold Dominion (single)

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 I’ve never heard of Xerath before and I really wish I have. Apparently their new album “III” releases this Tuesday on their Bandcamp page and I cannot wait judging by their single “I Hold Dominion”. It has amazing sound to it. With the use of the atmospheric sounds that are used much more heavily by “epic” metal bands, Xerath made it not so dominate but made it a sort of background noise much like what Alestorm did in their debut “Captain Morgan’s Revenge” where it was utilized to the point that it made the songs more epic when mixed with the guitars and vocals. … Continue reading Xerath – I Hold Dominion (single)

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Aphyxion – Earth Entangled

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 As Aphyxion’s second album to release, “Earth Entangled” is by no means a push over. And as the cover art might suggest, the album is one that will surely get a lot of people into a mosh pit if they heard this at a concert. Everything is ultimately very good sounding death metal. The vocals are of course very deep and are brutally raw in that they always have a constant harshness that never ends as long as they’re present along with the guitars that are just heavy as all hell. And the drums have a hardcore beat and relentless … Continue reading Aphyxion – Earth Entangled

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Circaic – False Prophetic Roads

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 With this being Circaic’s (as far as I know) debut album, it’s not bad at all. But, of course, like all debut albums and the bands it could use a few different changes in my eyes. To other people it’s perfect, I’m sure. But this is just my view. And really the only thing that I felt wasn’t as good as it could’ve been were the softer non-screaming vocals. I just didn’t think they sounded as good as they could be. I’ve got no problem with the vocals other than that. Maybe Circaic could just make the album purely the … Continue reading Circaic – False Prophetic Roads

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Despite – EPic

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 “EPic” was a killer of an album. I’m sure someone could’ve told by the cover which I absolutely love, it’s amazing. Being Despite’s second release it really blew me away. While I haven’t heard their first release (yet), I can tell already that they were either this good from the start or got much better over time because these types of albums don’t happen on a normal basis. The EP was a very well done energetic metal album that is classified as death metal on their bandcamp page . . . I don’t think I would personally call this death … Continue reading Despite – EPic

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Beyond the Styx – Sloughing Off the Shades

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 “Sloughing Off the Shades” is the second EP from Beyond the Styx that (in my own personal opinion) was made for the more hardcore metal fans who can really listen to any metal and still like it. I’m not saying I didn’t like the EP, I liked it I really did. While it may not be something that’d I’d personally buy and throw on my iPod but it’s definitely something I’d listen to casually. The vocals have a  really good sound to them that I’m positive a lot of metalites will become accustomed to almost immediately. And the guitars and drums are absolutely … Continue reading Beyond the Styx – Sloughing Off the Shades

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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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Volumes – No Sleep

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 Literally this is how it happened : eating breakfast, friend texts me “You gotta listen and review Volumes’ new album!!!” to which I respond “Alright”. I know that sounds pretty stupid but that’s how I handle suggestions. You say it and I’ve no choice but to say okay because I’ve no idea what the album is so I can’t deny it because I think it’ll be bad simply because I haven’t heard it yet. But “No Sleep” by Volumes is one of those that I wouldn’t have found if someone didn’t tell me about it. I really liked “No Sleep” because the … Continue reading Volumes – No Sleep

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Suicide Silence – You Can’t Stop Me

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 I’ve always heard mixed things about Suicide Silence. “Awe, it’s total shit don’t listen to it.” “It’s great! Check it out later or right now. Do it!” With that conflicting feedback I never really decided whether I should listen to them or not. I didn’t know, but when I saw that a stream of “You Can’t Stop Me” had been recently released I decided “fuck it” and listened to their newest album. And here’s my verdict on Suicide Silence even though it’s only based on this one album : they’re quite good but not the greatest in my opinion. The … Continue reading Suicide Silence – You Can’t Stop Me