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Solstice Coil – Commute

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 Solstice Coil is more proof to me that progressive metal and rock are one of the best genres out there if you’re looking for true ingenuity and unique bands that make unique albums. “Commute” is no different. Being the third album from Solstice Coil, this really shows that this band knows what they’re doing and know how to really grab your attention without having to rely on having a conventional sound or something that’s been done a thousand times before. There’s a slew of instruments on here including keyboards, piano, fret-less bass, and some synths that really help “Commute” have … Continue reading Solstice Coil – Commute

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Monolith Moon – Leylines

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 The word “progressive” literally means when someone or something has implemented new ideas to something, and that is exactly what the essence of progressive metal is and the bands that consider themselves to be in that genre. Monolith Moon is no exception from this either, and that is what makes their debut EP “Leylines” interesting to say in the least for someone like me. And if you haven’t been able to tell by now – “Leylines” has somewhat of a space theme, and even though it’s not obvious the entire time it is indeed present throughout the EP. The fact … Continue reading Monolith Moon – Leylines

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Stone Healer – He Who Rides Immolated Horses

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 Sadly, there’s not a lot of bands of the metal world who know how to make their music contain any sort of emotion, and that’s what makes them stale and boring. That is the exact opposite the case with Stone Healer’s brand new album, “He Who Rides Immolated Horses”, and it’s fantastic because of (1) that cover art is sick and (2) these 4 tracks are absolutely fantastic by any standards. This album is creative in every sense of the term from the cover to the pace and rhythm of all the instruments. The vocals went from a flowing singing … Continue reading Stone Healer – He Who Rides Immolated Horses

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Nathyr – As the Legacy Unveils

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 There’s nothing quite like a folk metal album done in a unique way, if you ask me. The genre always manages to amaze me as different bands implement different instruments depending on its sound and/or if it’s influential from their culture, and in this case it’s the latter of the two. Nathyr’s debut album, “As the Legacy Unveils”, is an amalgamation of progressive, death, and folk metal that are all blended together amazingly without any one genre overpowering the other. “As the Legacy Unveils” is also representative of Nathyr’s Egyptian origins as the instruments used on the album are instruments … Continue reading Nathyr – As the Legacy Unveils

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Cities of the Plain – Salt

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 Instrumental bands have always peaked my interest as they can manage to create an interesting feel and flow while also lacking lyrics which is usually what helps bring everything together and sound better, and Cities of the Plain is one such band. This guy has put out 2 albums previous to his newest, “Salt”, and they were fantastic, and he continues that chain with this being my personal favorite of all his albums by far. “Salt” is a mere 20 minutes long with 5 tracks, but it literally does and is so much more than what so many other bands … Continue reading Cities of the Plain – Salt

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Cattle Decapitation – The Anthropocene Extinction

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 I remember hearing the intro track, “Manufactured Extinct”, off of this album months ago and thinking “I cannot fucking wait for this album!” Thankfully, those words weren’t said with false hope as Cattle Decapitation’s newest album “The Anthropocene Extinction” is more than I could’ve fucking wanted. Ergo, this album is fucking amazing in every sense of the term for any sort of death metal mixed with grind and progressive metal. This album absolutely shreds in just about every single track and it just made my brain melt out of my deafened ears after I played “The Anthropocene Extinction” at least … Continue reading Cattle Decapitation – The Anthropocene Extinction

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Malum Sky (self-titled)

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 Progressive metal has its moments without a doubt with this genre having literally dozens upon dozens of possibilities being newly made with each new progressive metal band, and Malum Sky is no different. Their debut self-titled album is probably the “softest” progressive album that I’ve ever heard, but it still retains its title of being metal with the guitars periodically being heavy amongst the steady beat of the guitars and the vocals which are smooth for the entire album. I wasn’t too keen on the vocals at first, the smoothness of them I didn’t mind, I just wasn’t expecting them … Continue reading Malum Sky (self-titled)

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Jarun – Pod Niebem Utkanym z Popiołu

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 Before I even begin to go anywhere with this review, let me just clear up that the title is Polish for “under the sky woven from ash”. I gotta say, badass name, but I digress. This is only Jarun’s second album, but I can already tell that just by listening to this 50+ minute album that they have got their own unique sound down tight. “Pod Niebem Utkanym z Popiołu” (not expecting you to know how to pronounce that) consists of mostly black metal but while also elements of folk and progressive metal at the same time, so for the … Continue reading Jarun – Pod Niebem Utkanym z Popiołu

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Interview with Seven7’s Nicholas Meier (lead guitarist)

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1. “The Follower” had bits and pieces of famous classical pieces in it that would later build up to the actual metal, what inspired you guys to implement that into your music? Well we all love classical music and on each of our albums we took a part of a famous classical piece and turned it heavy. On our first album Try Something Different we used part of the Bolero from Ravel and made a song called “Scream of the Bolero”. On our second album Under Eye we used part of “Aase’s Death” from Edward Grieg “Peer Gynt”, and on … Continue reading Interview with Seven7’s Nicholas Meier (lead guitarist)

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Hybrid Nightmares – The Third Age

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 While I can’t say that this is my favorite album that Hybrid Nightmares have put out, I can say that they have not lost a lick of badassery. Their new album, “The Third Age”, is the third part of the four part and so far acclaimed Ages series that this band have been creating so far this year, and I can vouch for the band in saying that this album is fucking awesome and a more than worthy addition to this series. “The Third Age” is without a doubt Hybrid Nightmares’ most brutal album to date and breaks new ground … Continue reading Hybrid Nightmares – The Third Age