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[Cover artwork by Luca “Zeero” Zironi] There was always something uniquely charming about Konquest’s brand of traditional heavy metal—an almost whimsical breeziness that still felt like a near perfect balance of playful and substantive. A long-lost Italian cousin to Sweden’s …
[Cover art by Beyond Art] There are bad musical moods, and then there’s Mylingar. Over the course of the last decade this group of anonymous Swedes has concocted the type of ill-meaning black/death that makes Diocletian seem like a Care …
[Cover artwork by Subhuman at Desert Dungeon] Let’s talk about our love for quirky metal. Okay, sure, any definable level of ‘quirk’ is obviously subjective, but I’m guessing you know we’re not talking about the guy who loves The Black …
[Cover art by Mister Curse] Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface. Stack Overflow in…Corpse Pile Interface? “What’s in a name? That which we call a corpse pile, by any other word would smell as putrid” – billy shakes Forgive my …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Gravehill are one of those beer-can-crushing, fake-blood-gushing, we’re-so-metal-it’s-absurd type of bands. Additionally, they also happen to sound alot like God Dethroned, though that’s probably purely accidental. Regardless, after researching their personnel (among their ranks: …
Originally written by Ross Main. It was pretty much a year ago that Scar Symmetry announced the replacement for the departed vocal talents of Christian Älvestam. Many people saw the need to hire two new singers as …
To be perfectly honest, I’ve always liked the idea of supergroups better than the real deal. It’s certainly something that’s fun to speculate about with friends, but more often than not, expectations seem to outweigh …
After two EP’s and one full length, Stockholm’s Canopy return with their second long player. Kinda. Will and Perception shares the name with their quality self-released EP, includes a complete rerecording of that release, a …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Few albums in 2009 have been hyped to the degree that Blue Record has. Okay, let’s be honest–no albums have been anointed with such preemptive praise. I was half-surprised at the lack of …
originally written by Jim Brandon Challenging to review, but pleasant to listen to, albums like Tertia are incredibly difficult to encapsulate in words. There are times when I have to completely remove my critical hat …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Man Must Die, thus far, have been quietly lurking in the periphery of the death metal elite. Despite having two critically-acclaimed releases to their credit (Start Killing and The Human Condition) the …
originally written by Chris McDonald I’ll go ahead and say it outright; A Journey’s End is my favorite Primordial album, and likely always will be. A dense, challenging record, it represents the ideal crossroads between …
