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[Album artwork by Truls Espedal] It’s 17 albums for Enslaved now, comprising a discography I find exceptionally challenging to wrap my arms around. What’s going on here? Does anyone else forget that the relatively rote and by-the-numbers Frost is actually …
[Cover art by Per Spjøtvold] Want a fun way to acknowledge your own mortality? Think about how many years you’ve been listening to certain bands or albums. Of course, you, a distinguished devotee of this publication, surely engage in this practice, …
To put it mildly, I’ve been a bit sidetracked this year, so I apologize to all zero of my readers for not keeping them informed on the state of grindcore as I see it. Thankfully, I have some conscientious compatriots …
[Cover Artwork by Julia Proszowska] Something about the internet that only occurred to me recently is that it’s changed the way we think about death. Like just about everything else, the very notion of death has lost so much of …
originally written by Chris McDonald Horna have always been a solid and respectable black metal band in my eyes. Nothing they’ve done has ever really blown me out of the water (I‘m actually a much …
Part 2 of my journey into retro-metal side-projects is Hellish Crossfire. (Part 1 was my Zwartketterij review, and I enjoyed that part of the trip, so let’s hope my luck holds up here.) Tracking down …
From Zwartketterij‘s bio: “Only 80s metal is real… ” “…lyrics about metal, demons, spanking the bitches, alcohol and blasphemy…” Okay, color me interested… Holland’s Zwartketterij is comprised of members of Grimm, Walpurgisnacht, and Cirith Gorgor. …
originally written by Jim Brandon For nearly a decade Hate Eternal have been blasting us into utter oblivion, shamelessly pushing the most extreme velocities of death metal to their limits. I’ve been paying very close …
Originally written by Sasha Horn Q: How does one write an extensive and calibrated review of such a “Fuck You” and in your face hardcore release? A: One does not. He or she takes notes …
Like many fans of Ye Olde Days Of Metale, I was pleased with the idea of these newbie thrash bands popping up everywhere, raising their horns in tribute to bands and albums I’d always loved. But …
Originally written by Tim Pigeon Bewitched is a veteran Swedish act on their fifth full-length album, but they are new to me. I can’t tell you where this album of old-school thrash metal rates compared to the …
Originally written by Brady Humbert. This totally caught me by surprise. I was expecting a band called, Facebreaker, to be some kind of blend of bad Hatebreed with some horribly sung clean vocals and hackneyed Pantera breakdowns. I also investigated the …
