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Dead Decades

Impure Wilhelmina

Talk about a band that is hard to pigeon hole…and this is one for sure. At its core, it is a tale of competing sounds, and the band never fully lets either side win.

To Kill is Human (Reissue)

Drawn And Quartered

The first assault from this legendary North American Death Metal cult band.

Extermination Revelry (Reissue)

Drawn And Quartered

A Death Metal reissue that justifies the reasons for it coming to light again.

Implore Pela Morte

Crânio Maldito

Old School Death Metal in a refreshed vision of this Brazilian band.

Bloodties

Blacksheep

Wow, this album is so good that's worthy of waiting 9 years for this new Death'n'Roll bombing!

Oblivion

Antumbra

A fine compilation of material from this eerie Atmospheric Black Metal act...

Radikal Rats

Essence of Datum

Playful tones are augmented with darker ones, keeping the listener ever guessing. The one thing I wish the album had more of, however, is dynamism. Like I mentioned before, some more swells in the music would contribute greatly to that.

Despite the Rise of the Sun

Solemn Vision

The album is too unilateral for me. I understand that most fans of the genre are indiscriminate, but as a reviewer, it is my job to look out for albums that elevate the genre.

Transience

Permutation

The musicianship is excellent, and there is just enough diversity to keep the listener engaged, but to the ardent Black Metal fan, this will fulfill your beastly desires.

Never Enough

Dwaal

Their brand of Doom sinks deep inside the listener, and crushes their soul from the inside out. Play it front to back, and let it consume you.

Garden of Stillborn Idols

Dyssebeia

The album was sterile, as Tech Death can be, but the band also used a good deal of melody interwoven into the complexities, which is pretty unusual. Besides their obvious talent on their instruments, they are also quite adept at their compositional craft.

Afterlife

Angel Rising

Without being too critical, the album suffered from a lack of interesting riffs, energy, and really everything else that would make it stand out.

Sunholy

Shade Empire

I have heard a lot of Symphonic/Melodic Death/Black Metal over the years, but not with this much energy and enthusiasm. It’s all about the balance between the competing sounds, and the band has found that perfect formula.

Oceans Above

The Color of Rain

The feeling of torture is so intense at times that you just want to scream to the sky in solitude over and over again, or crawl into a hole and give up on life. Warning…this dreadfully depressing album is not for the weak at heart.

Psychoverse

Ural

Old School Crossover/Thrash Metal mixed with modern elements is a possibility, as whown on this album.

Blasphemica - Absolution Carved from Flesh

Shadowspawn

If courage is needed to break rules and find your own way, these Danish maniacs music shows no fear and no mercy!

Paria

Verderbnis

If you're looking for a definitive album into German Black Metal scene, take a listening to this one.

Hollow World

Orbiter

To mix Stoner Metal and Alternative/Grunge Rock elements is the alchemy used by the quartet to summon good music on their first album.

Reconnected

Hurricane

To reconnect its glorious past with an unceratin present, Hurricane comes with a release that shows it's possible.

Spiritual Exodus

Exorcizphobia

If You think that the formula used by San Francisco's Bay Area Thrash Metal act is emptied, Exorcizphobia shows a different opinion...

From Roving About the Earth

Caged

Can Old School Death Metal allow the use of effects and turnables? Caged's answer is yes!

Reach

Rising Wings

The mix between influences of AOR and Glam Metal from the 80s gains life on the band's new album.

Spiritus Sylvestris

Iskandr

This Dutch band is able to make an unusual mix of influences of subgenres of Black Metal.

Roadkill

Omega Sun

A fine new way for Stoner Metal/Rock with a touch of Alternative Rocn can be found on this band's music.

Newman

Living the FIRE

The band offers to the fans a different mix between influences of many Metal genres.

The Crisis as Condition

Terminalist

A new form of mixing Thrash Metal with Death/Thrash Metal is what is offered by TERMINALIST.

Cradle of the Wicked

Ignited

Brazilian band that moved to Sweden comes with its second album

Metamorphosis

Ecocide

A Dutch new band comes storming with an Old School Death Metal in the vein of DEATH and PESTILENCE.

Impii Hora

Asinhell

An international project with names associated with VOLBEAT, MORGOTH, DISCREATION, INSIDIOUS DISEASE and others unleashing Old School Death Metal.

From Blood

Monastery

This release is where Old School Death Metal meets some good and modern 'updates'...

Disintegration

Hegeroth

The new album of this band proves that Poland isn't only a country do Death/Black Metal.

Anthropogenic Ruin

Bacterial Husk

A mix between Death Metal and Grindcore that combines the past and the future.

In Fieri

Slave Steel

“In Fieri” is an impressive sophomore album from SLAVE STEEL.

God Bless

The Arson Project

THE ARSON PROJECT vomits out Grindcore at the approximate velocity that Regan spat out green peas in The Exorcist.

Grotesque Macabre (Reissue)

Carnal Savagery

CARNAL SAVAGERY's first album, “Grotesque Macabre,” has been woefully hard to obtain. Moribund Records is changing that.

Return of the Black Death (reissue)

Drawn and Quartered

Altogether “Return of the Black Death” holds up remarkably well, sounding as brutal and relevant today as it was almost 20 years ago.

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Dead Decades

Impure Wilhelmina

To Kill is Human (Reissue)

Drawn And Quartered

Extermination Revelry (Reissue)

Drawn And Quartered

Implore Pela Morte

Crânio Maldito

Bloodties

Blacksheep

Oblivion

Antumbra

Radikal Rats

Essence of Datum

Despite the Rise of the Sun

Solemn Vision

Transience

Permutation

Never Enough

Dwaal

Garden of Stillborn Idols

Dyssebeia

Afterlife

Angel Rising

Sunholy

Shade Empire

Oceans Above

The Color of Rain

Psychoverse

Ural

Blasphemica - Absolution Carved from Flesh

Shadowspawn

Paria

Verderbnis

Hollow World

Orbiter

Reconnected

Hurricane

Spiritual Exodus

Exorcizphobia

From Roving About the Earth

Caged

Reach

Rising Wings

Spiritus Sylvestris

Iskandr

Roadkill

Omega Sun

Newman

Living the FIRE

The Crisis as Condition

Terminalist

Cradle of the Wicked

Ignited

Metamorphosis

Ecocide

Impii Hora

Asinhell

From Blood

Monastery

Disintegration

Hegeroth

Anthropogenic Ruin

Bacterial Husk

In Fieri

Slave Steel

God Bless

The Arson Project

Grotesque Macabre (Reissue)

Carnal Savagery

Return of the Black Death (reissue)

Drawn and Quartered

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