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45 Turns 33

Midlife Crisis

Fornetes Folm His Crown Grows from His Skull

Úlfarr

This was a difficult album to listen to for a few reasons. First, it was quite vanilla, it terms of the flavor spectrum of music. Second, the vocals were delivered in nearly the exact same way in every song. Third, the riffs were used so many times in the past. What resulted was a fairly bland album.

Faithless

Pandemmy

Wow, this Brazilian Death/Thrash Metal quartet's musical work depicts what the word "maturity" means, 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

三屍 (Sanshi)

Ripped to Shreds

Prepare your ears to be shredded by this insane release from this North American Death Metal quartet!

Tales from the Bones

Gutter Bones

The old mix between Heavy Metal and Hard Rock never gets old, and this German quartet is a living proof of this idea.

Those Shredded Dreams (Reissue)

Furbowl

This new reissue of the cult Swedish Death Metal act comes in a very good time.

Apophenia

Deivos

A savage Technical Death Metal onslaught is what this Polish quintet offers to you.

Pariahs

Contrition

An Old School mix between Death Metal influences with traces of Grindcore can be foun on this EP.

Graveworms, Cadavers, Coffins and Bones

Carnal Savagery

A fine Swedish Old School Death Metal release.

Revelations from the Void

Onirophagus

This was an excellent album. The combination of anger and despair were balanced very well. The guitar riffs were devastating, the vocals rattled into your soul, and the drums crushed the very ground you walked on, painting a picture of total desolation and meaningless existence.

Duél

Jinjer

Their sound is indeed unique, and as a band they are a juggernaut, but through all of the time shifts, airier passages, methodological performances, and downright crushing elements, I am left with an album that I just didn’t like as much as I should have. No one can deny the band’s musicianship, but I found the album to be difficult to digest, and to enjoy.

Reset The Sky

Ice Exile

Good surprise from Finland.

Tempora Mutantur

Lunar

To summarize the album, admittedly, does put me in a quagmire. Their technical ability is right up there with a lot of Progressive musicians, but I just wasn’t able to really enjoy the album. I like a wide variety of music, but this just didn’t click with me. Some Progressive music can be hard to digest. Still, this is something that I believe a lot of fans of music outside of the box might enjoy, and I recommend that you listen to it and decide for yourself.

Where Obscurity Sways

Pyre

This was a good album, that easily combined elements of Black, Death, and Thrash Metal into a thick stew that nourishes your hunger. At times, they grind it out slowly, letting the poison seep in, while other times, they shove it right down your throat without a second thought. I especially like their energy.

Black Magic Rituals and Perversions, Vol. 1

Electric Wizard

Black Magic Rituals and Perversions, Vol. 1 lays testament to the talent of one of the most revered Doom Metal bands on the planet.

Sharp Objects

Spiders

“Sharp Objects” isn’t the gritty, raw comeback album I was hoping for, but it also isn’t a throw away. If you like your rock well-sanitized and appreciate the 80’s garage scene, this might be the album for you.

Causes

Haven

Although the album showed potential at times, it floundered for a decent amount of the way for me. The hardened passages are ardent, gritty, and brutal, but they were not enough to overcome a general lack of energy.

Rebirthless

Accu§er

ACCU§ER deliver a very good Thrash Metal album. “Rebirthless“ contains the best elements of traditional Thrash Metal and adds modern twists

Volume Six

Sacrifice

“Volume Six” is a gift for all traditional and modern Thrash Metal fans and I highly recommend adding “Volume Six” to their album collection

Flames Licking Fever

Deathrite

A raw primitive death with early punk rock undertones from eastern Germany

A Pathway the Moon

Unreqvited

The clean vocals add another layer of artistic and even spiritual sublimity to the album. The way that they co-exist with the aggression of Black Metal is key to the sound. Gazing at the moon as meditation may sound a little “out there,” but some say it can help you find a sense of peace and calm and instill a sense of wonder. It’s only January 5, and I already have a contender for album of the year.

Long Streets

Reese

Good surprise from Italy.

Joy

Witnesses

This release is a different Doom Rock/Doom Metal expression that is filled with Ambient Music influences.

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Turkey Vulture

If you like a different musical experience, this EP is for you.

The Glorious Persecution

Persecutory

Learn some Black/Death Metal teachings with this isane quartet's music.

For Those Who Stay

Gorgon

A fine Black Metal assault is promoted by these Franch pioneers.

Constellation of Endless Blight

Festergore

O good Death Metal release, but the band can do better than is shown on it.

Iriath

Arysithian Blade

A fine first coming from this Greek Epic Heavy Metal act.

Landhaskur

Dewfall

DEWFALL’s “Landhaskur,” is a stunning album that mixes it up with a large variety of unorthodox approaches to black metal without sacrificing any of the genre’s more traditional elements. Highly recommended.

Necrolution

MASSACRE

Unless you are an alien from another planet, I doubt MASSACRE needs an introduction. Formed […]

The Festering Dwellers

Shrieking Demons

“The Festering Dwellers,” is a stunning debut album. Every song across its 10 track, 40 minute runtime is chock full of memorable moments and offers many reasons to revisit each and every one of them again. 2025 just started and the bar has already been set high for death metal!

HIERARCHIES

If you can live through this tangled everseration put to music, HIERARCHIES’ self-titled debut is a banger of an album that is technical without being pretentious and flashy. Recommended.

Demonolatry

Abbhorration

Unapologetic display of raw aggressive old school death from Norway

Catastrophic Reconfiguration

Molder

A torrent of raw aggressive old school death from the upper midwest

Dust of the Human Shape

Ghost Atlas

As a music consumer, if you don’t slow down occasionally and look around, you can easily miss albums like this. It’s a simple album in terms of instrumentation and vocals, but it is so effective at waking up the inner self that you have choked down so far you never thought it was possible. Forget labels, just leave all your musical conventions at the door and explore “Dust of the Human Shape” with the kind of innocence and wonder that you had as a child.

Draw Blood

Svartijern

This wasn’t a bad album per se, but besides the heavy bass notes, it didn’t offer much originality to the genre. In today’s market, that is one thing that bands just have to be able to do…either that or be absolute masters of their trade.

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45 Turns 33

Midlife Crisis

Fornetes Folm His Crown Grows from His Skull

Úlfarr

Faithless

Pandemmy

三屍 (Sanshi)

Ripped to Shreds

Tales from the Bones

Gutter Bones

Those Shredded Dreams (Reissue)

Furbowl

Apophenia

Deivos

Pariahs

Contrition

Graveworms, Cadavers, Coffins and Bones

Carnal Savagery

Revelations from the Void

Onirophagus

Duél

Jinjer

Reset The Sky

Ice Exile

Tempora Mutantur

Lunar

Where Obscurity Sways

Pyre

Black Magic Rituals and Perversions, Vol. 1

Electric Wizard

Sharp Objects

Spiders

Causes

Haven

Rebirthless

Accu§er

Volume Six

Sacrifice

Flames Licking Fever

Deathrite

A Pathway the Moon

Unreqvited

Long Streets

Reese

Joy

Witnesses

On the List

Turkey Vulture

The Glorious Persecution

Persecutory

For Those Who Stay

Gorgon

Constellation of Endless Blight

Festergore

Iriath

Arysithian Blade

Landhaskur

Dewfall

Necrolution

MASSACRE

The Festering Dwellers

Shrieking Demons

HIERARCHIES

HIERARCHIES

Demonolatry

Abbhorration

Catastrophic Reconfiguration

Molder

Dust of the Human Shape

Ghost Atlas

Draw Blood

Svartijern

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