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Sky Valley Mistress - Luna Mausoleum
March 6, 2026
Sky Valley Mistress are a duo from Blackburn, UK who formed in 2012.Their band name […]
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Staghelm – Natura Semper Praevalet
March 5, 2026
This was a thoughtfully composed album that had layers of mystery buried within its aggressive presenting front. There is beauty, wonder, and a sense of things being larger and more expansive than what they seem. Take a ride with STAGHELM though the three song journey, and you may just uncover some things about yourself that you didn’t know.
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Luminesce - Like Crushed Violets and Linen
March 5, 2026
Pink? A pink album cover? Isn't pink... for girls??/?
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Aether – Verfallsschemen
March 4, 2026
“A lamenting monolith of ashes and despair” is too soft of a phrase to describe the torturous pit that the album with throw you into head first, and there is no bottom. You will fall screaming, not just for minutes or hours, but for eternity. There is no light, no hope, no absolution, and no chance for rescue.
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To The Max! - Two The Max!
March 3, 2026
To The Max! is a Heavy Rock band formed in Verona Italy, bringing together musicians […]
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Marlugubre – Per Amor Nymphae
March 3, 2026
Overall, what I loved most about the album was how deeply I could feel the aggression rumbling in my stomach, and how brightly I could sense moments of beauty and hope. The two opposing styles shattered into one another, detonating a bomb of emotion together that could be seen and felt for miles away. It was more like poetic prose than a simple listening experience.
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Angus McSix - Angus McSix and the All-Seeing Astral Eye
March 3, 2026
There is no escaping the fact that ANGUS McSIX is using all the cliches that the Power Metal and Heavy Metal have produced in the last fifty years and formed them into songs that are as much Happy Metal as they are Power Metal.
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New Mexican Doom Cult – Ziggurat
March 2, 2026
NEW MEXICAN DOOM CULT “Ziggurat." Buy it, ascend it, join it—whatever turns you on, but do yourself a favor and give it spin.
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Olhava – Memorial
March 2, 2026
Rather than a traditional album, this was a journey to the far reaches of the universe and back again. I feel as though the album transported me into a wormhole where it just gave me glimpse of what is up there, and even a fleeting look is overwhelming. The album cover captures its essence very well. It’s a warm, cozy cabin nestled in deep, dark, and imposing trees that no one could ever find.
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Mystfall - Embers of a Dying World
March 2, 2026
Did you know that Graham crackers were invented to help combat self-pleasure? After listening to this album, there's an empty box of them on my desk. Hope it works!
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Frozen Land – Icemelter
March 2, 2026
“Icemelter“ delivers traditional Power Metal with a good mixture of fast and mid-tempo tracks, tight and powerful guitar riffs, catchy and sing-along melodies
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Temple Balls - Temple Balls
March 2, 2026
Temple Balls are an energetic Hard Rock band from Finland.Their first album “Traded Dreams” was […]
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Beyond The Pale - Monument In Time
March 1, 2026
The album review you're about to read is a compilation of all their earlier releases. It therefore is quite fitting that it has taken the name of the EP, as all five original songs are featured on this rendition of “Monument In Time”.
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Cryptic Shift - Overspace & Supertime
March 1, 2026
I have no choice but to be amazed, enthralled and totally enamoured with what CRYPTIC SHIFT is presenting me with on “Overspace & Supertime”. To me this all sounds absolutely superb, has all the elements that make me crave to hear more of CRYPTIC SHIFT; excitement, surprise, attraction and superb musicianship.
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Toward The Throne - Midnight
February 28, 2026
For homework, go read Dune or some other popular space novel with this playing in the background, and write a five-paragraph essay on your thoughts.
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Degraved - Spectral Realm of Ruin
February 28, 2026
OSDM? NSDM? BDSM? Whatever era of death metal you're a fan of, Degraved will tickle your fancy.
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Osmium Gate – Cannibal Galaxy
February 28, 2026
This was a decent album, but just not diverse enough for me. It has plenty of weight and presence, but no big shifts or punches of melody. I also don’t hear the vast emptiness that they talk about. Indeed, the constant hum of double bass moves to the forefront of their music and takes over. Through eight songs, it becomes a burden for me.
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Graveborn – Metempsychosis
February 27, 2026
Take a close look at the album cover for clues of what you might find musically. Deep shades of purple and blue swirls chase each other’s tails high in the canopy while a single person watches. It’s like magic in many ways. Their musicianship…is stellar, and they are able to breathe new life into the genre by taking bold steps on both sides of the aisle. It will leave you drained by the end, utterly spent.
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Dimwind – The Carrion Waltz
February 27, 2026
As you might imagine, this is a highly personal album, and some people say a cancer diagnosis invokes the same feelings as the five stages of grieving. The music reflects these various stages well. Much of the album was dark, mired in shadows, and reflective of some very dark times in life. In that regard, it was interesting to listen to, and I found myself absorbed in the movements. It’s something anyone who has had a health scare can relate to, and which of us haven’t?
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Hyshtral - Ad Infinitum
February 27, 2026
In the 30 plus minutes that HYSHTRAL needs to get through “Ad Infinitum”, you will be thrown all over the place emotionally. One thing is for sure, the band definitely starts with their best song, as “Cell In Hell” is simply put a corker of a tune.
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Motljus – För evigt
February 26, 2026
This album was a scene of devastation, destruction, regret, and anger. But it was also a scene of serenity and peace, the latter two are just harder to find. Like any mind puzzle, if you are able to block out some of the thick never-ending aggression, you will discover the beauty within. It just makes you work harder to find the soft core.
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Frozen Ocean – Askdrömmar
February 25, 2026
Black Metal has grown in leaps and bounds over the past decade, and there isn’t one thing that fans haven’t embraced lately. Synths? Why not. Gothic and Progressive leanings? Sure, throw them in also. The result is an uncommon but pleasing album that will shake up everything you thought you knew about Black Metal.
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Melancholie – Winterkronieken
February 25, 2026
After a second listen, I came to appreciate the album more. The lengthy songs can be intimidating to a listener whose attention span might not be long enough, but I kept finding subtle nuances on the album. These nuances suggest a grand storyteller, and musician. I have to say I enjoyed the outright melodies more than the aggressive blueprint of Black Metal, but there is a great balance on the album between the two.
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Nemorous – What Remains When Hope Has Failed
February 25, 2026
If you take a look at the unassuming cover for the album, it might not tempt you to open it up and listen to it. But, as the saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover. In considering the album title, when optimism, belief, or the expectation that things will get better is gone… what’s left of us? I prefer the defiant interpretation over the bleak one, where your will to live is hardened and you drag yourself off of the floor and fight back. If we have no fight left, what is there to live for? These questions you can ponder while you take in the album’s beauty and starkness.
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Tjaktjadálvve – Encompassing Nothingness
February 25, 2026
This album will steal your hope, harden your soul, and leave you feeling nothing by the end. That’s the album title, “Encompassing Nothingness.” As the cold winds fade at the end, so does your sense of self, and you melt into the earth to become one with the void.
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Decipher – Thelema
February 24, 2026
What the album did best, was create an aggressive and harrowing listening experience that was dark and nefarious, and the band is clearly talented. However, it lacked a bit in diversity, and there is room within the genre to explore more.
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Cave - Into The Promised Land
February 24, 2026
Hailing from Ludwigsburg Germany,Cave are no strangers to the music scene. They are a group […]
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Austen Starr - I Am The Enemy
February 24, 2026
Austen Starr is a singer and songwriter from Boston USA.She grew up in the late […]
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Void of Light – Asymmetries
February 23, 2026
This was indeed an emotionally heavy album, and that might be its best feature. There wasn’t a lot of diversity in their music though. Instead, they seem to want to drive the riffs right through your living room walls and straight down your throat.
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Godoviir - Artificial Dream
February 23, 2026
I've listened to a lot of progressive rock and metal over the years, and while "ARTIFICIAL DREAM" didn't have the WOW! factor to really make an impression on me to stick with me forever, I adore the messages brought by Igor and GODOVIIR.
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Phobocosm - Gateway
February 23, 2026
This did NOT feel like a forty-minute album. Four hours maybe?
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Varmia – lauks
February 22, 2026
Overall, one of the first things I often complain about is an album without much diversity, but in this case, the diverse shifts are a bit more subtle and nuanced. The aggressiveness is its best feature, and it rarely lets up, sprinting the mile in record time. It’s progressive in nature because of how it starts, stops, and even moves throughout the album, and this was an album that can burn a hole in your soul.
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Vanishment – And Now We Die
February 22, 2026
“And Now We Die” offers an interesting mixture of Heavy Metal and Thrash Metal. The highlights of the album are the guitar riffs and the solos
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Stam1na - Apnea
February 21, 2026
I may sound like a Finnish weeb here, but Stam1na is just another reason why Finland is the capital of metal.
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Star.Gate - The Moment Of A Lifetime
February 20, 2026
If you are a fan of this kind of Neoclassical Metal in general, or in this case what STAR.GATE is feeding us on “The Moment Of A Lifetime”, I guess that you’re in for a treat. It will be no surprise that I feel that this album will really speak to you. Why? Because everything that STAR.GATE does fits.
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Worm Shepherd - Dawn of the Iconoclast
February 20, 2026
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