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SIGH – Scenes from Hell

January 26, 2010 – 11:34 pm

Embarking on the latest “S” album, SIGH has given up the Japanese occult themes from the early albums and instead offers up a three-part orchestration of horror within Scenes from Hell.
The first part of the three-part album is “Prelude to the Oracle”, and the track itself starts off with a riff very similar to the [...]

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HYPOCRISY – A Taste of Extreme Divinity

January 21, 2010 – 11:21 pm

In between touring, working on his other project, PAIN, and his producing duties, HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tagtgren has introduced A Taste of Extreme Divinity to the world, and it is a throwback to the ole’ death metal days. Everything has some old school feel to it, from Peter’s old death metal style, to the old [...]

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NECROPHOBIC – Death to All

December 24, 2009 – 11:19 pm

NECROPHOBIC have been around the Swedish scene around the same time as DISSECTION, ENTOMBED, and AMON AMARTH, but have never enjoyed the same success that their counterparts achieved. Nevertheless, the underground metal scene still gives plenty of praise and respect to these cult warriors. After releasing the excellent Hrimthursum album, NECROPHOBIC once again takes no [...]

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – Deflorate

December 23, 2009 – 2:45 pm

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have gained a reputable fanbase throughout the years, especially of those who worship the Gothenburg sound, namely AT THE GATES‘ Slaughter of the Soul album. Their fourth full length, Deflorate, uses the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality as they continue worshipping the Gothenburg formula that got them where [...]

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GORGOROTH – Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt

December 15, 2009 – 9:11 pm

After a lengthy legal battle with ex-members over the band name, GORGOROTH leader Infernus has unleashed Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt by recruiting a few well known musicians for this project – vocalist Pest from back in the band, along with Frank Watkins (OBITUARY) and Tomas Asklund (ex-DISSECTION, DARK FUNERAL) to round out this super [...]

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VADER, WARBRINGER, THE AMENTA @ Chain Reaction, Anaheim, CA (11/28/09)

December 7, 2009 – 9:39 pm

Anticipation for an extreme metal show was high in the mostly conservative area known as Orange County, CA. Immediately after walking inside the venue, I noticed a strangely high proportion amount of teens and young metalheads in the crowd, with a majority of them wearing either WARBRINGER or MUNICIPAL WASTE shirts. LAZARUS A.D., who [...]

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IMMORTAL – All Shall Fall

November 19, 2009 – 7:34 pm

Awakened from hibernation in the freezing depths of Norway, IMMORTAL has returned to offer seven new cold, forest frolicking tunes to the world. Although the Norwegian trio has abandoned their raw, primitive, black metal roots, All Shall Fall continues where the band left off after Sons of Northern Darkness, with some ideas from the last [...]

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CHTHONIC – Mirror of Retribution

October 4, 2009 – 10:27 pm

Asia is certainly not the hotbed of rock bands, let alone extreme metal bands, but CHTHONIC has branched out and made some noise in the underground circuit thanks to their well received last album, Seediq Bale, and a successful stint with Ozzfest in 2007. This Taiwanese band has gained new ground and respect upon releasing [...]

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VADER – Necropolis

October 2, 2009 – 5:09 pm

VADER has always been a resilient band, and while various guitarists and bassists have come and gone, along with the unfortunate passing of drummer Doc, this has never affected the drive that mainman Peter has had to bring the band to the next level. After losing his entire lineup due to various factors, he has [...]

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PESTILENCE – Resurrection Macabre

June 1, 2009 – 7:43 pm

Following the footsteps of their progressive/technical death metal peers from the 90’s, namely CYNIC and ATHEIST, Dutch legends PESTILENCE have “resurrected” and offered us a great blast from the past. The legacy of PESTILENCE ended on a sour note as the members were less interested in death metal and released the much detested Spheres album. [...]

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BLOOD RED THRONE – Souls of Damnation

May 20, 2009 – 10:32 pm

With the current state of metal, Europe is dominated with black metal bands, but BLOOD RED THRONE tries extremely hard to take the “Norwegian” feel out of their music and inject some pure “U.S. death metal” influence in their albums.  With their new full length album, Souls of Damnation, they have finally perfected that sound. [...]

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SEANCE – Awakening of the Gods

April 15, 2009 – 12:06 pm

After releasing a strong death metal/thrash debut with Fornever Laid To Rest, SEANCE disbanded after the sub-par Saltrubbed Eyes album. These old school Swedish thrashers feature members of WITCHERY, and have since reunited to release Awakening of the Gods. While this may seem exciting at first, the end result is a disappointing “reunion” album. Comeback [...]

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