Album review: Murkocet “Digging Mercy’s Grave”
Arizona rockers Murkocet give us modern brutal American metal on their fine debut album. It’s heavy but not sinister in a great mix of styles.
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Reviews
Album review: Svart Crown “Abreaction”
French blackened death metal band Svart Crown is back with a fierce new album. Angry as hell, possessed, heavy and darker than dark.
Read MoreEP review: Hellfire “Goat Revenge”
Ukraine’s Hellfire plays a fantastic form of old-school, underground black metal with thrash metal guitars and terrific melodies.
Read MoreGig review: Testament delivers thrash metal knockout on Tokyo fans
Thrash metal heroes Testament are on top of their game as they tour Japan once again.
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EP review: Primal Age “A Silent Wound”
Wake-up call: Primal Age’s French metallic hardcore goes well with your morning coffee.
Read MoreGig review: Dynazty finally rocked Tokyo
With five albums below their belt, Swedish melodic rockers Dynazty finally came to play for the band’s Japanese fans. And what a Japanese live debut it was.
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EP review: Heavy Temple “Chassit” | Groovy and doomy stoner rock
Heavy Temple invites us on a groovy rock ride away from Philadelphia.
Read MoreAlbum review: Dead Kosmonaut “Expect Nothing” | Solid hard rock from Sweden
Solid hard rock debut album by Sweden’s Dead Kosmonaut, featuring current and former members of Candlemass, Unleashed and Firespawn.
Read MoreAlbum review: Deserted Fear “Dead Shores Rising” | Quality German death metal
Quality modern death metal on Deserted Fear’s new album “Dead Shores Rising”.
Read MoreAlbum review: Horisont “About Time” | Fresh-sounding 70s rock on an album that’s a future classic
Gothenburg rockers Horisont take us back in time with a fantastic and fresh-sounding 70s rock-tinged fifth album.
Read MoreAlbum review: Axis of Despair “Mankind Crawls” | Old-school Swedish grindcore
Old-school Swedish grindcore: Axis of Despair gives us nothing fancy, but plenty of great head-cleaning grindcore.
Read MoreEP review: AcoD “Inner Light”
AcoD gives us angry yet melodic death metal at breakneck speed on new EP.
Read MoreAlbum review: Xandria “Theater of Dimensions” | Splendid symphonic metal
Xandria gives us splendid and epic symphonic metal on its seventh album, “Theater of Dimensions”.
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