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Album Review: Sepultura – Quadra

Few bands are more frustrating to analyze than modern day SEPULTURA. They’re always on the edge of a major breakthrough but never seen to make it. They are at the nexus where ambition meets pretension and it’s hard to tell which side is going to win at any time. I’ve always been someone willing to give the Cavalera-less band a good chance, and for the last few albums, flashes of brilliance are there. So is some really banal groove-thrash. The last album, Machine Messiah, seemed like a disorganized mess where they reached too far past where they should have. I’m […]

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DEATH DEALERS BERZERKER LEGION ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, OBLITERATE THE WEAK – New Song Posted Below

BERZERKER LEGION was founded in 2016 by guitarists Tomas Elofsson (Hypocrisy) and Alwin Zuur (Asphyx) with a vision to create death metal of the most belligerent quality, they recruited a line-up of solid well-known musicians consisting of James Stewart (Vader) on drums, Jonny Pettersson (Wombbath) on vocals and Fredrik Isaksson (Dark Funeral) on bass to complete the Legion. Listen to ‘World In Despair’ HERE Vocalist Jonny Pettersson explains the lyrical theme of Obliterate The Weak: “The lyrical concept is based around how religion is poisoning the world, and even after so many years of evolution, development , we still have […]

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PESTILENCE and POSSESSED announce co-headlining North American tour

European death metal gods PESTILENCE join forces with death metal inventors POSSESSED in an epic North American East Coast tour: Revelations Of The Ancients. The tour will include very special guests, The Black Moriah, and will run from March through April 2020. The tour was brought together by Asteri Agency and Eternal Rock Agency. For booking inquiries, email: jamil@asteriagency.com. Tour dates: 17.03.2020: Houston TX @ TX White Oak Music Hall 18.03.2020: Austin TX @ Come and Take it Live 19.03.2020: Dallas TX @ Gas Monkey 20.03.2020: Chicago IL @ Reggies 21.03.2020: Detroit MI @ Harpos Concert Theatre 22.03.2020: Toronto ON […]

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DIRT WOMAN: Maryland Psychedelic Doom Bringers To Release The Glass Cliff Via Grimoire Records; New Track Streaming At The Obelisk + Preorders Available

Stream / Share DIRT WOMAN’s ‘The Lady Of The Dunes’ at THIS LOCATION Maryland psychedelic doom bringers DIRT WOMAN will release their The Glass Cliff debut full-length this March via Grimoire Records. Recorded, mixed, and mastered in the fall of 2019 by Noel Mueller at the Tiny Castle in Baltimore, The Glass Cliff‘s five tracks bulge with gargantuan riffs, thundering rhythms, and lyrics speaking directly to the cries of today’s youth; a fittingly titled record that’s equal parts enraged and dejected by a world whose once great promise has been decimated by the pursuit of power and material wealth. In […]

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Norwegian Black Metal Trio TULUS to Release Old Old Death March 6 on Soulseller Records / New Single Streaming

Norwegian Black Metal trio TULUS will release its sixth full-length studio album Old Old Death March 6 on CD, limited edition vinyl, and digital formats via Soulseller Records. The first single, ‘Jord’, can be streamed at the following locations: Youtube Bandcamp Spotify The new studio album from early Norwegian black metal band TULUS is guaranteed to shake the earth upon its March release! The trio, consisting of members of Sarke and Khold, has created a masterpiece in their own inimitable style. Expect 10 dark, cold, groovy Black Metal tracks that will hit your nerves like the black plague. Eerie and […]

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Album Review: Beast Of Revelation – The Ancient Ritual Of Death

There’s some high-powered veteran offense on display in BEAST OF REVELATION. Vocals and bass are delivered by no less than John McEntee of INCANTATION and FUNERUS fame, a man who’s had his gnarly finger on the pulse of rotten death metal for about three decades now. That’s a major component right there. Adding drumbeats to the BEAST is Bob Bagchus once of ASPHYX, now a part of INFIDEL REICH, HELLEHOND and more…another solid veteran. The agonizing guitars come from A.J. Drenth from the bands TEMPLE and THRONE. I’m not too familiar with them, but I’m guessing they don’t play pop […]

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BLOOD AND SUN reveal first track from new NORDVIS album

Today, dark folk maverick BLOOD AND SUN reveal the new track ‘Dusk Century’. The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated second album, Love & Ashes, set for international release on February 28th via Nordvis Produktion. Hear BLOOD AND SUN’s ‘Dusk Century’ across all digital platforms HERE. With might and heart, BLOOD AND SUN return. With resonant eloquence, Luke Tromiczak and friends plant a new seed into the murky soil of dark folk, birthing the heartfelt new album Love & Ashes. Nine fresh songs lit a beacon of inspiration and knowledge into the desolate nights […]

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Gates Of Hell Records to Release 7″ Vinyl Version of ORPHAN DEVIL’s Victims Of The Night/Drifting Away EP on February 21

Gates Of Hell Records will release the two-song EP Victims Of The Night/Drifting Away from upstart Finnish Metallers ORPHAN DEVIL on 7″ vinyl format on February 21. The EP showcases a deft blend of classic metal with a dose of speed. Formed in 2016, ORPHAN DEVIL is prepared to emerge from the Finnish metal underground with a pair of songs that showcase their unique influences and stellar songwriting. The self-released digital version released is available to stream HERE Named after a 1982 single from the obscure Swedish band Shakespeare, ORPHAN DEVIL was formed in 2016 by a group of old […]

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Album Review: Annihilator – Ballistic, Sadistic

When a band hits something like their seventeenth album, I feel like too much time can be spent comparing it to their older material while not focusing on what is being currently presented. So, I decided to challenge myself and handle this album as a standalone experience as possible. Without further ado, here are my thoughts on ANNIHILATOR’s Ballistic, Sadistic. Jeff Waters really knows how to crank one out in many ways, whether it be quips, riffs, solos, or innuendos (I’m looking at you ‘Lip Service”). This album has so much of that fun, tongue-in-cheek thrash metal attitude that makes […]

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DOOM SLAYERS YATRA TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, BLOOD OF THE NIGHT, ON JAN 31ST

Maryland’s monolithic purveyors of doom YATRA will release their second album, Blood Of The Night, on January 31st with STB Records. Today, the trio has debuted the record’s first new song titled ‘Blood Will Flow’. Pre-orders for the album start Friday. STREAM ‘BLOOD OF THE NIGHT’ HERE “We are extremely proud of the content on Blood Of The Night! We got to play most of these songs for an entire three-week US tour right before going in the studio to record them, which gave us time to really feel out all of the songs which lead to us really finding […]

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