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Album Review: Wraith – Absolute Power

This unheralded trio from Indiana have come up with a sizzling firecracker of an album…a brief but blistering blast of thrash with a rock n roll touch that so far is one of the best records of its kind this year. This is about a half hour of thrash that will drop you on your head. The chief comparison I can make to WRAITH would be MIDNIGHT, but I think I enjoy Absolute Power even more than MIDNIGHT’s last album. It’s definitely thrash metal, but with a punky, rawky edge to it. The opening one-two punch of ‘Devil’s Hour’ and […]

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Malokarpatan, Vircolac, Goatcraft & Sacrilegia Eastern Tour: Nov 21-24

Invictus Productions in association with Etrurian Legion present:Unleashed On The East: Witchcraft, Warlocks & Werewolves Malokarpatan, Vircolac, Goatcraft & Sacrilegia Eastern Tour – November 2019 Thursday November 21st, Black Winter Festival, Gliwice, Poland [Event Page]Friday November 22nd, Underdogs, Prague, Czech [Event Page]Saturday November 23rd, Budapest, Hungary (event & venue info TBA)Sunday November 24th, Randal Club, Bratislava, Slovakia [Event Page] MALOKARPATAN OnlineSACRILEGIA OnlineVIRCOLAC OnlineGOATCRAFT Online Invictus Productions Online

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VASTUM: 20 Buck Spin Issues Orificial Purge Details; Fourth LP By Oakland Death Crew To See Release In October + ‘Reveries In Autophagia’ Streaming

After four years of near silence, Oakland death metal outfit VASTUM returns with Orificial Purge, the anxiously awaited follow-up to their acclaimed Hole Below. VASTUM’s fourth album, Orificial Purge is confirmed for release via their longtime allies at 20 Buck Spin on October 25th. The album’s artwork, track listing, and advance single, ‘Reveries In Autophagia’, are now available for public consumption. VASTUM’s Orificial Purge offers a distinctive blend of sinister atmosphere, punishing brutality, and an unparalleled lyrical and visual imagery that traces connections between perversion, mortification, and “an abyssal mysticism of sin.” Elements from previous albums are preserved on Orificial […]

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Album Review: Sacred Reich – Awakening

Here’s the long-awaited comeback for classic thrashers SACRED REICH. You knew it was coming, you just didn’t know when. This band sure had their moments (mostly Ignorance and Surf Nicaragua), but they never really broke through to the top tier level many thought they could reach. Their later albums like Heal were downright boring. Awakening features all of the classic SACRED REICH elements you would expect, but much like back in the day, it is just not a blow away record. One thing’s for sure, they don’t overstay their welcome. Awakening is a very brisk 31 minutes and change, consisting […]

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Winnipeg Cosmic Black Metal CELL Unleash ‘God Of The NetherRealm’ Off Upcoming Album

CELL, Canada’s three-piece conceptual cosmic black metal outfit are releasing a new album Ancient Incantations Of Xarbos to follow up their first album The Frozen Moon Of Erebath (2016) on October 4, 2019. With major influences coming from Emperor, Death, Morbid Angel, and Immortal, CELL takes familiar black metal sounds and infuses it with a science fiction theme that spans their albums. Each track on Ancient Incantations Of Xarbos has its own story on the album that leads to one big ending which is the decimation of the Xarbonite hierarchy. Fueled with tales of tech, black magic, and necromancy the […]

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Album Review: Patronymicon – Ushered Forth By Cloven Tongue

Aside from guitarist / sometimes-everything-else-ist N. Sadist, Sweden’s PATRONYMICON has ever been in flux, both in lineup and quality. Now, after having worked with a dedicated vocalist (H. Sulphur) and second guitarist (J. Malice) since shortly after 2013’s All Daggers Towards The Sky, N. Sadist returns, rounded out by a new rhythm section, attempting to finally stake his claim. Ushered Forth By Cloven Tongue rips forth from the gates of perdition, less black scathe and more an all-out death assault. One element greatly improved from past efforts is the injection of true melodic riffing that sacrifices no brutality in the […]

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HELLHORSE To Release Paradise Lost 12-Inch EP Via Creator-Destructor Records; ‘Undertow’ Now Streaming + Preorders Posted

Boston, Massachusetts-based hardcore outfit HELLHORSE has announced the upcoming release of their 2nd EP, Paradise Lost, which will be unleashed on the world through Creator-Destructor Records in October. The record’s first single, ‘Undertow’, is now playing in conjunction with the release of preorders, tour dates, and more. Over the years since inception, HELLHORSE has honed their special craft of crushing chaotic metalcore/d-beat crossover, reminiscent of the early-2000s stylings of Botch, Converge, and Poison The Well. The six-song Paradise Lost EP is HELLHORSE’s Creator-Destructor debut, and the follow-up to the band’s Old Dystopia EP, which the band self-released in 2018. Paradise […]

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SMASH POTATER sign to Horror Pain Gore Death Productions; Suburban Legends set for release on September 13th

Extreme Crossover Metal Punks SMASH POTATER make their Horror Pain Gore Death Productions debut with the new album Suburban Legends! Hailing from Aurora Illinois, SMASH POTATER were spawned from the gutter back in 2010. Suburban Legends showcases 18 tracks of extreme Crossover, Metal and Punk, featuring Fastcore, Thrash, Grindcore and everything sprinkled in between. SMASH POTATER present the morbid tales of life in their festering abscess of a town located in the side of Chicago, complimented with a heavy dose of satire and flat out goofiness. For fans of Frightmare, Splatterhouse, Spazz, Birdflesh and Spazztic Blurr Don’t miss Smash Potater […]

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Neil Young Officially Announces New Crazy Horse Album, Colorado

After confirming the release and title earlier this year, NEIL YOUNG has now officially announced his upcoming album with CRAZY HORSE, Colorado, which will be released in October and follow up the group’s 2012 effort, Psychedelic Pill. Young’s announcement on his website, Neil Young Archives, also notes that the new album’s first single, ‘Rainbow Of Colors’ will be released this month. Colorado features 10 new tracks in total, ranging from three to over 13 minutes, according to Young’s news entry. The album was made in the state whose name it bears with guitarist Nils Lofgren, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer […]

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Album Review: Tomb Mold – Planetary Clairvoyance

TOMB MOLD have emerged as one of the most talked about new death metal bands around. Usually that bodes ill for a band, but for these guys, it is perfectly understandable. They have found a way to merge sick, diseased sounding death metal with a more technical and progressive version of the genre. This is by no means an easy thing to do, as the scale usually tips too much in one direction for such a combo to actually work. TOMB MOLD make it work. Planetary Clairvoyance picks up where their last album Manor Of Infinite Form left off. They […]

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