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Heavy Metal And Other Occasional Musics And Cultures

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Album Reviews

Album Review: Torpor – Dungeon Descent

Here is a phantom rising from the mists of history, no less notable than a woolly mammoth or an Egyptian pharaoh appearing in our current age. Emerging from Warsaw, Poland, TORPOR is a three piece metal band that resurrects a forgotten sound from the past to become something new in our maddening patchwork of modern music. It’s very hard to describe what TORPOR does here. It’s not just another ’70s or ’80s nostalgia band because their sound is so unique, and one unheard for decades. They knit together various threads of the past into an album that’s enchanting to listen […]

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Album Review: Dungeon – Into The Ruins [EP]

After a five-year wait, the misfits of London’s DUNGEON return with their 2nd EP, Into The Ruins. ‘Nagasaki Sunrise’ takes a bit too much time on the rev-up, but once the foursome gets going, stratospheric six-six-sick-string strafing, rocket-propelled rhythms and harsh harangues are not only what, but pretty much all that’s on offer. D’ ya like speed metal? Do you like speed metal?! Vocalist/guitarist Luke Drew’s snarl is surely more of the Teutonic school, bits of early Denis Bélanger, maybe, but less unhinged and into the impressive ‘Put Them In Their Graves’ we go. Guitar harmonies are sideswiped by even […]

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Album Review: Hellcrash – Krvcifix Invertör

Italy’s HELLCRASH cranked out two demos and a split between 2013-2015, then unceremoniously departed from sight. Apparently, the trio has spent the time since on a strict regimen of liver punishment, graveyard hijinks and a diet of pre-’87 thrash/speed metal, now returning with its first full-length, Krvcifix Invertör. HELLCRASH makes no secret of its allegiances right out the gate, four of the nine song titles invoking the name of Satan, so it’s clearly time to party, right? Hellraiser’s guitars and sneer could’ve literally been spawned from Killing Is My Business… – era Mustaine’s drunken sweat, while the title track is […]