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Decapitated
Organic Hallucinosis |
8.8 |
I couldn’t really believe some people, when I heard them say that this album was bad, and that new singer Covan was terrible for the band, I even read someplace some idiot comparing “Organic Hallucinosis” to Machine Head, I mean what kind of an idiot can compare Decapitated to Machine Head, and is not that I dislike MC is just that there is a continent, an ocean, and... Read all |
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Amputated
Gargling With Infected Semen |
8.0 |
I haven’t have this much fun since I discover that I could download full pornos thanks to BitTorrents!!!
Ok stupidity aside, this is a damn good album, let’s put aside for a second the gore, and the “You’re bleeding to death as your giving me head” kind of lyrics, Amputated has created a record that dives into your wide open intestines and just... Read all |
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Eyes of Ligeia
A Fever Which Would Cling to Thee Forever |
6.9 |
With a very scary intro like demons confabulating in the middle of some ancient catacombs “Eyes of Ligeia” delivers an obscure blend of black metal and doom atmospheres that may fit better with those enthusiasts of monotonous riffs and theatrical moods than with a more “ordinary” metal fan... Read all |
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Iron Maiden
A Matter of Life and Death |
7.0 |
Heavy metal legends Iron Maiden bring forth their 14th studio album “A Matter of Life and Death.” After two successful albums with Bruce Dickinson back on vocal duties, some believe that it’s time for the band to start updating there now dated formulaic brand of heavy metal. Granted, the band plays every song perfectly, with an... Read all |
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Fairytale Abuse
The Spirit Tower |
8.2 |
I can honestly find the sound of “Fairytale Abuse” very appealing, it’s sort of a mix between melodic death/black and gothic metal, I know, I know that description doesn’t really say anything, well let me elaborate. The vocals can easily be compared to early melodic Swedish metal, you know what In Flames sounded like when they had Henke Forss or early... Read all |
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Lamb of God
Sacrament |
8.3 |
Arguably the band that’s leading the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, Lamb of God does something that most of their peers don’t; they stick to what they know. Lamb of God has built a career out of monstrous riffs, technical drumming and intense vocals, a formula that isn’t tampered with in the band’s latest album entitled “Sacrament.”... Read all |
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Trivium
The Crusade |
8.9 |
The first question that will probably rise as metal fans buy this album will be “Is it better than Ascendancy?” The answer is a very well qualified NO, but it’s still a very good follow up to their 2005 masterpiece. The band’s complex and rhythmic style is still intact. The band has been deemed by many to be the second coming of Metallica, a motto to which they don’t really... Read all |
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Deicide
The Stench of Redemption |
7.5 |
There is a factor on this “New” Deicide that many if not everybody is forgetting to mention, I have read many reviews saying that the departure of the Hoffman brothers has just bring good things to the band, and I have even read and interview with front man Benton saying that the Hoffman brothers were the only “bad” thing about Deicide, that their guitar playing ability... Read all |
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Belphegor
Pestapokalypse VI |
5.5 |
Is it me or Sigurd looks just like Kevin Spacey? Ok let’s get serious, I really like Belphegor previous album “Goatreich – Fleshcult”, fast and heavy death/black metal with a great dark feeling in every song, I don’t really know what happened with this new album.The first track seems to get that old feeling that “Goatreich – Fleshcult” had, fast blend of death and black metal... Read all |
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Dark Funeral
Attera Totus Sanctus |
8.1 |
Fast, technical and furious, I think those words would best describe this album, to those “true” black metal fans (if there is such a thing) this could be a bad album, mainly because Dark Funeral is not keeping to themselves all the musical talent that they have; they are displaying talent in complicated guitar lines, incredible fast and precise drumming... Read all |
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Blind Guardian
A Twist in the Myth |
9.0 |
The single Fly early this year created a huge expectation towards this album, and guess what? Blind Guardian delivered, and by God did they delivered a great album in A Twist in the Myth.
The album starts with a furious track, well at least furious for the kind of melodic power metal these Germans play, “This Will Never End” is fast... Read all |
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Fuelblooded
Inflict The Inevitable |
6.0 |
Have you ever seen a very hot girl with a nice behind, quite and attractive and nurturing bosom, but there is something weird about her that you don’t quite understand but that makes you step away even though she looks extremelly hot, well if you are familiar with this feeling then you will understand why I didn’t like this album.... Read all |
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Anata
The conductors departure
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8.0 |
My first honest impression on this album was simple “nice compositions, impressive technique and interesting song patterns, but this is not a fun record!” I know I might be playing it safe, is just that “The Conductor's Departure” is an extremely technical display of death metal and little “passion” on the songs... Read all |
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Horrid
Rising From The Hidden Spheres |
7.3 |
It may sound like a Dismember evil twin at times but don’t be mislead by my comparison, since Horrid can really kick you in the balls with out hesitation and still remain clear and catchy.
A good mix of tempo variations, different vocal approaches and a very…”Dismember like” guitars, take you on an... Read all |
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Tool
10 000 days |
10 |
Tool is a band I got to know some years ago, and I always thought they were pretty good (the music and the videos as well), but never one of my favorites. One day a friend of mine lend me the 10,000 days album so for curiosity I listen to it a couple of times and I’d have never figure out how much I was going to like it... Read all |
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Nidingr
Sorrow Infinite And Darkness |
8.0 |
Maybe the best way to describe this album will be “black metal with layers of death metal”.
Nidingr is a Norwegian band that has been around for quite some time now, since 1996 to be more precise, and this is their first full length album; ten years and one album! Well I bet they have their reasons for... Read all |
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Apiary
Lost in Focus |
6.5 |
If it only wasn’t just one huge song…meaning? This album has 13 tracks on it, but it sure sounds like one gigantic song split into 13 segments.
Apiary is the new Californian band in Metal Blade, mixing hardcore and a couple of heavy metal riffs, all played in a very technical manner, not exactly metalcore, since they are…well very technical... Read all |
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Aeternus
HeXaeon |
7.5 |
Very hard to get album, I listen to this more than 4 times in a row, and I still don’t know if it is amazing or simply mediocre with some nice hooks that deceive you into believing that there is more to HeXaeon than a good strong drum work.
So why don’t I just tell you what I did get. Great drums, strong demolishing segments of double bass and accurate... Read all |
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Ereshkigal
The Raping of the Divine (sample) |
7.0 |
Well, can’t really review this album since they just send me a 4 song sample of it, so I’ll just talk about those songs.
Blasphemous black metal, with a nice drum pattern and some dark metal structures, some tracks bring to mind Ajattara others sound like the new Aeternus album, death metal with black vocals; there... Read all |
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Phoenix Mourning
When excuses become antiques |
5.6 |
This is one of those albums that starts decaying as the songs go progressing; if you are a fan of Bullet for my Valentine, As I lay Dying, Atreyu, Bury your Dead maybe you will find something in this album that will keep you listening until track 13, but if you are not, then you’ll stop this before... Read all |
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Yyrkoon
Unhealthy Opera |
7.6 |
I like Yyrkoon, I can’t pronounce it but I like the idea of the band, to play fast, technical yet straight up death metal; the problem lies right there, these guys are way too good of musicians to just stay in the middle of an obvious progression.
After listening to a great album “Occult Medicine” I was looking forward... Read all |
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Hammerfall
Threshold |
7.3 |
After what to me was a big disappointment in “Chapter V”, these Swedes come back just a year later to try and redeem themselves, you ask, did they? No, not at all!!!
Threshold has for starters the worst Hammerfall cover yet, I really like that knight with a hammer, but in this cover they placed a horrible frame... Read all |
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Angra
Aurora Consurgens |
7.5 |
Fifteen years into their career, Angra brings forth their latest album “Aurora Consurgens.” Unlike its predecessor “Temple of Shadows,” the new album is not a concept album and displays a couple of changes in their trademark sound. The Brazilian percussion that could be found often in their music is kept on a low key this time around and the band uses orchestral... Read all |
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Kataklysm
In The Arms of Devastation |
10 |
I first got hooked on this band after listening to “Shadows and dust” back in 2002, I got hooked because this guys can be brutal as well as melodic, and that particular album was so raw and melodic that I just couldn’t stop listening to it.
“In The Arms of Devastation” begins with a familiar Kataklysm riff and intro (they seem to love placing cool... Read all |
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Amon Amarth
With Oden On Our Side |
10 |
Many metal fans were wondering who would claim the throne of best death metal band in the world. Cannibal Corpse, Deicide and Nile all came close with their latest albums, but they all fell short. Well look no further, for Viking metal monsters Amon Amarth have claimed that throne with their new album “With Oden On Our Side.” Not only will this record establish them... Read all |
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Skyforger
Kauja Pie Saules (The Battle of Saule) |
9.4 |
Epic and heavy as a well crafted battle axe; Skyforger first full length album officially released by Mascot Records in 1998 is a great piece of folk art as well as fantastic metal album.
The themes in which Skyforger submerges the listener (even if all the lyrics are in Latvian) is a medieval struggle between... Read all |
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Avulsed
Reanimations |
6.0 |
Lets first explain this record, no it’s not Avulsed new release, its a sort of demo, covers, tribute, I know it sounds weird so here it is; the first two tracks are new songs by Avulsed, so up to that point it could be consider an EP or a single; track three is a re recording of the demo “Embalmed In Blood”; track 4, 5 and 6 are covers... Read all |
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Across Tundras
Dark Songs of the Prairie |
6.7 |
I have to say that when it comes to albums such as this “Dark Songs of the Prairie” I must admit ignorance, their blend of psychedelic doom and stoner metal is just way out of my league, I’m more of a simplistic man, give me raw, heavy, fast metal and I’ll be happy; but hey at least Crucial Blast is trying to make me think and grow a little outside my metal box, and that can never be a... Read all |
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The Eternal Blade
The Eternal Blade |
9.5 |
Have you ever heard a band that could be scary and beautiful at the same time, I said a band not your wife or girlfriend; well I think that would be a good way to describe this two Frenchmen, they can be scary and they can create the most beautiful and sonorous world around you thanks to all the violins, piano, female vocals and... Read all |
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Mystic Circle
The Bloody Path of God |
8.0 |
This album may not change your life or mine, but is surely going to help us spend a couple of minutes having some fun.
The Bloody Path of God is Mystic’s Circle 7th full length album, previously unknown to me, these Germans have more history than many hacks out there, still the record can be describe as a blend of genres ... Read all |
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Chrome Division
Doomsday Rock ‘N Roll |
9.0 |
Is this simple, if you love Motörhead then Doomsday Rock ‘N Roll is gonna be an unforgettable album for you.
Similar if not exactly the same riffs a more modern Motörhead would have included in a new production are the key to this very enjoyable record, a young Lemmy vocals are greatly display through the... Read all |
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Helheim
The Journeys and Experiences of Death |
8.9 |
It may be hard at first to realize the magnitude of this album because of the complex and sometimes weird tempo changes place all over this Viking black metal production, but after some listens and a sharp ear, you will learn to appreciate every element used by this Norwegians.
The first song really catches... Read all |
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Gutted
Human Race Deserves To Die |
7.2 |
A constant and brutal attack on everything you hold dearly! This Hungarians don’t have a moment of rest during these 31 minutes of violence called “Human Race Deserves To Die”.
I know there is metal everywhere in the globe (even in Saudi Arabia) but I was quite amazed by the level of brutality within this band, I mean this ... Read all |
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Malice in Wonderland
Malice in Wonderland |
8.2 |
I have to admit, I hate the whole glam look, you know that whole “I wear more make up than a Cosmo front cover model and my clothes look just like the ones Paris Hilton is modeling on another event she’s not even nominated but still she attends as if she had any talent what so ever”, with that statement made, I have to also admit that... Read all |
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Norther
Till Death Unites Us |
8.2 |
Without a doubt in my mind and conscious this is Norther’s best effort yet. After years of comparisons with fellow countrymen Children of Bodom, Norther has created an album that will redefine the idea you had towards them.
“Till Death Unites Us” comes packed with the very distinctive Gothenburg sound (maybe because they recorded this... Read all |
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Urkraft
The Inhuman Aberration |
7.6 |
There seems to be a new wave or a rebirth of thrash metal taking place all over the world; maybe not as some old timers remembered the good all genre that gave us Kreator, Destruction, Slayer and many other great and legendary bands, but when you listen to bands like Urkraft, you can really notice how they are reviving the genre, injecting live to a once restricted style... Read all |
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Venom
Metal Black |
7.0 |
If this album had been released by another band that didn’t carry the name Venom or Black metal on their shoulders, then everybody would be probably praising it; but that’s not the case, and with a trade mark name like Venom, people expect big things, wonderful, mind blowing things, sadly this album didn’t achieve that... Read all |
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Hell Within
Asylum of the Human Predator |
7.5 |
Some people claim to be sick of metalcore, mainly those old time metalheads that have seen as some of their favorite bands disappear of the mainstream metal media, giving way to a new generation of metal bands that mix hardcore and heavy metal.
Well, Hell Within is one of those good examples that in any new... Read all |
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Noumena
Absence |
9.8 |
Great, awesome, powerful record; that will pretty much be a good and fair review for “Absence”.
Noumena has recorded one of the best Finn melodic death metal albums in recent times; the guitars have ingenious and simple riffs that capture your attention, the deep growls are great, and the interventions of male and female clean vocals are... Read all |
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Dismember
Hate Campaign |
7.5 |
If you want to get into Dismember and don’t have much time to “digest” some of their material, this is the album for you; first lets get the obvious out of the way, this is not Dismember’s best, or the album that displays all of their peculiar riffs; but this is perhaps their most “accessible” album... Read all |
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