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REVIEW: Regnat Horrendum – Heathenland
REGNAT HORRENDUM\’HEATHENLAND\’KALININGRAD, RUSSIA (REPOSTED From BrubbADubb, who is me so… who cares) I firmly believe that most musical endeavors are capable of transcending the language barrier, especially so in within the realm of metal. It only makes sense that a emotionally charged genre would be able to carry that emotion past the thinly guised nature… Continue reading
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REVIEW: The Projectionist – The GallowForest Eulogy
THE PROJECTIONISTTHE GALLOWFOREST EULOGYAPPALACHAIN NOISE RECORDS & TRUE PLAGUE RECORDS I try my best to give every band or project a fair chance, but there are times when I just can\’t find much to salvage from a particularly fetid attempt. So, as you can probably gather, The Projectionist is a disaster – even though it all… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Swampcult – The Festival
SWAMPCULT THE FESTIVAL TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY The Festival is a multi-part take on Lovecraft\’s short-story of the same name by the wonderfully obscure SWAMPCULT. I\’ve read the original myself, as I own far more Lovecraft collections then a person should, and a lot of the details are here – albeit a lot of liberties were taken… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Pyromancer – Demo MMXV
PYROMANCER DEMO MMXV GODZ OV WAR I don\’t usually judge a band, project, or artist by the quality of their demo. To me, a demo usually is the absolute base version of their work -a musical doodle, so to speak- and, as such, its not always fair to judge something that might change drastically over… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Heathen Beast – Rise of the Saffron Empire (EP)
HEATHEN BEASTRISE OF THE SAFFRON EMPIRETRANSCENDING OBSCURITY Political events within both the USA and Canada often leave us North Americans jaded and confused. Electing new officials usually boils down to who can lie best about who, what, how much money they have, and how fanatical their backers truly are. It has come to the point… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Gjendød – Gjendød
GJENDØDGJENDØDHELLTHRASHER PRODUCTIONS It seems \’traditional\’ black-metal is making a comeback of sorts, with bands like WODE clearly looking to seep through the mass of progressive and atmospheric additions that have practically drowned out the basic constructs of the genre – a process that has been underway since Dimmu Borgir decided to be more friendly to… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Cairiss – Fall (EP)
CAIRISS FALL (EP) UNSIGNED It would be so simply to call Cairiss black-metal, and it would certainly save me a lot of time. However, it wouldn\’t do the band justice since the majority of it\’s content is along the lines of symphonic, rather then black. Now, we\’ve all heard of that terrible sub-genre they call… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Thy Worshiper – Klechdy
THY WORSHIPER KLECHDYARACHNOPHOBIA RECORDS Please excuse me ahead of time, I\’m but merely a humble Canadian and so my knowledge of the greater world is somewhat limited. I do not rightly know the origins of Thy Worshiper\’s particular ethnic style, its particular influences, or even the language it\’s tracks are sung in. Klechdy is the… Continue reading
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REVIEW: KORGONTHURUS – Vuohen Siunaus
KORGUNTHURUSVUOHEN SIUNAUSWOODCUT RECORDS Forgive me for mentioning this, but the boys at Korgonthurus seem to have has some negative press involving their first album \’Marras.\’ I had no involvement in such a thing, I can\’t vouch for it\’s supposed repetitive or slow nature (and I\’m unsure if that\’s even bad for someone like me, who… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Toska – Toska EP
TOSKATOSKAEIHWAZ RECORDINGS Toska\’s Self-titled EP (though so long it might as well be an album) is an odd egg within the now faded, and generally iffy, genre of black-metal. It rests on old tropes, winter themed ambiances and off-kilter vocal style, whilst refusing to touch upon the hipster fueled nuances of bands like DEAFHEAVEN. Instead… Continue reading
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