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September 15, 2025

Born Divided – Chronicles of a Shipwreck [ALBUM REVIEW]

Born Divided’s album, Chronicles of a Shipwreck, showcases a blend of harsh and clean vocals, impressive guitar work, and solid rhythmic foundation. The band’s self-production shines, creating an engaging listening experience. Standout tracks like Illusion Factories highlight their technical proficiency. Despite minor synth critiques, the album impresses overall with its cohesion and emotion. Continue reading

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February 16, 2018

ALBUM REVIEW: HAR – Visitation (Blood Harvest)

First off, Visitation’s intro is as creepy as they come. I’ve grown used to patiently waiting through some pretty lengthy prologues in my time but this gets to the point immediately. It features an instrument native to HAR’s homeland of Tel Aviv that while completely unknown to me, grabbed my attention straight away. It sounds… Continue reading

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February 7, 2018

REVIEW: Antichrist – Pax Moriendi (Iron Bonehead Productions)

If you’re going to be blatantly blasphemous in a predominantly Christian country, you had better be able to back it up. Doom heavyweights, Antichrist, do exactly this on their crushing debut LP, Pax Moriendi. Hailing from western South America, Antichrist has been raising the finger to mainstream religion since 2004. Navigating Peru’s murky metal underground with a series of… Continue reading

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February 3, 2018

REVIEW: Grave Spirit – The Beast Unburdened by Flesh (Iron Bonehead)

Releasing as a 7\” EP this year, The Beast Unburdened by Flesh is the first offering by black/death metal trio Grave Spirit. It\’s only fitting this EP would be put on wax, as the EP features a distinctive LoFi sound – the next best option would, no doubt, be cassette (but we all know how… Continue reading

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January 20, 2018

QUICK REVIEW: Apathy Noir – Black Soil

Apathy Noir\’s doom-like progression is more reminiscent of something like recent My Dying Bride, rather then drawing from too many death or black metal influences – though the vocals of either are here, along with a bevy of tremolo picking, initially. The \’death\’ bit is more along the lines of melodic death, rather then more… Continue reading

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January 6, 2018

REVIEW: Mortiferum – Altar of Decay (Demo CD)

MORTIFERUMALTAR OF DECAYBLOOD HARVEST RECORDSIt\’s Demo time again, whereas a band is actually brave enough to put out something of theirs without running it through the wringer. This time Mortiferum is up, \’cause they think they got the chops to drop a Demo as a CD with a label and everything. Brave, I tell you.… Continue reading

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July 26, 2016

REVIEW: Altarage – Nihil

ALTARAGENIHILSENTIENT RUIN LABORATORIES Raw. That was my first impression when it came to listening to Altarage\’s \’Nihil\’ and that was only within the first few moments. This album is rough as hell! But, that really is a vague statement and, yeah, I guess it could be taken out of context; in a negative sense. So, let me… Continue reading

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