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Blood Incantation 'Absolute Elsewhere' Artwork
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Review: Blood Incantation ‘Absolute Elsewhere’

16th October 202416th October 2024 Sandy Williamson Blood Incantation, Century Media, Death Metal, Prog

The new lords of cosmic progressive death metal have returned from whatever dimension they normally inhabit when not on our

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Voivod 'Morgöth Tales' Artwork
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Review: Voivod ‘Morgöth Tales’

27th July 202327th July 2023 Martin Williams Century Media, Thrash Metal, Voivod

As a teenage metal fan in the ‘80s, I was always weirdly fascinated with Canadian, sci-fi, prog-thrash, originators Voivod. I

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Cryptopsy ‘None So Vile’
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Retro Review: Cryptopsy ‘None So Vile’

8th August 202223rd September 2022 Simon Brotherton Century Media, Death Metal, Displeased Records, Grindcore, Wrong Again Records

I’m the first one to hark back to those glory days of the early 90s, where Morbid Angel, Obituary, and

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Imperial Triumphant ‘Spirit Of Ecstasy’
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Review: Imperial Triumphant ‘Spirit Of Ecstasy’

26th July 202228th August 2022 Richard Murray Century Media, Imperial Triumphant, Jazz, Technical Metal

Imperial Triumphant have been blurring the lines of contemporary black metal graced with the decadent and depraved glory of the

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Wiegedood 'There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road'
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Review: Wiegedood ‘There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road’

18th January 20222nd March 2022 Will J Black Metal, Century Media, Wiegedood

If there’s one thing that has defined Wiegedood‘s music up to this point it is a simple word: intensity. Few

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Wolves In The Throne Room 'Primordial Arcana'
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Review: Wolves In The Throne Room ‘Primordial Arcana’

17th August 202124th September 2021 Will J Black Metal, Century Media, Relapse Records, Wolves In The Throne Room

In the summer of 2014, shortly after the release of the band’s fifth full-length album Celestite, the talk amongst fans

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At The Gates ‘The Nightmare Of Being’
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Review: At The Gates ‘The Nightmare Of Being’

13th July 20219th September 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden At The Gates, Century Media, Death Metal

Emerging from Gothenburg in the early nineties, At The Gates released several albums that laid the foundations for the undeniable

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Voivod 'Post Society'
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Voivod ‘Post Society’ CD/DD 2016

5th April 201611th September 2019 Paul Robertson 2016, CD, Century Media, Digital, Experimental, Metal, Paul Robertson, Post Society, Prog Rock, Review, Thrash Metal, Voivod

This may come as almost as big a shock as anything received at the Morgoth Science Hospital when you consider

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Hexvessel 'When We Are Death'
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Hexvessel ‘When We Are Death’ CD/LP/DD 2016

2nd January 20161st November 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2016, CD, Century Media, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Experimental, Folk Rock, Hexvessel, LP, Mat McNerney, Psychedelic, Review, When We Are Death

Hexvessel have always been capricious spirits, dwelling in a particularly darkling glade of the psych-folk forest. Yet it is with

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The Shrine 'Rare Breed'
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The Shrine ‘Rare Breed’ CD/LP/DD 2015

11th November 20154th November 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Century Media, Digital, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, LP, Pete Green, Punk, Rare Breed, Review, The Shrine

I remember the very first time I saw The Shrine and I instantly knew they had it, whatever “it” is.

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Hang The Bastard ‘Sex In The Seventh Circle’ CD/LP/DD 2014

29th October 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, CD, Century Media, Digital, Guido Segers, Hang The Bastard, Heavy, LP, Post-Hardcore, Review, Sex In The Seventh Circle, Sludge

“We are called Hang The Bastard I have no delusions of grandeur.” That’s what vocalist Tomas Hubbard told me in

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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