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Rat King ‘Vicious Inhumanity’
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Review: Rat King ‘Vicious Inhumanity’

21st January 20206th February 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Death Metal, Rat King, Vicious Inhumanity, Within The Mind Records

Rats. Let’s face it, rats have a bad PR rap. Then old adage ‘You are never more than 6 feet

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OAK 'Lone'
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Review: OAK ‘Lone’

23rd December 201914th January 2020 Josuph Price Death Metal, Doom, Lone, Oak, Transcending Obscurity Records

While I like to think I have an open mind, I really struggle to give much attention to bands that

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Bones ‘Diseased’
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Review: Bones ‘Diseased’

16th December 201920th December 2019 Gordon Cameron Bones, Death Metal, Diseased, Thrash Metal, Transcending Obscurity Records

Bones are a power trio (and I mean POWAH!) out of Chicago, all current or ex-members of Usurper. Upon checking

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Inerth ‘Inerth’ EP
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Review: Inerth ‘Inerth’

5th December 201912th December 2019 Josuph Price Death Metal, Doom, Industrial, Inerth, Living Dead Society

The last song on Inerth’s self-titled four-track EP is a cover of Wardance by Killing Joke. If you don’t know

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Gatecreeper 'Deserted'
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Review: Gatecreeper ‘Deserted’

14th October 201923rd October 2019 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Deserted, Gatecreeper, Relapse Records, Review

Tucson, Arizona’s Gatecreeper are the latest band to find their way onto the mighty Relapse Records, and the three year

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Death 'Scream Bloody Gore' (Reissue) 2016
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Death ‘Scream Bloody Gore’ (Reissue) 2016

8th May 201716th September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, Death, Death Metal, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Reissue, Relapse Records, Review

After a raft of classic album re-issues has shone a spotlight on some of metals very foundations, it’s now the

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Black Breath ‘Slaves Beyond Death’ CD/LP/DD 2015

7th October 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Black Breath, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Pete Green, Review, Slaves Beyond Death, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

Hmmmm. You know that feeling you get when you can see entirely where a band are journeying to and you

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Temple Of Void ‘Of Terror And The Supernatural’ CD/CS/DD Reissue 2015

11th September 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2015, Cassette, CD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, John Reppion, Of Terror And The Supernatural, Reissue, Review, Shadow Kingdom Records, Temple of Void

Temple Of Void are a death/doom five piece from Detroit, Michigan, USA. Together since 2013, Of Terror And The Supernaturalis

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Coffins ‘Craving To Eternal Slumber’ CD/LP/DD 2015

28th July 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Coffins, Craving To Eternal Slumber, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Hammerheart Records, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge

Coffins are Japan’s premier dealers of death metal in its most primal, sludge ridded form. Their discography reads as almost

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Xibalba ‘Tierra Y Libertad’ CD/LP/DD 2015

22nd February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Southern Lord, Tierra Y Libertad, Xibalba

Xibalba are a death metal/hardcore band from Pomona, California and Tierra Y Libertad is their third album. Signed to Southern

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Winds Of Genocide ‘Usurping The Throne Of Disease’ CD/DD 2015

8th February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Metal, Digital, Pulverised Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Usurping The Throne Of Disease, Winds Of Genocide

Winds Of Genocide detonated upon my consciousness for the first time with their 2010 release, The Arrival Of Apokalyptic Armageddon.

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