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Hot Graves ‘Haunted Graves’ & ‘Magnificent Death’
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Review: Hot Graves ‘Haunted Graves’ & ‘Magnificent Death’

5th February 20204th March 2020 Reza Mills Black Metal, Death Metal, Haunted Graves, Hot Graves, Magnificent Death, Redefining Darkness Records, Thrash Metal

Hot Graves are a four-piece from Gainesville, Florida and consist of M. Colby on Guitar / Vocals, J. Stewart on

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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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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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Black Cobra ‘Imperium Simulacra’
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Black Cobra ‘Imperium Simulacra’ CD/LP/DD 2016

20th March 201613th September 2019 Pete Green 2016, Black Cobra, CD, Digital, Imperium Simulacra, LP, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Season Of Mist, Sludge, Thrash Metal

Just as tick precedes tock, as clip leads clop and as bish paves the way for bosh, so too does

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Night Viper – S/T
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Night Viper – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2015

21st November 20154th November 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, Night Viper, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Svart Records, Thrash Metal

In my book, if you’re going to call your band something as naughty as Night Viper, then you’d better show

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Album & EP Reviews B 

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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Oraculum ‘Sorcery Of The Damned’ CD/DD 2014

12th October 20143rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2014, Black Metal, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Invictus Productions, Jamie Grimes, Oraculum, Sorcery Of The Damned, Thrash Metal

I believe it was top 20th century philosopher Shane Embury who once famously posited that there was, at one time,

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Possessor ‘Electric Hell’ DD 2014

27th July 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, Digital, Electric Hell, Grunge, Jeremy Moore, Metal, Possessor, Self Released, Thrash Metal

Looks can be deceiving. Given Possessor’s loose, rabid, and running wild crossover/thrash-fest on their latest, Electric Hell, you’d expect the

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Cauldron Black Ram ‘Stalagmire’ CD/LP/DD 2014

16th March 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 20 Buck Spin, 2014, Cauldron Black Ram, CD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Digital, Jeremy Moore, LP, Review, Stalagmire, Thrash Metal

For those who have spent any extended time at sea (myself included), the prospect of a nautical burial, while intriguing,

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Satanic Dystopia ‘Double Denim Shotgun Massacre’ Digital EP 2013

10th September 20133rd September 2019 John McNulty 2013, Black Metal, Digital EP, Double Denim Shotgun Massacre, Heavy Metal, John McNulty, Review, Satanic Dystopia, Self Released, Thrash Metal

Like the video nasties section at your local video establishment, something dark and exciting is promised by the release of

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Enabler ‘Shift Of Redemption’ 7″ 2013

10th April 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, 7", Crust, Dave Bowes, Death Metal, Enabler, Hardcore, Review, Shift Of Redemption, Think Fast! Records, Thrash Metal

There was a time when Metalcore was a shining beacon of awesome that was supposed to save us from nu-metal,

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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