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Review: Terror – Still Suffer

Review: Terror – Still Suffer

Terror return with their tenth studio album, which turns out to be a blast of pure aggression and frustration.

Review: Neurosis – An Undying Love For A Burning World

Review: Neurosis – An Undying Love For A Burning World

Neurosis return with a record that feels immense and alive. “An Undying Love for a Burning World” is heavy in every sense, but its real force comes from how carefully it rebulds the band’s sound after the turbulent recent years.

Review: Darkthrone – Pre-Historic Metal

Review: Darkthrone – Pre-Historic Metal

22 albums in and Darkthrone still deliver. “Pre-Historic Metal” is a grim, strangely joyful reminder that the band still knows how to turn black metal into a personal expression of the world view.

Lifesick release new video

Lifesick release new video

Danish hardcore outfit Lifesick has released their new single “Die With Me”:

Review: Cave In – Heavy Pendulum

Review: Cave In – Heavy Pendulum

Cave In cover the battlefield of past and present and “Heavy Pendulum” hangs there, refusing to settle.

Review: Non Est Deus – Blessings and Curses

Review: Non Est Deus – Blessings and Curses

Non Est Deus’ “Blessings and Curses “is a record that crackles with the tension of its own contradictions. This is melodic black metal designed for festival crowds, yet it never shakes off the claustrophobic intensity of a one-man operation. The album’s concept (an indictment of 

Review: Fimbul Winter – What Once Was

Review: Fimbul Winter – What Once Was

Fimbul Winter’s “What Once Was” is a record that doesn’t just wear its influences on its sleeve but brandishes them like a battle axe. The EP, born from a reunion of three former Amon Amarth members, offers is Swedish death metal as it was meant 

Review: Harrowed – The Eternal Hunger

Review: Harrowed – The Eternal Hunger

Harrowed show their love for HM-2 death metal, while infusing it with a punk attitude and enough filth and grime for maximum credibility. The result is a banger of an album.

Review: At The Gates – The Ghost Of A Future Dead

Review: At The Gates – The Ghost Of A Future Dead

“The Ghost Of A Future Dead” is a devastating, magnificent farewell record, a final burst of creativity from Tomas Lindberg and his partners in crime. This album is not just a swan song, but a triumphant testament to a legend whose ghost lives on in every riff and growl.

Review: Catharsis – Hope Against Hope

Review: Catharsis – Hope Against Hope

Catharsis’ “Hope Against Hope” is a record that refuses to be ignored. Arriving after a 24-year silence, it’s not just a reunion, but a reckoning.