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Review: The Gardening Club – Bridge of Spirits
A whirlwind of folk and jazz influences that will defy whatever expectations you may have.
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Review: Ambrius – Effigies of Time
Ambrius boldly attempt to break the mould, but said mould is only ever broken temporarily before they fall back into their routine
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Review: Aronious – Irkalla
The slinky dissonance of Aethereus collides with the technicality of the Deviant Process at a million miles per hour. This is The Artisan Era-core to a tee.
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Review: Xenoglyph – Spiritfraud
Warning us from another planet about technology’s imminent rise to overtake humanity, Xenoglyph write twisting black metal certain to appeal to fans of the genre’s more dissonant leanings.
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Review: Ckraft – Epic Discordant Vision
Epic Discordant Vision is the perfect title for this album; it’s a grand feast with fifty minutes of harsh riffage, tenor sax leads, and accordion noodling.
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Review: Upon a Fields Whisper – Sorry For Your Loss
A solid crust punk outing that deviates from the norms of the genre enough to be interesting for prog metal heads.
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Review: Riverwood – Shadows And Flames
Egyptian progressive/folk metal outfit Riverwood’s sophomore album Shadows And Flames is a bombastic release with many moving parts, but one that ultimately leaves you wishing for more.
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Review: The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara – Trust No Leader
Perhaps not the protest album we wanted, but the one we deserved.
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Review: Clayshaper – Vampiric
The Shaper conjures up something wicked in his debut album but evil tends to come at a price…
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Review: Virocracy – Ecophagia
Virocracy serves up complex progressive death metal from Germany.