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Missed Album Review: Valdrin – Throne of the Lunar Soul

A darkly fantastic, but bloated, masterpiece.

By Zach, 2 yearsJanuary 16, 2024 ago

Review: Winterhorde – Neptunian

Israel may not be a great place to be right now, but their underground prog metal scene continues to deliver, this time with a cinematic black metal concept album.

By Sam, 2 yearsDecember 8, 2023 ago

Missed Album Review: Massen – Gentle Brutality

Opener of the year, and a pretty damn good album too.

By Zach, 2 yearsDecember 5, 2023 ago

Review: Vestígio – Vestígios

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. Caio Lemos, the forest spirit, my god, has a new band, and that’s worth screaming a little bit about.

By Andy, 2 yearsNovember 30, 2023 ago

Review: Stortregn – Finitude

Stortregn follow one of my favorite tech death albums ever and arguably have improved…

By Andy, 2 yearsOctober 16, 2023 ago

Review: Ars Moriendi – Lorsque les coeurs s’assèchent

Another promising experimental black metal solo project arising from the ashes of someone’s bedroom.

By Sam, 2 yearsSeptember 7, 2023 ago

Missed Albums Review: Antipope – Rex Mundi

What happens when you throw every melodic metal genre out there into a black metal sauce? Antipope happens!

By Sam, 3 yearsFebruary 14, 2023 ago

Review: Firtan – Marter

Firtan express bleak lyrical prose in a way only the German language can convey and combine it with a somber atmospheric black metal tonality.

By Francesco, 3 yearsNovember 6, 2022 ago

Review: Clayshaper – Vampiric

The Shaper conjures up something wicked in his debut album but evil tends to come at a price…

By Sabrina, 3 yearsJune 1, 2022 ago

Review: Fall of Stasis – The Chronophagist

Tech death musician tries to write about an album that’s not really tech death. Fails miserably. More at 11.

By Zach, 4 yearsApril 15, 2022 ago

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7: Noteworthy
6: Satisfactory
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4: Weak
3: Bad
2: Awful
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