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At the end of his TYMHM for Sworn’s A Journey Told Through Fire, Carcharodon proclaimed it the best…

Rain has started to leak into the ducts as Spring gets wetter and wetter. While I’m away, vacationing…

Melodic death metal had a banner year in 2025, brandishing outstanding releases from Aephanemer, Vittra, Buried Realm, Aversed,…

In a year that’s seen At the Gates release a seminal album that stands not only as a…

Without question, Friday is my favorite day of the week. Even more tantalizing than the conclusion to an…

Read it in the stars: an Astral Spectre is upon us. German multi-instrumentalist Tenebros has spent the past…

The harsh environs of Australia are the perfect breeding grounds for brutal music. Xenobiotic based their latest on…

In 2019, I accidentally stumbled upon St. Petersburg’s wacko dark cabaret metal freaks Tardigrade Inferno’s debut Mastermind, depicting…

In the midst of a recent metal deep-dive, Romania’s Scythe skulked out from a Bandcamp back alley and…

Occasionally, pet projects can take a very long time to gestate into something more serious and tangible. Spain’s…

To be perfectly honest, I no longer recall when or how exactly I encountered Germany’s Dagdrøm for the…

It’s amazing how quickly November, and my month of doom, has flown by. It seems the constant exposure…

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