Kryptograf, self-titled, Norway, Apollon Records, AP072 CD, LP (2020) Proof positive that anything anyone can do, the Norwegians can do
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Swaraj: or, “Self Rule”: blackened trance psychedelia becoming more alt-mainstream metal
Dressed in Streams, Swaraj: or, “Self Rule”, United States, Colloquial Sound Recordings, 12″ vinyl (2020) Nearly seven years after its
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A new solo atmospheric black / funereal doom metal protagonist’s debut explores alienation and death as creation in “Act I: The Protagonist”
Eyeless In Gaza, Act I: The Protagonist, Russia, Solitude Productions, SP. 152-20 CD digipak (2020) I must admit I had
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Hic Regnant Borbonii Manes: this mouthful of Bourbon spirit will sure clean out your head
Suhnopfer, Hic Regnant Borbonii Manes, France, Debemur Morti Productions, DMP0175 CD / vinyl (2019) I read that Suhnopfer, the solo
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Ten Years of Resistance: a thrash BM celebration with a punk spirit
Al Namrood, Ten Years of Resistance, Canada, Shaytan Productions, Qayamat-22 CD / Qayamat-23 vinyl LP (2018) In 2018, Saudi pagan
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Cottage Cheese From The Lips Of Death
On Dark Ride (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR444), Massachusetts band Mozzaleum play a set of quasi-spooky instrumentals, attempting some sort of
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Premiers Chants: an uneven debut of melodic raw BM with much fiery potential
Ossuaire, Premiers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP049 digital / CD (2019) Having formed in Montreal in 2016, Ossuaire was initially
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I’ll Tax Your Feet
The Taxidermists are a Massachusetts duo comprising Cooper Handy (guitar, vocals) and Salvadore McNamara (drums), playing their own brand of
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It’s All Too Much
From Feeding Tube Records, we have the second LP by Weeping Bong Band called simply II (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR448);
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Interdimensional Invocations: a dense package of clean and kitschy thrashy death metal
Xoth, Interdimensional Invocations, United States, self-released, CD (2019) Like its tongue-twisting title and the intricate cartoony artwork, this album, the
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