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High Reeper & Hippie Death Cult - Doom Sessions Vol. 5 (Heavy Psych Sounds)On the fifth Doom Sessions split from Heavy Psych Sounds we get three tracks from Wilmington, Delaware stoner/doom rockers...
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Caliban - Zeitgeister (Century Media Records) [Paul Hutchings]2018’s Elements was the tenth album by the metalcore veterans. I gave it a 7/10 in these pages and whilst metalcore remains a challenge for...
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Sunbomb - Evil And Divine (Frontiers Music Srl)Influenced by Judas Priest and Black Sabbath (Take Me Away) you'd be forgiven for thinking that Sunbomb was another Scandi heavy metal band but it's...
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Khirki - Κτηνωδία (Self Released)The blending of traditional Balkan/Anatolian folk by Greek rock/metal bands has been a long running theme. The band who are the best example of this are the...
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Amorphis – Live At Helsinki Ice Hall (Nuclear Blast Records) [Paul Hutchings]Founded in 1990 by Jan Rechberger, Esa Holopainen and Tomi Koivusaari, Amorphis have transitioned from their early death...
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Vola - Witness (Mascot Records) [Matt Bladen]Coming nearly three years after their celebrated last album Applause From A Distant Crowd, Witness is the latest release from Danish/Swedish band Vola....
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Dawn Ray’d - Wild Fire (Prosthetic Records) [Paul Scoble]Dawn Ray’d have been at the forefront of the Anti-Fascist Black Metal scene since 2015. The three members, Simon, Fabian and Matthew, have...
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Myles Kennedy – The Ides Of March (Napalm Records) [Alex Swift]Myles Kennedy’s strides into a more stripped-back sound shouldn’t shock anyone. For while he is certainly a brilliant rock vocalist with a...
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Monster Magnet - A Better Dystopia (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]New Jersey veterans playing a collection of obscure 60's & 70's psych and proto-metal? Yeah that'll do. There is probably no better...
View ArticleReviews: Molybaron, Esa Holopainen, IO, Midnight City (Reviews By Matt Bladen...
Molybaron - The Mutiny (Independent/Season Of Mist Physical Distribution)Irish/French act Molybaron have played numerous shows throughout France recently embarking on a tour with A Pale Horse Named...
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One Morning Left - Hyperactive (Arising Empire) [Zak Skane]One Morning Left are a European Metal-core band that formed around 2010. Since their music video debut !liaf cipE (Epic Fail!) the band have...
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Burning Witches - The Witch Of The North (Nuclear Blast) [Simon Black]The Swiss Heavy/Power Metallers are back with the fourth full length album, and things are a little different this time around....
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An Autumn For Crippled Children – As Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes (Prosthetic Records) With their previous record coming just a year ago An Autumn For Crippled Children, return with their new record...
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White Moth Black Butterfly – The Cost Of Dreaming (Kscope) [Matt Bladen]Anyone who has listened to British djent leaders Tesseract will know that he is the bands signature vocalist, mainly due to the...
View ArticleReviews: Alluvial, Of Mice & Men, Khandra, Chelsea (Reviews By Richard...
Alluvial - Sarcoma (Nuclear Blast) [Richard Oliver]There has been major upheaval in the Alluvial camp since the release of their debut album The Deep Longing For Annihilation in 2017. The band back...
View ArticleReviews: Noctule, Silver Talon, Nephila, Cross Vault (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Noctule - Wretched Abyss (Church Road Records)For anyone who has played a lot of the video game Skyrim, you will almost certainly associate it with frozen winter peaks, epic fantasy battles, witchcraft...
View ArticleReviews: Wardrum, ΛΔΛΜ, Night Resident, Sonic Blast (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Wardrum - Mavericks (Steel Gallery Records)Wardrum are one of Greece's premier power metal acts. To most non-fans they are the band that featured Beast In Black frontman Yannis Papadopoulos, before he...
View ArticleReviews: Boss Keloid, Decapitated, Somnuri, Desaster (Reviews By Matt Bladen...
Boss Keloid - Family The Smiling Thrush (Ripple Music) [Matt Bladen]Continuing their magisterial run of form that began around their third album Herb Your Enthusiasm, Boss Keloid return with their...
View ArticleReviews: Blackberry Smoke, Flotsam & Jetsam, Worm Shepherd, Holoslade (Matt...
Blackberry Smoke - You Hear Georgia (Thirty Tigers) [Matt Bladen]The band that has always rallied against what a person from the South is supposed to be like, on their seventh studio album they are...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses 2021 Interviews: Inerrant (Interview By Matt Bladen)
Interview with Inerrant by Matt BladenMoM: Give us an introduction to the band for anyone that doesn't know you. Band name, members, style etc?Inerrant: We are Inerrant. Our lineup consists of: Paul...
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