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Bri’s 2025 in Review
2025 has been a year. A year full of ups and downs for us all, but thankfully with a ton of good music to make everything better. As I reflect on the past and the future, I am extremely thankful and lucky that I get to live in a time with such amazing music to…
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Christian’s Year in Review 2025
I am not going to do a top 100 like Justin. I’m super impressed with anyone that has the will and the fortitude to make a list that large. Just the idea of that starts filling me with anxiety. I fully admit I AM 100% OCD about quite a few things, or as my wife…
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Justin’s 2025 in Review
It’s hard to believe 2025 is already over. It’s truly been a blur. Lots of great things happened, but so did lots of truly awful ones. It kind of puts 2025 somewhere near the middle in my rankings of best and worst years of my life. Regardless of how my personal life is going, or…
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Brent’s Best of 2025
I’ve probably purchased more new-release vinyl this year than most. Funny enough, most of the albums were technically released more than a year ago, and the vinyl just took some time to produce (I’ve heard wait times at pressing plants are pretty crazy these days). So putting together this list was kind of difficult, as I…
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Lamp of Murmuur – The Dreaming Prince in Ecstacy
November 14th will see the end of a two year hibernation from Lamp of Murmuur with M’s new album “The Dreaming Prince in Extacy”. Lamp of Murmuur is one of my favorite current USBM bands with the “Burning Spears of Crimson Agony” and “Submission and Slavery” as true genre highlights. Both bearing a uniquely savage…
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Cemetery Moon – Dominion of Ashes Review
There are times in life where you encounter something that you immediately know is special – that was my experience the first time I listened to Cemetery Moon. Based out of Connecticut and beginning as a one-man black metal project, they released their debut self-titled album in 2023 and are returning on October 24th to…
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TESTAMENT – PARABELLLUM Review
All of the cliché sayings come to mind when I hear new material from a long-running band – “True to form”, “Haven’t missed a beat”, etc. However, these cliche’s hold some weight with the latest album from Testament. The release of “Para Bellum” marks the 14th album from the Bay City Thrashers and probably my…
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Blackbraid/Lamp of Murmuur/Dodsrit Tour Review
9/22/25 Dallas, TX @ Tree’s Blackbraid has been moving forward with ferocious speed and momentum since releasing their debut album almost exactly three years ago. Three albums and tons of touring have started to pay off as they are now on their first headlining world tour. I had previously been able to see Blackbraid open on…