Category: Reviews
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Harakiri For The Sky – “Scorched Earth” Review
Harakiri for the Sky is my favorite band. Not just recently, but all-time. Throughout my life I’ve likely listened to over a hundred thousand of hours of music, and throughout that entire journey, I’ve been on a constant hunt for bands and music that make me feel things. I’ve found many truly exceptional emotionally-driven bands,…
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Barshasketh – Antinomian Asceticism Review
Antinomian Asceticism is Barshasketh’s 5th album, released almost 6 years after their previous album, the self-titled Barshasketh. Originating from New Zealand, these guys are now based in Scotland and have been working hard at perfecting their black metal craft. This record is pure black metal at its finest, in their own words “intentionally free from…
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Necromaniac – Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable
Necromaniac is a London based band which is composed of members from Sweden, Greece, Poland and Spain! They call their music ‘Morbid Metal’ and have released a couple of demos and one great EP, Subterranean Death Rising (2018). The band were formed in 2011, so this album has been a long time coming and further supports the…
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The Halo Effect – “March of the Unheard” Review
You miss the 90s era of Melodic Death Metal? Those days when you first discovered In Flames and Dark Tranquillity (first time in 25 years of doing reviews I have spelled Dark Tranquillity correctly… Somehow I never noticed there are two Ls in their name…lol)? Well, a scant 18 months after their incredible debut, The…
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Am I in Trouble? – “Spectrum” Review
Am I Trouble is the solo project of Steve Weiner, who is also behind the project Negative Bliss, which put out an EP that I reviewed late last year. While it is a solo project, where Steve recorded all of the lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, and probably most other sounds you’ll hear, he did…
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Lament in Winter’s Night – Whereunto the Twilight Leads Review
First off, I need to say that the melodies in this are SO GOOD and full of emotion. In a year overflowing with strong black metal releases, here is yet another one that vies for a place on listeners’ end of year lists (and will surely appear in mine). The sole member behind Lament in…
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KIR – L’appel du vide Review
Right off the bat for those who want to get down to business: this is an excellent album and yes, you need to buy it. KIR is a duo from Kraków, Poland, consisting of Ferment (Poroniec and all instruments except drums), Harvest (vocals), and session drums by Krzysztof Klingbein. Their debut album, L’appel du vide, (I believe…
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Neon Nightmare – Faded Dream
As you can probably tell from the album cover, Neon Nightmare is heavily inspired by the legendary Type O Negative, and this is not only evident from their cover art. Faded Dream is the band’s debut album, and although there are many speculations, as of yet, the project’s frontperson remains a secret. Signed to arguably…