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Friday, October 28 2011

Revocation: Chaos of Forms

Should this consistent improvement in Revocation’s musical quality keep up for all future albums, they will definitely be one of the most talented bands the Western extreme metal community has ever seen in ages.


Wednesday, September 14 2011

Exhumed: All Guts, No Glory

Exhumed may still love the underground to their graves, but their clearer sound on this new blood-splattered mix of guts n’ blood fails to hide the fact that they have definitely grown more renowned and, hence, prosperous as well over the years.


Tuesday, July 26 2011

Becoming the Archetype: Celestial Completion

If you thought this progressive metal group had reached their peak under the tutelage of Devin Townsend, get ready to be shocked by an unproven producer and some of the greatest compositional minds in the country.


Monday, November 1 2010

System Divide: The Conscious Sedation

Uniting beauty and aggression in equal measure, this new project is where Aborted frontman Sven de Caluwé shows listeners just how capable he is of writing actual melodies.


Thursday, October 21 2010

Knights of the Abyss: The Culling of Wolves

So many bands are trying to leave deathcore behind them, but so few are succeeding at doing it. This album is the best example yet of success in that endeavor.


Tuesday, July 27 2010

Landmine Marathon: Sovereign Descent

On their third album, Landmine Marathon distinguish themselves from their peers by delivering a seamless homage to the early American death metal creators.


Thursday, June 3 2010

Woe of Tyrants: Threnody

Ohio-based quintet Woe of Tyrants craft a magnificent album with a unique genre-fusing sound, proving that they have staying power beyond many of their peers.


Monday, April 26 2010

Immolation: Majesty and Decay

New York death metal veterans continue to deliver relentlessly heavy music, but also show growth and expansion in their sound.


Thursday, April 22 2010

Arsis: Starve for the Devil

Arsis delivers their latest opus of technical death metal. It's more of the same, and more of what the fans love.


Friday, April 16 2010

Living Sacrifice: The Infinite Order

After a three-year hiatus, Christian metal elders Living Sacrifice return in excellent form on The Infinite Order, their seventh studio album.


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