January is a time for resolution, reflection, new beginnings, and SLAM. Join us for Slamuary at The Goat Review to DROP HAMMERS ON 2025! IT’S THE TURD SLAM DOWN!
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The Halo Effect – March of the Unheard Review
Stretching beyond melodeath’s greatest works is a long tail of releases that are banal, toothless, or some combination thereof. In theory, The Halo Effect’s roster of In Flames alumni fronted by Dark Tranquillity’s Mikael Stanne is great news for people hoping for more gems. But if you can hear their riffs from a mile away, how can their march be so silent?
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Onirophagus – Revelations From The Void Review
In hindsight, I should have paid more attention to the album cover. Paolo Girardi has represented the void’s revelations as being all eyes, tendrils, and what I believe is referred to in these parts as “patented space-bunghole”. It hints at a band going for a big, disturbing sound more than what is commonly remembered from the 90s doom-death scene. Never judge a void by its cover.
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This Week In Metal, 2025 Week 3
Welcome to 2025 with another round of metal reviews in the bag. Words are tough, so we assembled the highlights. And if you want to read the latest reviews for the new offerings from Patriarkh and The Cimmerian, you can do that, too!
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The Cimmerian – An Age Undreamed Of Review
The promo describes The Cimmerian as a doom/thrash band, and given Peat regards regard those two genres as going in two opposite directions, he was really curious to see just how exactly that would work. Is this genre fusion or just another midlife crisis?
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Patriarkh – Prorok Ilja Review
For the uninitiated, this band’s original name was Batushka, or at least vocalist Bartłomiej Krysiuk tried to claim it was. But after a legal battle for the rights to the name Batushka, Krysiuk lost and was forced to rename his incarnation of Batushka. But he didn’t name it Bartushka. You might just like Prorok Ilja anyway!
Read more$LAMUARY 2025 – Week 2
January is a time for resolution, reflection, new beginnings, and SLAM. Join us for Slamuary at The Goat Review to DROP HAMMERS ON 2025! IT’S THE SECOND SLAM DOWN!
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Scuttlegoat’s Favorite Albums of 2024
The Goat Review presents an annual special: Scuttlegoat’s Favorite Albums of 2024. Find out what our lord and savior deems worthy. Sponsored by Gerolsteiner.
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Metalligator’s Favorite Albums of 2024
The Goat Review presents an annual special: Metalligator’s Favorite Albums of 2024. Find out what our resident artist/writer deems worthy. Bon appétit!
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Crypts of the Unknown: Capilla Ardiente – The Siege
