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Veriteras – The Dark Horizon

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 Reviewed by Anti-Peat No comments

Half of Veriteras’ sound is very like Dissection with vicious yet hummable tremolo melodies layered over double-bass abuse. The other half owes more to the stated influences of early In Flames and Kalmah. But does that mean you half to enjoy it? Well if you like melodeath…

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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 13

March 31, 2024April 5, 2024 Reviewed by Blár No comments

Another week, 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 Saturday Night Satan, Suldusk, Dionysiaque, Eden’s Decay, and Vorga, you can do that too!

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Eden’s Decay – Innerfeind Review

March 25, 2024March 27, 2024 Reviewed by Anti-Peat No comments

I picked out Eden’s Decay because it sounded suitably dramatic and moody. I prepared myself to be underwhelmed, and hit play. From the first notes of Innerfeind though, I knew I had something—probably because it doesn’t sound much like what most people call melodeath. Perhaps sometimes blossoms spring from decay.

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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 7

February 18, 2024February 19, 2024 Reviewed by Trans-dimensional Being of Extreme Punctuation No comments

Another week, 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 Chapel of Disease, Death Killer, Eternal Storm, Vægtløs, and Everdying, you can do that too!

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Everdying – Dimensions of Mortal Frailty Review

February 15, 2024February 14, 2024 Reviewed by Trans-dimensional Being of Extreme Punctuation No comments

Blackened melodeath band Everdying know a thing or two about it taking forever to get things done. They released their first EP in 2009 and are only now releasing their full-length debut, Dimensions of Mortal Frailty. But has this ever delayed release been worth the wait?

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Vægtløs – Aftryk Review

February 13, 2024February 18, 2024 Reviewed by Inksterium No comments

With their debut, Aftryk, Danish band Vægtløs promise a mix of power and delicacy, grip and release, packed within four tracks that comfortably traverse the realms of black metal, post metal, and post rock. And though its namesake translates to “imprint,” does Aftryk do enough for you to remember its cause?

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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 5

February 4, 2024February 6, 2024 Reviewed by Inksterium No comments

Another week, 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 Unsouling, Massa Nera & Quiet Fear, Caligula’s Horse, Sovereign, and Hoplites, you can do that too!