OCTA is an odd mix of cleanly sung choruses and industrial metal riffs. Occasionally a doom metal riff or death metal moment will barge into the songs to great effect. A tale of estranged family?
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Kalmah – Kalmah Review
It was only during a short stint with a local melodeath band that Scuttlegoat decided to reevaluate his bias towards the melodic death metal and gave Kalmah another chance. Did the Finns convince him?
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Kostnatění – Úpal Review
Cosmo has returned after suffering heat stroke and he’ll tell you all about how it made black metal even better.
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Tombstalker – Age of Darkness Review
Need to stalk smaller tombs before they can reach the big leagues.
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Profeci – Ubóstwo Review
Cosmo goes exploring Metal Archives and finds black metal he likes. No joke.
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Mournful Congregation – The Exuviae of Gods: Part II Review
For a band like Mournful Congregation, whose material is both epic in scope but meticulously crafted, it might be less exhausting and frankly more realistic to produce two interconnected EP’s. The challenge is that, by connecting the two EP’s thematically, the same has to be done musically. Are The Exuviae of Gods: Part I & II individual stories, or do they form a cohesive whole? Find out in this review…
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Haunt – Golden Arm Review
Cosmo thinks Haunt need to write less safe albums, unlike all of the black metal he likes.
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Óreiða – The Eternal Review
Cosmo tries to get lost in an Icelandic black metal forest but keeps finding the pesky road again.
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Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite Review
A human-sized bug in my crater-sized soup.
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