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Kazea – I, Ancestral Review

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 Reviewed by Inksterium No comments

Our resident Post-Queen, Inksterium, may not realize always that post-genres call for her. However, Kazea, a Gothenburg-based trio formed by ex-members of Orochen and Hellsongs, provide a lived-in force to their debut experience I, Ancestral. But all post and no play can still made the Queen a dull monarch. Can Kazea possibly please the Crown?

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HØLLS – ILL

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 Reviewed by Inksterium No comments

Inksterium has entered a stage in life where every album she takes a keen interest in doubles as a personality test. Case in point: she has recently discovered she doesn’t enjoy being teased. Here at The Goat Review, we serve full frontal postitude. Can you dig it?

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Besna – Krásno

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 Reviewed by Bobo Dupla No comments

Besna are one of the bands that don’t need a pair of Slovakia-issued rose-tinted glasses to enjoy. Their latest album, Krásno, combines post-metal with a very interesting form of progressive metal. And it’s all interspersed with excellent lyrics that are an unobtrusive but very clear testimony to today’s rotting society. Together we rot!

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Beneath a Steel Sky – Cleave Review

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 Reviewed by Inksterium No comments

Beneath a Steel Sky’s debut, Cleave, goes far beyond being just another album title. Divided into two distinct sides, like an existential sandwich, this post rock/post metal debut seems carefully structured. It’s an A and B. It’s a start and a finish. It’s a rock and a metal. Two sides, one post-y sky!

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Pillar of Light – Caldera Review

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 Reviewed by Trans-dimensional Being of Extreme Punctuation No comments

The second a band chooses to use a Lewandowski painting for their cover, they set a certain expectation. Ever since his association with Bell Witch’s seminal funeral doom album, Mirror Reaper, this decision implies a certain confidence in quality. Detroit’s own Pillar of Light should know this. With the quiet-loud formula brought to bear on their debut album, Caldera, they make the case that they earn this monolithic cover through sheer emotional heft. It just might blow your top off.

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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 26

June 30, 2024June 30, 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 Hemorrhoid, Ulcerate, and Julie Christmas, you can do that too! Yes, that’s right, Christmas in June!

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Julie Christmas – Ridiculous and Full of Blood Review

June 27, 2024June 26, 2024 Reviewed by Inksterium No comments

The raw intensity and emotional depth of Julie Christmas and her sound
with Battle of Mice opened our Inksterium’s ears to a new spectrum of sonic possibilities. And now, fourteen years after her solo debut, Julie Christmas is once again taking our reviewer through a labyrinth of dark and complex textures and feelings. Don’t let that smile fool you though… or maybe let it and grin bloody with Julie Christmas.

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Ulcerate – Cutting the Throat of God Review

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 Reviewed by Cosmo No comments

Stylistic shifts present issues for bands and can be great when they work. Unfortunately, some bands miss the mark entirely. Ulcerate is one such band who had a drastic style change. But you know what they say, if you’ve tempted the Gods with change, all you gotta do is cut their throats.

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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 25

June 23, 2024June 23, 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 Malignancy, Matrass, and Mythologik, you can do that too! This week is brought to you by the letter M.

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