Metal bands often aim to be mysterious and ambivalent. They feature cover art that is truly great, with hidden meanings, and band names that make you wonder how they came up with such clever names and what they really mean. Today, however, I am going to write about Pissgrave—the exact opposite of what I just described. Their band name and album art advertise exactly what you’re going to get: death.
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Annus in Cvltus – The Year in Black Metal 2024
The Goat Review presents an annual special: the year in review of black metal 2024. Your time is precious. We did the listening for you! Have a good squeeze if you please.
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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 22
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 Kawir, Nocturnus AD, Beaten To Death, and Adversarial, you can do that too!
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Nocturnus AD – Unicursal Review
Time marches ever forward and can not be escaped even if you are a time travelling satanic robot or a gigabrained astral space being. Nocturnus are an act that have shaped early extreme metal and progressive metal alike, being forerunners in larger scale writing in extreme metal. Read on as our Goat explores whether Nocturnus have managed to keep the beat.
Read moreThis Week In Metal, 2024 Week 16
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 Locrian, The Vision Bleak, Maere, and Veriteras, you can do that too!
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Crypts of the Unknown: Loss – Horizonless
Have you ever come across an album that you enjoy, but seemingly no other human in existence knows about it? Or maybe an album that ticks all the boxes in a style that doesn’t get a lot of love? Oh, and of course, you’ve found this album long after it would have mattered to help the band spread the word… or perhaps it’s just your dirty little secret… Join us as Metalligator reminisces on Loss’s 2017 release Horizonless. It may not be perfect, but how would you know?
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Annus in Mollis – 2023 Non-Metal favorites
The Goat Review presents an annual special: the year in review of Non-Metal 2023. Your time is precious. We did the listening for you!
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This Week in Metal, 2023 Week 34
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 Deitus, Horrendous, Tongues, The Night Eternal, Mizmor, or 夢遊病者, you can do that too!
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Crypts of the Unknown: Incubator – McGillroy the Housefly
