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Thy Catafalque – XII: A gyönyörü álmok ezután jönnek Review

December 13, 2024December 11, 2024 Reviewed by Metalligator No comments

With a long and spicy Hungarian title, XII: A gyönyörü álmok ezután jönnek is by all counts a folk album. It uses folk music as a basis for its rhythms in bright and airy compositions, filled with a large variety of vocals. It’s also a metal album, which is what it presents as at first with the heaviest compositions landing in the first third of the album.

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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 48

December 1, 2024December 4, 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 Opeth, Defeated Sanity, Gaerea, and Fellowship, you can do that too! #MÅGA!

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Gaerea – Coma Review

November 28, 2024November 27, 2024 Reviewed by Anti-Peat No comments

At this point, Gaerea have become a band with expectations. And yet, somehow, Coma is my first Gaerea album, my first listen to what this Portuguese black metal powerhouse and their cathartic take on the genre has to offer.

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Defeated Sanity – Chronicles of Lunacy Review

November 27, 2024November 26, 2024 Reviewed by Scuttlegoat No comments

Scuttlegoat just knew Chronicles of Lunacy would be good, and it led him to almost being resigned to it — “I was not excited or looking forward to it, I simply accepted that it would be good”. Oh, the drum performance! Beating some sense into your liking…

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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 35

September 1, 2024September 1, 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 Feind, Nebülith, Aseitas, Har, and Seth, you can do that too! I

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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 10

March 10, 2024March 9, 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 Ministry, Second Shooter, Apogean, Ponte del Diavolo, and Ihsahn, you can do that too!

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Ponte del Diavolo – Fire Blades From The Tomb Review

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Reviewed by Inksterium No comments

Enter Ponte del Diavolo (Italian for Devil’s Bridge), a band that has been steadily releasing EPs since 2020 and have now ventured into the realm of their first LP. Inksterium jumped into this with no expectation and emerged from the experience utterly perplexed. This is a nation of people who seem to possess a unique grasp of religion, moody atmosphere, and the art of seamlessly blending these into music. We promise the toll is worth it.