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Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite Review
Whether you love or hate them, Cattle Decapitation are the present and future of death extreme metal. While still melodic as the much discussed Death Atlas (2019), the new LP from the Californians sounds groovier and is more riff oriented. There’s brutal death, melodeath and also melodic black, always technical and with traces of core…
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Toxik – Dis Morta Review
Combining technical thrash and speed with progressive elements and even power metal, Toxik‘s first new material in 33 years is without a doubt one of this year’s surprises. Despite a big modern production, there’s a certain old-school aftertaste mainly because of the Eric van Druten / Josh Christian’s guitar duo sound and the powerful yet…
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Ghost – Impera Review
Both on ears and paper is undeniable Impera is an enormous record, probably Ghost’s best to date. Well executed, well produced and incredibly catchy to the point most tracks can stick for days. To accomplish that Tobias Forge has managed to take bits of Metallica, Def Leppard or Van Halen, added ABBA, and then written…
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Mantar – Pain is Forever and This is the End Review
Erinc (drums) and Hanno (vocals, guitars) are back with their most accessible (and yet still extreme) work to date. The approach is the same blackened doom-ish punk but presented in a way more modern and fresh way that fits the extreme alternative metal moniker. This is a huge step up from the solid but banger-lacking…
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Sigh サイ – Shiki Review
Sigh bring significant changes to their sound with »Shiki«: Guitarist You Oshima has been fired and replaced by session soloist Frédéric Leclercq (Kreator), adding leads to every track. The drums have been recorded by Mike Heller (Fear Factory, Raven) and sound sharp and energetic. It feels much better written as a whole, with Mirai’s vocals…