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Perversions of Slayer

August 5, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

SLAYER: Diabolus In Musica Release year: 1998Label: American Recordings As for virtually all 80’s metal bands, the 90’s were a tough time for Slayer. Thrash metal, along with other 80’s metal styles, went out of fashion and, spearheaded by grunge, … Continue reading Perversions of Slayer

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Cemetary’s gothic shade of death

August 2, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

CEMETARY: An Evil Shade Of Grey Release year: 1992Label: Black Mark Productions In the early 90’s, Sweden was a veritable treasure trove of death metal. Not only were there an abundance of groups coming from Sweden, there was also a … Continue reading Cemetary’s gothic shade of death

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The grim death of Vorum

August 1, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

VORUM: Grim Death Awaits Release year: 2009Label: Woodcut Records After a respectable 10-year career, 12 if you count the two years they operated as Haudankaivaja, Finnish Vorum recently decided to call it a day and the members went their separate … Continue reading The grim death of Vorum

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Primordial mold from malign tombs

July 30, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

TOMB MOLD: Primordial Malignity Release year: 2017Label: Blood Harvest In the years since their inception in 2015, Canadian Tomb Mold have evolved in leaps. From a studio project of two members to a full line-up, from primordial and ugly death … Continue reading Primordial mold from malign tombs

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Mercyful Fate’s Ninth Circle of Hell

July 25, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

MERCYFUL FATE: 9 Release year: 1999Label: Metal Blade Records No one in their right mind denies the merits and importance of Danish Mercyful Fate during their initial run in the eighties. During that period, the group led by iconic frontman … Continue reading Mercyful Fate’s Ninth Circle of Hell

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No serenity for Lähdön Aika

July 23, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

LÄHDÖN AIKA: Alku Release year: 2019Label: self-released There’s a definite hardcore element to Finnish Lähdön Aika’s sound, despite them often being labelled as doom metal or sludge. In fact, I think there’s more hardcore than either of the two aforementioned … Continue reading No serenity for Lähdön Aika

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Reek Of Carcass

July 21, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

CARCASS: Reek Of Putrefaction Release year: 1988Label: Earache Records Trailblazing UK goregrinders Carcass had an interesting evolution during their first three albums, going from the lo-fi bass-buzz maelstrom of their debut to the at times quite intricately technical death metal … Continue reading Reek Of Carcass

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At the threshold of Desecresy’s dark cosmos

July 20, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

Despite a career spanning a decade, several albums and connections to cult Finnish act Slugathor, doom-laden death metal entity Desecresy have never ascended from the murky depths of the deep death metal underground. With a new album, Towards Nebulae, being … Continue reading At the threshold of Desecresy’s dark cosmos

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Incantation leading us onward to Golgotha

July 3, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

INCANTATION: Onward To Golgotha Release year: 1992Label: Relapse Records In the days before convention set in and artists started looking too much to the icons of their own scenes for inspiration, there was a beautiful amount of diversity in death … Continue reading Incantation leading us onward to Golgotha

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Nostalgia for middle-aged black metallers with Warmoon Lord

May 29, 2019July 15, 2023 J.

WARMOON LORD: Burning Banners Of The Funereal War Release year: 2019Label: Wolfspell Records Everything about Finnish one-man project Warmoon Lord and their (his) debut album reeks of pure, unadulterated and unashamed nostalgia. Everything. From how the digipak looks to how … Continue reading Nostalgia for middle-aged black metallers with Warmoon Lord

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