Entombed A.D. - Dead Dawn (Century Media)
Genre: Death Metal
We’d waited seven years for the reinvented Entombed (tagged with an 'A.D.') to follow up 2007... Read More...
Slabdragger - Rise of the Dawncrusher (Holy Roar Records)
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal
Worried that doom/sludge scene is running out of ideas and crucially, t... Read More...
Cult of Luna/The Old Wind - Råångest (Pelagic Records)
Genre: Post Metal
Pairing Swedish titans Cult of Luna with their less-established compatriots The O... Read More...
The Resistance - Coup De Grace (earMUSIC)
Genre: Death Metal
Featuring current and former members of In Flames, The Haunted and Grave, The Resistance boas... Read More...
Product of Hate - Buried In Violence (Napalm Records)
Genre: Metal
Wisonsin’s Product of Hate seem to have missed the NWOAHM surge by around ten years, an... Read More...
Septagon - Deadhead Syndicate (Cruz del Sur Music)
Genre: Thrash/Speed Metal
When Septagon are firing on all cylinders, they’re a formidable proposition. ... Read More...
Obscura - Akróasis (Relapse)
Genre: Death Metal
Technical, proggy death metal may have germinated under Florida’s sunshine, but European acts like Spawn o... Read More...
Exumer - The Raging Tides (Metal Blade)
Genre: Thrash Metal
German metallers Exumer may not have reached the same level as the teutonic thrash triumvirate... Read More...
Gehennah - Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die (Metal Blade)
Genre: Metal
Take the amphetamine snorting, whiskey-chugging rock n’ roll of Motörhead, add a ... Read More...
Antropomorphia - Necromantic Love Songs (Metal Blade)
Genre: Death Metal
Antropomorphia have come a long way since Necromantic Love Songs was first releas... Read More...
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