Author: Daniel Smith
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Esoctrilihum – Inhüma
The mysterious one-man black metal project from France known as Esoctrilihum, has released the third album in his career and his second full-length of 2018. There isn’t much known about the man behind this mysterious project, Asthâghul, save for the fact that he creates some of the most haunting, experimental and truly innovative black metal…
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Akitso – Credo
Legendary Canadian black metal duo Akitsa have returned yet again with a brutal black metal record that has turned out to be their most accessible, consistent and crushing record to date. All six tracks are completely brutal in their own unique way leaving this plenty of replay value. Every aspect of this album is either…
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Behemoth – I Loved You At Your Darkest
Behemoth, one of Poland’s biggest black metal bands, returns yet again after the successful release of their 2014 record, The Satanist. The new album, I Loved You At Your Darkest, is another album of a fully-realized vision by Behemoth frontman, Nergal, and is nothing short of atmospheric, offensive and melodic. Imagery is something that Behemoth…
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Gevurah – Sulphur Soul
Gevurah, the French-Canadian black metal duo have just released the follow-up to their debut album from 2016, Hallelujah!. This comes in the form of a four track EP titled, Sulphur Soul (Or an Inquiry on the Four Elements of the Spirit). It clocks in at just over thirty-one minutes and is roughly the same length…
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Infernal Coil – Within a World Forgotten
Idaho based grinding death metallers Infernal Coil release their debut full-length project on September 28 via Profound Lore Records. For the past two years now, Infernal Coil has been releasing some of the most terrifying death metal and this new record, Within a World Forgotten, is no exception. This record spans just over thirty-five minutes in length…
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Scorched – Ecliptic Butchery
If you haven’t heard of the death metal wizards of Scorched before, you’re going to want to turn your ear towards them as they are about to release one of the greatest death metal records of the last ten years. In just over a month, they’ll release their second full-length record entitled, Ecliptic Butchery, on…
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Aepoch – Awakening Inception
Aepoch, the up-and-coming Canadian death metal group from Cambridge, Ontario have released a solid debut album to launch themselves to a place of recognition with some amazing riffs, composition, lyrics and flow. Brett MacIntosh, Kyle Edissi, Taylor Wroblewski and Greg Carvalho mix perfectly and their instruments lend very well to one another. The lyrics focus…
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Deafheaven live in Toronto, July 2018
Deafheaven with Uniform – Friday, 27 July 2018 @ The Opera House, Toronto, ON I cannot believe I just saw Deafheaven. The show felt like it took forever to approach and was over with too quickly. That’s how all life’s joys go though. Drab Majesty were absent as they had some issues getting across the border and had…
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Integrity & Krieg Split
Integrity and Krieg join up for a brutal, crushing split following the release of Integrity’s critically acclaimed 2017 album, Howling, For the Nightmare Shall Consume. The split, running 23 minutes in length, serves to provide an even balance of metalcore and black metal. The Integrity half is definitely hardcore and is more of what we…
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Of Feather and Bone live in Toronto, June 2018
6/26/2018 @ Coalition T.O – Toronto, ON w/ Tomb Mold At Coalition, Of Feather and Bone truly delivered a terrifying performance. Bestial Hymns of Perversion, their second full-length record, was played from start to finish with extreme talent. Alvino on bass and vocals, Preston on drums and Dave on guitars and vocals all delivered amazing…