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Vexed Throw Their Hat Into Best-Metal-Album-Of-The-Year Contender Ring With Thrilling Culling Culture

Dying for that new Meshuggah record to be done and out already? But wish they’d diversify and inject something new into their tried and true formula? Then Vexed is the outfit for you! And on their debut full-length, the Hertfordshire quartet offer up eleven righteous tracks that raise the stakes [...]

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Sumo Cyco Get Definitive On Groove-Laden Metal Maelstrom Initiation

Sumo Cyco is the sound of No Doubt fronted by Tairrie B. They’re heavy, they’re trendy, they’re genre-bending yet accessible and on Initiation, the Canadian quartet create the definitive Sumo Cyco album that cuts to the core of who they are and streamline their sound to bring listeners their best [...]

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Members of Vattnet Viskar And Astronoid Unite To Bring The Masses Some Massive Atmospheric Metal As Kataan

It’s hard to put into words the sounds that are coming out of my speakers when Kataan is playing. It’s this unholy union of Black Metal and Thrash and Post-something that’s just devilishly divine. Featuring Nick Thornbury of Vattnet Viskar and Brett Boland of Astronoid, Kataan does the New England [...]

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Trucker Diablo Pack A Punch On Anthem-Filled Rawk Fest Tail End Of A Hurricane

Pile driving anthem after anthem is the name of the game when you press “Play” on the latest decadent slab of Rawk from the UK’s Trucker Diablo. That said, Tail End Of A Hurricane isn’t as much the name of Trucker Diablo’s latest album as much as it is an [...]

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Glaare Glow And Grow On Timeless Modern Electro Masterpiece Your Hellbound Heart

My process when going through new music is this: Listen through everything that comes across ye olde digital desk, either begin a draft or at least jot down the records that are doing something to the creative juices, and depending on how far along a potential draft is (If there’s [...]

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DOMKRAFT Give Black Sabbath A Run For Their Money On Elegantly Electric Seeds

Domkraft’s third full-length is filled with colossal sounds made up some of the gnarliest, most nasty sounding riffs that Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler wished they’d discovered first. Cap off all that inherent Heavy with an exquisite musicianship throughout and Seeds is easily a contender for many a year-end best [...]

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