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grabyourface Heads For The Brink On Classic Industrial Sea

This is such an interesting piece of art! Kind of hearkening back to the mid-’90’s and downtrodden tunes that were emerging from the underbelly of Grunge (Think Kim Gordon-led Sonic Youth moments and the majority of the Lou Barlow-driven Kids soundtrack as a template), grabyourface’s Sea takes that sound, combines [...]

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American Dream Machine Bring The Heart And The Heavy On Deadhearts

If you’re looking for the most perfect Rawk album to lift your spirits throughout this most peculiar of years then Deadhearts is the album for you! The debut magnum opus from American Dream Machine is ten of the most perfect modern Rawk anthems and easily a stand out in the [...]

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Hands Of Attrition Traverse A New Level Of Modern Groove Metal On Colder Places

Listening through the debut release from Hands Of Attrition is similar to the experience I had when listening to Threat Signal’s Under Reprisal, Lamb Of God’s Ashes of the Wake, or Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes for the first time. And like those albums, Colder Places is just as vicious [...]

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Magnetic Eye Records Celebrates 10 Years With Day Of Doom Live Concert Albums

I could either completely exhaust myself and do four separate reviews of the albums that represent 2019’s Day Of Doom live showcase at Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus Bar heading towards the end of releases in 2020 when most are shifting their focus to year end lists and preview pieces…or just do [...]

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Doom, Desert Rawk, and Black Metal Collide On Fiery Debut Release From Oldblood

A brutal, breathing behemoth in four parts which is beyond epic, Oldblood’s debut EP release has more masterful Metal within its’ short space than many a full-length released this year.

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Pothamus Create Post-Sludge Magic On Ferocious Raya

Filling ALL your monolithic epic banger quotas this fall, the latest from Belgian Post-Sludgelords Pothamus is monumentally monolithic. It’s huge! It’s heavy! It’s heavenly! It’s all the adjectives and adverbs and, quite simply, astounding.

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