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At The Gates Continue To Be Pioneers Of Melodic Death Metal On To Drink From The Night Itself

At The Gates is another one of those bands that I just never got into. Aware of them? Yes. But growing up when I did when Josh Homme was still a 20-year old kid playing desert rock, The Big Four were all experimenting with the mainstream, and nu-metal was just [...]

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Soft Kill Ready Emotionally Heavy, Sonically Vibrant Savior For Release

The first half of 2018 is filling up with more favorites than I can keep track of. Like Soft Kill who I came across thanks to Decibel, the only magazine I still read, simply because they shared the same review space as Fotocrime (We’ll mention that band again a little [...]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 14 (Child Bite, Burnt Offerings: Covers And Rarities 2010 – 2017)

Easily one of our most favorite new bands of the past 5-10 years, Detroit’s Child Bite tap into this primal feeling of wonder each time they play by producing music that’s genre-defying and takes listeners on a different sonic journey with each new track.

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LIK Carry The Swedish Metal Torch Proudly On Sophomore Carnage

Swedish death metal is alive and well and the month of May certainly proves that with new releases from the legendary At The Gates (Watch for our review of that soon) along with our focus today which is LIK’s sophomore offering, Carnage, out on May 4th through Metal Blade Records.

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Scalp The Pioneer Merge Converge-Style Shreds And Neurosis-Style Breakdowns On Brutal New Graveyard Tan EP

“Louder than you, fuck your hearing”-Scalp The Pioneer

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Better Luck Next Life: Is This The End Of OFFWORLD?

OFFWORLD is no more! Earth has destroyed them. They’ve broken up on re-entry while trying to bring us humans the fabulous follow-up to Grey Dawn, Better Luck Next Life. But if this truly is the end for OFFWORLD then at least these space travelers can rest easy knowing that this [...]

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