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Dead Congregation – Sombre Doom (2016)

by Daniel Maarat on November 24, 2016

Sombre Doom is the new EP from Dead Congregation. The riffing is in the same Immolation and Incantation style with simple but effective variations as on their past releases while the production is a less compresssed version of Dead Congregation’s prior album, Promulgation of the Fall, some of The Best Underground Metal of 2014. Thankfully gone are the cheesy Kerry King style leads and guitarists AV and TK have markedly improved the song structure.

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Tags: 2016, dead congregation, death metal, death-doom, Doom Metal, EP, greece, Martyrdoom Productions, review, Sombre Doom

Tomas Nyqvist Interviewed by Bardo Methodology

by Daniel Maarat on November 24, 2016

Tomas Nyqvist, the founder of legendary Swedish label No Fashion Records and the Putrefaction Magazine zine, was interviewed by Bardo Methodology. Tomas talks about his zine and label, the careers of Morbid, Mayhem, Merciless, Dissection, and Katatonia, and how the infamous Stockholm record store House of Kicks screwed them all over. A book compilation of Putrefaction Magazine is scheduled for 2017 too.

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Tags: bardo methodology, Black Metal, Dead, death metal, dissection, house of kicks, interview, mayhem, merciless, morbid, Sweden, tomas nyqvist

Metal Blade Reissues Immolation Albums

by Daniel Maarat on November 17, 2016

Metal Blade Records has reissued the three Immolation albums that they hold the rights to: Here in After, Failures for Gods, and Close to a World Below. These three records, the latter two with flashier but less pure drummer Alex Hernandez, are some of the bands peak works and saw them completely leave behind the few vestiges of speed metal that remained on Dawn of Possession, which is perhaps still their best overall work. Following Close to a World Below, the quality of the band’s material greatly declined even though their last record with Hernandez, Unholy Cult, was still a strong release.

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Tags: Close to a World Below, compact disc, death metal, Failures for Gods, Here In After, immolation, metal blade records, reissues, vinyl

Profanatica Los Angeles One Off Show

by Daniel Maarat on November 15, 2016

Profanatica are playing a one off show in Los Angeles on December first at Los Globos. The Curling Flame of Blasphemy was vomited anal tract but their recent sets have been heavy on older material. Tickets may be purchased from this link: http://bit.ly/profanaticaLA

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Tags: Black Metal, death metal, los angeles, paul ledney, profanatica, upcoming shows

Martire – Martire (1991)

by Daniel Maarat on November 10, 2016

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As the continent was before Britannic penal colonization, Australian black and death metal scene was and is still mostly an undeveloped desert of unexceptional crossover thrash posturing as “war metal”, blackened cheeseball beer metal, AC/DC clones with unclean vocals, and experimental technical deaf metal/post-hardcore/jazz fusion hybrids. Martire rode forth from obscurity to restore fruit and flower to the wasteland, fertilizing the barren bush wielding fire and sword.

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Tags: 1991, Australia, Black Metal, death metal, dominator records, EP, Grindcore, martire, nuclear war now! productions, War Metal

Seance’s Levitised Spirit Reissued on CD

by Daniel Maarat on November 4, 2016

Seance‘s first demo, Levitised Spirit, has been reissued on CD by Mexican label Chaos Records. Fans of Fornever Laid to Rest and Saltrubbed Eyes might want to check this out as the remastering job by Dan Lowndes doesn’t sound horrible.

<a href="http://chaos-records.bandcamp.com/album/levitised-spirit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external">Levitised Spirit by SEANCE</a>

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Tags: Chaos Records, compact disc, death metal, levitised spirit, reissue, seance, Sweden

Cóndor – Sangreal (2016)

by Daniel Maarat on October 27, 2016

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Condor again present a wholesale blending of death metal, classical guitar, folk, and progressive rock influences into epic heavy metal songs rather than pretending instrumental masturbation is intelligent like Dream Theater or that alternative rock with power chord chugging and a couple angular or dissonant riffs is metal like Bolzer. On Sangreal attempt to convey the romanticism behind the Arthurian legend, particularly the grail cycle concerning Percival or Galahad restoring fruit and flower to the desolate Waste Land rendered infertile by the sins of the maimed and emasculated Fisher King.

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Tags: Colombia, condor, death metal, Heavy Metal, progressive rock, review, Sangreal

Angelcorpse European Tour 2016

by Daniel Maarat on October 25, 2016

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Bestial blackdeath metallers Angelcorpse are coming to Europe this week for a short, seven date tour. European headbangers can chug pints and liters of cheap beer while bashing their brain cells out!

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Tags: angelcorpse, Black Metal, death metal, Europe, tour, tour dates

Revenant Live Europe 1991 Bootleg

by Brett Stevens on October 25, 2016

Revenant — standing astride Havohej and Incantation — influenced early death metal history with its brainy, idiosyncratic view of the world and its affirmation of the downfall of Western civilization. We are fortunate to present here today a bootleg submitted by one of our users which was attained from Hank Veggian of Revenant a few years ago.

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Tags: death metal, havohej, incantation, live, live europe 1991, Revenant

Dead Congregation Stream Sombre Doom

by Daniel Maarat on October 23, 2016

Greek death metal band Dead Congregation have posted the entirety of their upcoming Sombre Doom EP on Youtube for streaming. Fans of the band should have a listen before purchasing:

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