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Album Review: “Hellriot” by Mystic Prophecy

May 15, 2023
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Mystic Prophecy's twelfth album, Hellriot, initially surprised me. I expected a bombastic, over the top power metal album and heard an album filled with grit, groove, catchy choruses and virtuoso guitar leads. The Bavarian quintet do not play aro ...

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Album Review: “The Curse of Kwanyep” by Xalpen

March 18, 2023
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Chilean black metal trio Xalpen return from the bowels of Hell with its sophomore effort, The Curse of Kwanyep. “Chenke” is an infernal whirlwind of riffs and blast beats that rarely relents. The satanic trio are seamless with their rhythm chang ...

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Album Review: Dark Embrace-Dark Heavy Metal

February 21, 2023
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Spanish metal quintet Dark Embrace enfold all things heavy and dark, Dark Heavy Metal, its third album. The tongue-in-cheek album title is also appropriate as Dark Embrace churn out nearly 40 minutes of gothic tinged death metal. The title track ...

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Album Review: Atrocity-Okkult III

January 13, 2023
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

German death metal group Atrocity complete its trilogy with Okkult III. Okkult treads the line between commercial accessibility and uncompromising brutality on this record. Songs will shift from grooving riffs reminiscent of Machine Head and Sli ...

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Album Review: Obituary-Dying Of Everything

January 6, 2023
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Six years have passed since legendary death metal band Obituary released its self-titled tenth record. The band's newest release, Dying Of Everything, is replete with Obituary's swampy riffs and John Tardy's guttural vocals. Unfortunatel ...

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Album Review: “Ritual Violence” by Armed For Apocalypse

October 4, 2022
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Californian sludge metal outfit Armed For Apocalypse return with its third proper album Ritual Violence. Ritual is the band's first LP in nine years, and its first release in four after the Palm Reader EP. This album is replete with walloping produc ...

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Marko Bojkovic Releases Diverse New Metal Album ‘Venom’

August 23, 2022
by Lance Waste Music News

Florida metal guitarist Marko Bojkovic has released his latest album, Venom. Musically, the album is a mixture of progressive metal, death metal, power metal, and thrash metal, with a hint of influence from anime and video game OSTs. Venom was o ...

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mothaltar Releases Symphonic, Brutal “Original Vision” With Affiant Records

May 17, 2022
by Lance Waste Music News

Hailing from the Dallas TX, mothaltar blurs the line across different genres with their dedication to combining complex, blistering riffs with beautifully cinematic soundscapes. Their latest single, “Original Vision”, encapsulates thi ...

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Book Review: Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment and Anthrax

January 2, 2022
by Jerel Johnson Book ReviewsReviews

Fathers, Brothers, and Sons is the autobiography of Anthrax bassist, Frank Bello. This is the second autobiography from an Anthrax band member following Scott Ian's 2014 book, I'm The Man. Fathers is a short read, with Bello discussing his family ...

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Album Review: Doom Crew Inc. by Black Label Society

November 12, 2021
by Jerel Johnson Album ReviewsReviews

Black Label Society is back with album 11, aptly titled Doom Crew Inc. “Set You Free” opens the album with a sorrowful acoustic guitar that abruptly ends with Zakk Wylde's signature chugging guitar riffs. “Set You Free” is one of the more radio frie ...

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