Regnvm Animale & Norn - Brinna/Brenna split 'Ep

Genre: Black/Crust
Country: Sweden/Iceland
Year: 2018

Regnvm Animale
1. Förhoppning
2. Människan är Människans Varg
3. Våga Se Mig I ögonen
4. Brinna
5. I Döden
Norn
6. Andartak
7. Hvítar Kjúkur
8. Þúsund Rauð Ljós
9. Af Svörtum álfum Og öpum þeirra
10. Ábreiða

Killer split 'Ep by Regnvm Animale and Norn. Both bands are offering 5 new songs of blackened crust, with lyrics in their native languages. Melodic yet aggressive tracks, with Norn flirting more with punk/crust and Regnvm Animale infusing some folk elements into their music. A great opportunity to get to know these interesting and promising groups. 

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Dream Troll - The Knight Of Rebellion

Genre: Heavy/Power
Country: England
Year: 2017



1. Time For Vengeance
2. Velvet Drawbridge
3. Mons Ominosus
4. Lost In The Pages
5. A Fairy's Tale
6. Unwanted By The Gods
7. (The) Earthbound Betrayal

Debut album by Dream Troll. A promising and very entertaining debut album. The group delivers high quality melodic heavy metal mixed with some power metal elements. Ignore the goofy cover artwork and let yourself have a trip in fantasy places, accompanied by great and melodic guitarwork and ethereal vocals.

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Afgrund - The Dystopian

Genre: Grindcore/Crust
Country: Sweden/Finland
Year: 2018

1. Limitless Source Of Power
2. Ruttna
3. Re-Exordium
4. Callous
5. Royalty Of Crust
6. Crossfire Agent
7. (Yet) Another Way To Kill
8. The Great Rift
9. Archaic Plague
10. Smasher Of Skulls
11. Demise Strategy

4th album by Afgrund. The group is back 6 years after the highly acclaimed 'The Age Of Dumb'. Crusty grindcore influenced by early Nasum. It’s 23 minute run absolutely flies by in a hail of brutal riffs & beats. Short songs, fast tempos without any filler moments.

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Dying Fetus - Wrong One To Fuck With

Genre: Death/Grindcore
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2017

1. Fixated On Devastation
2. Panic Amongst The Herd
3. Die With Integrity
4. Reveling In The Abyss
5. Seething With Disdain
6. Ideological Subjugation
7. Weaken The Structure
8. Fallacy
9. Unmitigated Detestation
10. Wrong One To Fuck With
11. Induce Terror

8th album by Dying Fetus. The band picks up from where they left off with 'Reign Supreme', but actually give it a few more shots of adrenaline. The songs on here are angrier, faster, more technical and just flat out more fun to listen to. While the preceding two releases put focus into rhythm, this one on a vicious, speedy attack. 

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Dr. Living Dead! - Cosmic Conqueror

Genre: Thrash/Crossover
Country: Sweden
Year: 2017

1. Coffin Crusher
2. Can't Kill The Dead
3. The Summoning
4. Terror Vision
5. Cosmic Conqueror
6. Disease To Exist
7. Into The Eye
8. Survival Denied
9. Moment Of Clarity
10. Infiltrator/Exterminator
11. Cyber Crime

4th album by Dr. Living Dead!. I cannot say that it is at the same level of their first albums but is better that its predecessor. There are tracks-dynamites and others where the band sounds more mature than ever. Production is almost the same as in their whole discography and artwork in the same philosophy, no place for changes here. 

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Last Rites - Last Rites

Genre: D-Beat/Hardcore/Punk
Country: Greece
Year: 2018


1. Backstabber
2. Nothing More
3. Our Day Will Come
4. Deadweights
5. Nightmare
6. No Life To Live
7. Back In Line
8. Bloodthirsty
9. A Dose Of Reality
10. Last Rites

Debut album by Last Rites. 10 songs clocking around 30 minutes of aggressive, metal infused D-Beat/punk. A fresh group full of energy and anger that delivers a very entertaining album. Nice melodic riffing with angry vocals!

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Under The Church - Supernatural Punishment

Genre: Death
Country: Sweden/Iceland
Year: 2017


1. The Stygian Horror
2. Supernatural Punishment
3. Ancient Ritual
4. Staircase To Hell
5. Vitalizing Funeral
6. The Death Of Innocence
7. Crypt Of Pelvises
8. Wretched Disfigurement
9. Silence Of The Shadows

2nd album by Under The Church. With a revamped line-up consisting of members Erik Wahlin (Merciless), Marcus Klack (ex-Morbid) and Erik Sahlström (General Surgery, Crucifyre, etc), the group delivers a solid death metal album. Their compositions are based on punkish riffing, merciless banging of the drum set and really inspired solos that complete a concrete rythmic part.

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All Pigs Must Die - Hostage Animal

Genre: Hardcore
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2017


1. Hostage Animal
2. A Caustic Vision
3. Meditation of Violence
4. Slave Morality
5. End Without End
6. Blood Wet Teeth
7. Moral Purge
8. Cruelty Incarnate
9. The Whip
10. Heathen Reign

3rd album by All Pigs Must Die. With the addition of Brian Izzi (Trap Them), the group serves up just enough variety on their latest offering to keep the sound fresh and entertaining. They've inserted more slow tempos, without loosing their aggression though. One of the best albums of 2017 for the genre.

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Condor - Unstoppable Power

Genre: Thrash/Black
Country: Norway
Year: 2017


1. Embraced By The Evil
2. Riders Of Violence
3. Chained Victims
4. You Can't Escape The Fire
5. Unstoppable Power
6. 83 Days Of Radiation
7. Malevolent Curse 
8. Horrifier

2nd album by Condor. The group has returned more thrash than ever, with the black metal elements taking a small step back. It is a pretty solid release and a lot of fun to listen to start to finish. One of the best black/thrash albums for 2017!

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Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King

Genre: Heavy/Doom/Epic
Country: Sweden
Year: 2017

1. Sirens
2. Ship Of Doom
3. Abandoned By The Gods
4. The Devil's Incubus
5. Nattvaka
6. Crimson Cross
7. The Crowning Of The Fire King
8. Unbearable Sorrow
9. Disciples Of The Dark
10. Bringer Of Misery

2nd album by Sorcerer. The album is chock full of grooving and heavy metal riffs, perfect musical execution and fantastic production. The group is delivering epic doom metal, lyrical, grandiose and played with an agonizing way that makes it sound deadly heavy. They can easily stand next to Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus. 

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Ksera - 6 Tracks 'Ep

Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Country: Greece
Year: 2017



1. A1
2. A2
3. A3
4. Ξ1
5. Ξ2
6. Ξ3

2nd 'Ep by Ksera (ΞΕΡΑ). Six short, in your face songs of old school hardcore/punk that brings in mind Dead Kennedys. Raw and rough production, a guy that shouts his lungs out and a gargling bass guitar.

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Pagan Altar - The Room Of Shadows

Genre: Heavy/Doom
Country: England
Year: 2017


1. Rising Of The Dead
2. The Portrait Of Dorian Gray
3. Danse Macabre
4. Dance Of The Vampires
5. The Room Of Shadows
6. The Ripper
7. After Forever

5th album by Pagan Altar. Originally intended for release several years prior, titled 'Never Quite Dead', the album was partly re-recorded after Terry Jones' death. Obnoxious vocal lines by Terry, mesmerizing playing by Terry’s son, Alan, at the guitars, lively lyrics and catchy turns of melodies. All the above composes the swansong of a legendary group.

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Midnight - Sweet Death And Ecstasy

Genre: Black/Speed
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2017


1. Crushed By Demons
2. Penetratal Ecstasy
3. Here Comes Sweet Death
4. Melting Brain
5. Rabid!
6. Bitch Mongrel
7. Poison Trash
8. Before My Time In Hell

3rd album by Midnight. Athenar is back with slower tempos but without lucking the fun of his earlier releases. Hell, satan, sex and metal! A great mix of Venom and early Bathory. Still fresh with the necessary catchiness. One of my favorite albums for 2017.

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Black Cyclone - Death Is King

Genre: Speed/Thrash
Country: Sweden
Year: 2018


1. Death Is Crowned As King
2. Hordes
3. Black Cyclone
4. Falling Star
5. Beast Battalion
6. IÄH
7. Under Your Hoof
8. Death By Crushing
9. This Is It

Debut album by Black Cyclone. An amazing debut album by a group that features some known members of the swedish scene (Trial, Warheim, Pagan Rites). Old school speed/thrash of high quality. Catchy, melodic songs with no fillers. A surprisingly well-crafted release that came out of nowhere!

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