Thursday, March 31, 2022

Varathron - - CD reissues of Greek black metal cult recordings Walpurgisnacht (1995) and The Lament of Gods (1999)

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VARATHRON Walpurgisnacht vicrecords 1 April 2022 VARATHRON The Lament of Gods vicrecords 25 March 2022 These are reissues o...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Nasty Bits - old-style heavy metal (Washington state, USA)

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Bandcamp and Metal Archives have a 2018 album listed for this hard-rocking heavy metal band in the Seattle area. On their Facebook page it...

Bludgeoned - brutal death (Washington state, USA)

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Metal Archives shows that this brutal death metal project formed in 2018. They did a single in 2019, another single in 2021 and then the E...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

when Denver death metal came to Everett: Astral Tomb, Insipidus, Cronos Compulsion & Sunshine Lollipop

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On Wednesday night March 23rd at Tony V’s Garage in Everett three Denver, Colorado area bands brought their death metal. Cronos Compulsion ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Veriteras - U.S. melodic extreme metal coming to Finland in May

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The debut full-length Shadow of Death (nine songs, almost 32 minutes; March 10th, 2022) follows the 2020 and 2021 EPs. Fast, sometime...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

death metal March 23 in Everett: Astral Tomb, Insipidus, Cronos Compulsion & Sunshine Lollipop

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This is a death metal/grind show that will happen tomorrow, March 23rd, in Everett at Tony V's. Here are some recordings from the bands ...
Monday, March 21, 2022

That's A Good Idea - melodic instrumental prog duo from Arkansas, U.S.

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The Arkansas, U.S. "All-Over-The-Place instrumental" mind travellers called That's A Good Idea (yes, their name is "...
Saturday, March 19, 2022

melodic metal STRIKER comes to Seattle April 19th

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Canadian contemporary classic heavy metal royalty STRIKER will make their way to Seattle on April 19th. Known for their hard-working ethic a...

out now: Moonlight Haze - Animus (melodic neosymphonic from Italy)

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The Italian melodic band is now on their third album. They are proving to be a consistent, hard-working bunch that is not waiting too lon...
Friday, March 18, 2022

Abdicatrix - traditional black metal from the U.K.

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Abdicatrix is a British black metal four piece of Douglas Hamer on drums, Louisa Raco and Dionne Hogan on the guitars, and Nadia Gioia o...

Imperial Age - The Way Is The Aim [official music video]

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Here is the new video from the neosymphonic melodic band Imperial Age (Russia) on YouTube today. The song comes from the album New World...

Vulnificus - brutal death metal from the U.S.

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Vulnificus is Wilson Sherels on guitars, bass and drum programming and Eston Brown on growling. Metal Archives shows a demo in 2021 a...

Tau Zero - instrumental duo from the U.S.

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Tau Zero is an instrumental duo consisting of Gabe Zentner and Kyle Sommer. It looks like Kyle is based in Washington state and Gabe in ...

Diregoat -- cave extreme from Washington state, USA

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Diregoat Bleed the Lamb March 12th, 2021 This is a five-track 15-minute recording of one-person garage barbaric in Washington st...

Carmeria - neosymphonic gothic metal from Australia

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Carmeria Advenae 18 March 2022 According to Metal Archives, this Australian band formed in 2012 and did an EP in 2013. Metal Archi...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Blackslash - traditional heavy metal from Germany

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Championing the traditional and classics, Blackslash (Germany) feel an undying loyalty towards riff-based guitar and singing. From the b...
Monday, March 14, 2022

Mike Milan Dedic (Canada)

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Mike Milan Dedic recently contacted this zine about the video for his single “Energy.” It’s instrumental music in the style of classic ...

review: Firn - Frostwärts (German-language pagan metal from Thuringia)

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This is a Horda Wolf (from Waldtraene and Odroerir) solo project. Given that I am unable to say anything intelligent about Waldtraene or ...
Tuesday, March 8, 2022

review: Pillaging Villagers - "peasant metal" from the U.S.

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Pillaging Villagers Pillaging Villagers 11 March 2022 The Wisconsin cheesehead man Dave Frazer —who when things are going wrong i...

review: Caveat - Alchemy (prog heavy/extreme from Canada)

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Caveat Alchemy 11 February 2022 Caveat (2004-2008; 2015-present) kept sounding theatrical and even circus-like in its more-is-more...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Shield of Wings - neosymphonic Chicago band returns with lush, elegant heaviness

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Shield Of Wings Unfinished Elderpath Records 11 February 2022 According to Metal Archives, Shield of Wings made an EP in 2011 a...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

out now: Sartori - Dragon's Fire

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Sartori Dragon's Fire Rockshots Records 28 January 2022 Around the same that I was considering this debut album by Sartori, I ...
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Veriteras - melodic extreme band streaming single from upcoming album Shadow of Death

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Veriteras, a new contender hailing from the state of Washington, entered the ring in 2019 with a single called "Shadow Man." T...
Monday, February 7, 2022

Sölicitör - heavy metal speed dealers in Washington state, USA

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The heavy metal dictators Sölicitör have new music in 2022. Here in Washington state they are known for traditional fast heavy metal, the ty...