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Aura Noir returns for the kill with 'Out to Die'

The term “black thrash” has been thrown around for a while in varying shades of gray. Is it thrash with screamed vocals? Is it black...
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Review of Asphyx - Deathhammer

It has been five years proper since Asphyx reformed. They cemented their return with the especially good Death... the Brutal Way, and since then...
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Metal songs that will make you wreck your car

Some of us wouldn't want to drive at all if it wasn't for the car stereo. A lot of metalheads are working guys who don't have a fancy...
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Top Ten Best METAL Album Releases of 2011

Year-end “best of” lists are a trite process at their most sincere. They are one person’s perception of what he/she felt was the...
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Metal review round-up, February 2012

The advent of 2012 was a pretty busy time for this particular writer. I was away recording an album of my own with a rather unpleasant surgery...
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Report: Rites of Darkness 2011, Day 3

Ouch. Staying up until dawn with bands and and visiting Examiners takes its toll three days in. Day 3 of Rites was accordingly going to get a...
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Report: Rites of Darkness 2011, Day 2

Hangovers and bangovers abounded on Saturday afternoon at the San Antonio's Backstage Live. It seemed as though some people planned to be drunk...
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Report: Rites of Darkness 2011, Day 1

The dreaded Backstage Live was actually not such a bad experience this time around. There was no flap about in-and-out policies, and the security...
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Opinion: Scion is no threat to metal

Many regular readers might be surprised at the above title, because after all, metal is against “the man” and everything corporate....
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The best metal albums of 2011

What, already? Yes, the end of the year upon us, and while the rest of the world was awash in turmoil and anxiety, 2011 proved to be a surprisingly...
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