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Exclusive interview: Deceased’s King Fowley resurrects ‘Luck of the Corpse'

21 years ago, Relapse Records unleashed an album that instantly redefined death metal, despite the genre still being in a fledgling state. Although...
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Exclusive interview: The life, death, and resurrection of ATHEIST (Part 1)

Since it is the season for celebrating resurrections, we felt it only appropriate to launch a celebration of our own. And for metal, few bands are...
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CD review: EXHUMED rises from the grave with All Guts No Glory

Standard procedure for common music reviewing, especially for the work of a “new artist” is for the “journalist” to behave...
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Exclusive interview: Steffen Kummerer of OBSCURA redefines German Metal!

Recently released through Relapse Records, OMNIVIUM, the third outing from German death metal outfit Obscura, takes the genre into orbit. With...
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Baroness Bassist Summer Welch Discusses the Long Road to Success

How often do bands offer the quote, “I love music so much that I’d do it for free”? For Baroness, it was the truth. Drummer Allen...
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Exclusive interview: REVOCATION front man David Davidson reflects on a year with Relapse Records

Last spring, Examiner conducted one of the first interviews with Boston-based death/thrash metal combo Revocation upon its signing with Relapse...
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