It's hard to imagine a more introspective genre than heavy metal. Across the internet, and in comfortable rooms in the presence of indole alkaloids,...
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So these goombahs at A.V. Club put out their list of the 100 metal albums of the decade, forgetting of course that "quality over quantity"...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Demoncy - Joined in Darkness (1999, Baphomet) Foreboding. That's the best way to describe this album. With low guitars sounding like saws cutting...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Profanatica - Profanatitas de Domonatia (2007, Hell's Headbangers) The cult twins Havohej and Profanatica showcased the work of a small group of...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Antaeus - Cut Your Flesh and Worship Satan (2000, Baphomet) Abrupt and clenched, with clipped rhythms and clashing riffs, this album sounds like a...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Beherit - Engram (2009, Spinefarm) As if attempting to sum up the past twenty years of black metal, Beherit makes an album in the style of early...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Ildjarn-Nidhogg - Ildjarn-Nidhogg (2003, Northern Heritage) Ildjarn, with its minimalistic riffs and incessant high-speed drumming, is a band that...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Summoning - Oath Bound (2006, Napalm) To bring the sound of ancient Hobbit-infused landscapes into black metal, Summoning slowed it down but played...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Graveland - Memory and Destiny (2002, No Colours) To be epic, black metal needs to transport us from The Now to...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Avzhia - The Key of Throne (2004, Old War) Melding flowing black metal with militant fast drums, Avzhia take over where Emperor left off and throw in...
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