| Lamb Of God: Wrath |
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| Lamb of God's new album, Wrath, has been out for about a month now; I've had plenty of time to listen to and evaluate it. It's not quite as...[continue] |
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| Tiamat: Amanethes |
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| Tiamat's 2008 release, "Amanethes" is a highly diversified assortment of songs all pumped out from the same gothic metal vein. Perhaps that is...[continue] |
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| Shipwreck A.D.: Abyss |
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| I rarely make blind purchases. My favorite album of all time is Mastodon's Leviathan. These are two seemingly unrelated sentences, but bear with...[continue] |
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| Gojira: The Link |
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| This is a strange album. It is a difficult listen that has almost no outside influences. You can tell it has elements of thrash and death, but you...[continue] |
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| Swallow The Sun: Plague of Butterflies |
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| "Plague of Butterflies" is Swallow the Sun's latest release, featuring four tracks from their demo in 2003 as well as the title track, lasting about...[continue] |
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| Judas Priest: Nostradamus |
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| In 2008, Judas Priest released their first ever metal opera - a double disc LP named "Nostradamus". Part one of this opus centers on the poetic...[continue] |
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| Forgotten Land (USA): Nachtkrieg |
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| Simple "first-semester" German is common in black metal, but in black ambient? Two bands (one epic ambient and one black ambient) have combined under...[continue] |
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| DragonForce: Ultra Beatdown |
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| "Ultra Beatdown", the 2008 LP from DragonForce, is another body of evidence supporting the ultra-sound argument that Sam Totman and Herman Li are THE...[continue] |
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