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Ten From the Tomb 10/28/19: Hail to me in my king’s disguise.

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TEN FROM THE TOMB is a weekly feature in the form of a themed list devoted to grouping […]

October 28, 2019 Features, Heavy Metal

RETRO TUESDAYS: Erosion – III (1992)

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The progression from hardcore punk to thrash metal and beyond is often treated as mono-directional flow as if […]

December 4, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Lordian Guard – Lordian Guard (1995)

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The seven trumpets, seven natural disaster themed horrors described in the strange fables of the Book of Revelation (CE […]

November 27, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Sacrilege – Lost in the Beauty You Slay (1996)

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With time the disintegrating and self-shaming hulk of Göteborg’s brief melodic death metal superiority mutates into parody and […]

November 20, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Ripped – Through My Eyes (1993)

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North Canton, Ohio progressive death/thrash metal underground legends Ripped might have formed under the name R.I.P.T. (Rebellious Intellectual […]

November 13, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Convulse – Reflections (1994)

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Formed in Nokia, Finland in the late 80’s as a short lived rehearsal only thrash metal band named […]

November 6, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Crusher – Corporal Punishment (1992)

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Throughout the history of French death metal few pockets of lasting impact remain as underappreciated as the short […]

October 30, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Enslaved – Where is the Meaning (1994)

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Formed as a supremely grotesque doomed death metal outfit in 1988, Cottbus, Germany project Necrophenistic Nightmare would undergo rapid […]

October 23, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

Ten From the Tomb 10/12/18: As food for worms, worms as Gods.

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TEN FROM THE TOMB is a weekly feature in the form of a themed list devoted to grouping […]

October 12, 2018 Features, Heavy Metal

RETRO TUESDAYS: Bifrost – Mythistory (1998)

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Nigh pornographically heightened levels of paganistic pride run through this third album from Meerssen, Netherlands extreme thrashers Bifrost […]

October 9, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Drifter – Nowhere to Hide (1989)

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In gestation as early as 1981 but fully formed and active starting in 1983 Uster, Switzerland born heavy […]

October 2, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

Radux – Disaster Imminent (2018) REVIEW

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In getting booted from Antabus in 2013 musician Juho Vaarala has thrived in the move from ‘too-close-to-Russia’ town Imatra […]

September 19, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

Outline – Fire Whiplash (2018) REVIEW

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In giving the keys to the underground to the largely self-obsessed, tactless millennial crowd the hope is that […]

August 27, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

Idle Hands – Don’t Waste Your Time (2018) REVIEW

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At face value it would seem the dissolution of promising Portland, Oregon heavy metal legends Spellcaster in 2017 was […]

August 24, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

Haunt – Burst Into Flame (2018) REVIEW

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As the long-dragging Cold War brought state and federally funded scientific incorporation and community to several competing nations […]

August 6, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

Angel of Mercy – The Avatar [Remaster] (2018) REVIEW

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Extreme rarity, obscurity and zero provenance offer some of the biggest thrills of collecting where the chase is […]

June 26, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

Pounder – Faster Than Fire (2018) REVIEW

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Formed in 2016 through a mutual love for classic heavy metal, NWOBHM ’82 and the horny hard rock […]

June 6, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Revelation – Salvation’s Answer (1991)

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The first ten years of releases from Lee Dorrian‘s still-ripping Rise Above Records might have began with intermittent […]

May 29, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Hexx – No Escape (1984)

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A clear standout on Shrapnel Records‘ early US power/heavy metal line-up before it became primarily a shred label, Hexx […]

May 8, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Pessimist – Cult of the Initiated (1997)

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The earliest demos and ‘Absence of Light’ EP from Pessimist were a combination of Slayer, Insanity and Hellwitch […]

April 17, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

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