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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

RETRO TUESDAYS: Miscreant – Dreaming Ice (1994)

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Swedish death metal label Wrong Again Records was, in hindsight, off to an incredible start in releasing formative […]

June 19, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Astharoth – Gloomy Experiments (1990)

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The full story of Astharoth is one of unstoppable youthful ambition and skilled musicianship colliding with the fickle […]

June 12, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Castle – Castle (1994)

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If you’re not a spelunker aiming for the deepest caves of death/doom you might not be familiar with […]

June 5, 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: Morpheus Descends – Chronicles of the Shadowed Ones (1994)

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The early work of Morpheus Descends chronicles a legendarily promising addition to the callous New York death metal […]

May 22, 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: Aeternus – Beyond the Wandering Moon (1997)

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Incensed by the thriving and competitive early 90’s black metal scene in Bergen, Norway Ares aka Ron Hovland formed […]

May 1, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Obnoxious – Twilight of Autumn Past (1994)

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Obnoxious began as a progressive thrash metal band in Remscheid, Germany back in 1989. Their impossible to find […]

April 24, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Christ Agony – Unholyunion (1993)

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The history of Polish black metal is wrought with grand triumphs, mildly comedic home-made armor, and the occasional […]

April 11, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Cenotaph – Riding Our Black Oceans (1994)

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What sets Cenotaph’s second album apart from many obscure melodic death metal albums from it’s era isn’t necessarily […]

April 3, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Excel – Split Image (1987)

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When I was a stupid punk teenie bopper I’d basically stumbled onto Suicidal Tendencies‘ ‘Join the Army’, Bad […]

March 27, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Varathron – Walpurgisnacht (1995)

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When considering my favorite metal releases of all time I have immediate and strong opinions about my picks […]

March 20, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Apophis – Down In The Valley (1996)

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With the January 2018 announcement that Apophis were indeed in pre-production for a new album after thirteen years […]

March 13, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Loudblast – Disincarnate (1991) REVIEW

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My introduction to Loudblast was through their historical split CD with Agressor ‘Licensed to Thrash’ and being particularly […]

March 6, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Avenger – Blood Sports (1984)

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Of all of the sorely mistreated NWOBHM classics post-1983 Avenger’s debut full-length ‘Blood Sports’ has been the most […]

February 27, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Mourning – Greetings From Hell (1993)

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The first and only release from South Holland based death/doom band Mourning is a surprisingly overlooked classic sub-genre […]

February 20, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Molested – Blod-Draum (1995)

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Chaos is a good place to start when talking about “Blod-draum”, but the songwriting shows great finesse for […]

February 13, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Saint Vitus – Die Healing (1995)

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As a kid my brother’s uninformed and admittedly random purchases from metal and punk mail-order distros often ended […]

February 6, 2018 Heavy Metal, Reviews

RETRO TUESDAYS: Skyclad – A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol (1992)

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Skyclad struck inspirational gold combining elements of folk and Celtic rock with thrash metal on their debut and […]

January 23, 2018 Heavy Metal

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