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March 11th, 2010
AOSOTH – Ashes of Angels

by Ray Henry (www.mouthforwar.net)
Is there a deep, dark dungeon beneath the mighty weight of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France? A perpetual blizzard atop it’s mighty peak?
No? Well, then how to explain this blasphemous, dissonant and bleak black metal with more than enough malevolent atmosphere leached from the catacombs of the very same city that [...]

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March 10th, 2010
BLIND WITNESS – Nightmare on Providence Street

by Natalie Perez
Since breaking out with “Silences Are Words”,(2008) the Montreal-based metalcore act Blind Witness has showcased themselves quite well, unleashing a blistering set of enraging fury, with fearsome growling attics that are occasionally tempered by guitarist Maxime LaCroix’s more melodic singing structure. The band has a straight forward attitude with point driven anthems that [...]

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March 9th, 2010
MASTER – The Human Machine

by Brian Krasman
Death metal elder statesmen Master haven’t exactly pulled punches during their nearly three decades together. Like, did you see the cover of 2007’s “Slaves to Society”? Yeah.
But in an era where so much “death metal” is overproduced, sanitized or mixed with something that ends in “core,” it’s nice to have something as ugly [...]

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March 9th, 2010
NATRON – Rot Among Us

by Ray Henry (www.mouthforwar.net)
Natron have been in the Italian death metal game for about 17 years now. Rot Among Us is their first album in five years — with a new vocalist (Nicola Bavaro) nonetheless. The title of this album is an intentional play off of the Misfits classic Walk Among Us. Those are the [...]

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March 9th, 2010
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – Begging For Mercy (Single)

by Natalie Perez
Start begging for mercy right now because this will indeed become the new slogan for metal go getters Bullet for my Valentine. Taking off their third upcoming release entitled “Fever” this trumpet return for the English lads has proven that they are worthy enough to take on absolutely anything.
With fast guitars, roaring vocals [...]

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March 8th, 2010
CALABRESE – They Call Us Death

by Natalie Perez
With the constant buzz about everything in relation to Vampires what more could possibly be said? We got the Twilight die-hards and the new comers stake shredders the Vampire Diaries where everything else falls somewhere in between such as music? Indeed there are a handful of variety out there, Aiden, H.I.M. I Am [...]

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February 25th, 2010
WORM OUROBOROS – s/t

by Brian Krasman
San Francisco’s Worm Ouroboros come across as a group that doesn’t do anything that isn’t meticulously thought through. Flowing assuredly in the same vein as other Bay Area-based bands such as Ludicra, Giant Squid, and Grayceon, they not only test the limits of what is labeled “metal” but also practically force your further [...]

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February 22nd, 2010
MORTEMIA – Misere Mortem

By Lord Randall
Ever heard the saying “too much of a good thing”? Mortemia’s Morten Veland either hasn’t, or simply thinks that any turd he touches turns to gold since his being involved in the creation of Tristania’s Beyond The Veil got him a bit of notoriety. After his split from said band, Sirenia was [...]

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February 17th, 2010
MORNE – Untold Wait (Feral Ward)

by George Pacheco
Time has seen much in the way of progression for this Bostonian band since their 2005 inception. Though Morne was founded by ex-Grief/Disrupt axeman Jeff Hayward and Filth of Mankind’s Milosz Gassan, the band’s lineup has now expanded to include keyboardist Ian Schultz and famed skinsman Erik Larson, who has spent time within [...]

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February 17th, 2010
ARSIS – Starve for the Devil

by Natalie Perez
Arsis is America’s outlook on what technical death metal is all about and this time around it’s taken these Virginia Beach go getters, two years in the making to unleash their fourth installment to date, “Starve for the Devil”. Of which deals with the past battling scenarios that guitarist James Malone has suffered [...]

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From the Obsidian Throne- with Xaphan
AOSOTH – Ashes of Angels
BLIND WITNESS – Nightmare on Providence Street
MASTER – The Human Machine
NATRON – Rot Among Us
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – Begging For Mercy (Single)
CALABRESE – They Call Us Death
WORM OUROBOROS – s/t
MORTEMIA – Misere Mortem
MORNE – Untold Wait (Feral Ward)
ARSIS – Starve for the Devil