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2024 Anniversary Series 093: Boris – Noise
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Boris were in an interesting place in 2014, although it is rare that they are not in an interesting place to be honest. Their three 2011 records had seen them experiment...
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Review: In the Fire – Test of the Pendulum Blade
Review by Sandre the Giant I don’t know too much about Philadelphia death/thrashers In the Fire and their new record ‘Test of the Pendulum Blade’, other than it is their third full length of riff and...
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2024 Anniversary Series 094: Mastodon – Once More Round the Sun
Scribed by Sandre the Giant By 2014, Mastodon’s legacy as the most influential and interesting band in semi-mainstream metal was already complete, a band who released stormer after stormer of proggy,...
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Review: Ataraxia – In Pulverem Reverteris
Review by Sandre the Giant The long lost, unearthed demo from a Colombian death metal band from 1992? Count me in. I’ve got a triple header of La Caverna releases to review this month, as you all know...
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Review: Zørza – IEI
Review by Sandre the Giant I’ve recently received the new full length from Polish post black metallers Zørza, and while doing a bit of background on it realised that I got a promo copy of last year’s...
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2024 Anniversary Series 095: Cannabis Corpse – From Wisdom to Baked
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Can I just start by telling you that this might be the BEST comedy metal band there has ever been? Well, comedy might be pushing it a bit far, because Cannabis Corpse are...
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Review: Amen Corner – Written by the Devil
Review by Sandre the Giant A long running Brazilian metal legend that isn’t powered by a Cavalera is always a welcome sight (not that I have an issue with Cavaleras!), and black metallers Amen Corner...
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Review: Volcandra – The Way of Ancients
Review by Sandre the Giant ‘The Way of Ancients’ is the second record from Kentucky melodic black metallers Volcandra, and comes four years after their debut ‘Into the Azure’. It has been released by...
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2024 Anniversary Series 096: Septicflesh – Titan
Scribed by Sandre the Giant We’ve covered Septic Flesh only recently on the Anniversary Series, with their classic debut record, but the 2014 Septicflesh (note the slight name alteration) feels like a...
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2024 Anniversary Series 097: Kyuss – Welcome to Sky Valley
Scribed by Sandre the Giant While arguably the spawning of Queens of the Stone Age might be Kyuss’ greatest claim to fame in the modern rock scene, to argue any importance other than their position as...
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2024 Anniversary Series 098: Electric Wizard – We Live
Scribed by Sandre the Giant I am an unabashed fanboy of Electrc Wizard, but their journey from Cathedral-esque British doom newcomers in the mid 90s through unfathomably heavy fuzzy riffs into the 70s...
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Review: Savage Oath – Divine Battle
Review by Sandre the Giant The debut record from American heavy/power metallers Savage Oath, ‘Divine Battle’, is a record that was recommended to me by the very excellent Bangers and Mosh podcast, and...
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Review: Vltimas – Epic
Review by Sandre the Giant A supergroup of truly ‘epic’ proportions, with members of some of extreme metal’s most influential bands all coming together to put Vltimas on the map as a band and for that...
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2024 Anniversary Series 099: Neurosis – The Eye of Every Storm
Scribed by Sandre the Giant I was not really familiar with the style or history of post metal back when Neurosis released ‘The Eye of Every Storm’, an album that to this day ranks highly in their...
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Review: Skeletal Remains – Fragments of the Ageless
Review by Sandre the Giant California’s Skeletal Remains have been around for more than a decade at this point, and their newest record ‘Fragments of the Ageless’ is their fifth full length, and the...
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2024 Anniversary Series 100: Unearth – The Oncoming Storm
Scribed by Sandre the Giant I can’t tell you exactly where I was when I first heard ‘The Great Dividers’, opening track from New Wave of American Heavy Metal titans Unearth’s ‘The Oncoming Storm’, but...
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Review: Shamash – Done with Misery (Nos Pergamos in Domine Saluteum)
Review by Sandre the Giant The debut album from Malaysia’s Shamash is ‘Done with Misery (Nos Pergamos in Domine Saluteum)’, a pretty wordy title as well as being a genre melting pot of melodic death...
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2024 Anniversary Series 101: Slayer – Haunting the Chapel
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Slayer. Arguably the best of the Big Four, depending on your opinion but without a shadow of a doubt one of, if not THE most influential band on the explosion of thrash,...
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Review: House by the Cemetary – The Mortuary Hauntings
Review by Sandre the Giant House by the Cemetary is another (how?) project from the master of modern old school Swedish death metal, Rogga Johansson, and this time he’s fusing old school death metal...
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Review: Void Witch – Horripilating Presence
Review by Sandre the Giant The debut full length from Austin, Texas’ Void Witch, ‘Horripilating Presence’, comes on the heels of their excellent 2022 self titled EP and a couple of years on from that...
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