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Barren Earth—The Devil’s Resolve
Why you’re all not endlessly raving about Finnish sextet Barren Earth is beyond me.
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High on Fire—De Vermis Mysteriis
Equal parts enigmatic and ingenious, Matt Pike and the boys have drawn a bloody line in the sand that few would ever dare approach, let alone cross.
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ABAZAGORATH— ABAZAGORATH EP
Abazagorath’s new self-titled EP is their first new material in four years, and it more than exceeds expectations with its hellfire and brimstone delights.
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Labels—Dark Descent
Dark Descent specialize in releasing albums that adhere to a few simple precepts: they must be raw and they must be unrelentingly visceral. There’s no posturing to be found on Dark Descent’s roster.
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Beastwars/ Spook The Horses/ Robin—Live! SFBH, Wellington, NZ, 23 March 2012.
Friday night’s album fundraiser for Wellington’s Beastwars was a hugely emotive evening, with three excellent acts serving up hefty rock and metal to a legion of devoted followers.
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Aura Noir—Out to Die
Things are the same as they always were in Aura Noir’s fiefdom—very ugly and hostile—and Out to Die is a barbaric blitzkrieg that cuts to the quick of metal’s putrid core.
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Beastwars/ Spook The Horses/ Robin—Live! SFBH, Wellington, NZ, 23 March 2012.
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Winter Deluge—As the Earth Fades into Obscurity.
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Barren Earth—The Devil’s Resolve
Why you’re all not endlessly raving about Finnish sextet Barren Earth is beyond me.
High on Fire—De Vermis Mysteriis
Equal parts enigmatic and ingenious, Matt Pike and the boys have drawn a bloody line in the sand that few would ever dare approach, let alone cross.
ABAZAGORATH— ABAZAGORATH EP
Abazagorath’s new self-titled EP is their first new material in four years, and it more than exceeds expectations with its hellfire and brimstone delights.
Labels—Dark Descent
Dark Descent specialize in releasing albums that adhere to a few simple precepts: they must be raw and they must be unrelentingly visceral. There’s no posturing to be found on Dark Descent’s roster.
Beastwars/ Spook The Horses/ Robin—Live! SFBH, Wellington, NZ, 23 March 2012.
Friday night’s album fundraiser for Wellington’s Beastwars was a hugely emotive evening, with three excellent acts serving up hefty rock and metal to a legion of devoted followers.
Aura Noir—Out to Die
Things are the same as they always were in Aura Noir’s fiefdom—very ugly and hostile—and Out to Die is a barbaric blitzkrieg that cuts to the quick of metal’s putrid core.
Failure Epics—S/T
Failure Epics is 36 minutes of astute prog, all wrapped in a glistening chrysalis of intrepid ideas and aspirations.
Stone Angels—Within the Witch
By dredging the depths of belligerent metal, and combining that with some metaphysical unease, Stone Angels have come up with an album that anyone, whatever their troubles, can find some twisted solace in.
Winter Deluge—As the Earth Fades into Obscurity.
As the Earth Fades into Obscurity, the debut full-length from Winter Deluge, is unrelenting spiteful, and is one of the finest black metal albums this country has ever produced.
Wizard Rifle—Speak Loud Say Nothing
Wizard Rifle’s debut, Speak Loud Say Nothing, is outstanding, setting the barometer of strangeness and frenetic creativity spinning off its dial.