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Absu - Abzu (2011) - An amazing offering for any extreme metal fan - 90% (17/10/11)

Absu - Abzu (2011) - An amazing offering for any extreme metal fan - 90% (17/10/11)

Only two years after the band's very strong self titled album, the American extreme metal legends come back with a shorter record called "Abzu" that reminds a lot of the previous output. The cover artwork is as great, the album and song title structures...

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Absu - Absu (2009) - Diversified, dynamic and emotional extreme metal - 85% (07/10/11)

Absu - Absu (2009) - Diversified, dynamic and emotional extreme metal - 85% (07/10/11)

On this eponymous record after a eight year long break, Absu are back with a bang and play a quite addicting and original mixture of melodic death and black metal with a lot of thrash influences and some great progressive sounds. This is diversified and...

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Immanifest - Qliphotic (2010) - Bleakest symphonies on a blast beat battlefield - 85% (05/09/11)

Immanifest - Qliphotic (2010) - Bleakest symphonies on a blast beat battlefield - 85% (05/09/11)

I stumbled over this release by pure coincidence as a good friend of mine introduced me to this project and I decided to give the band's first EP a chance. Immanifest are a band from Tampa, Florida that play atmospheric symphonic black metal with many...

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Kvelertak - Kvelertak (2010) - Too many cooks broil the broth - 60% (03/09/11)

Kvelertak - Kvelertak (2010) - Too many cooks broil the broth - 60% (03/09/11)

Welcome to a new unjustified hype. Somebody told me about this new band from Norway on a forum as he had himself got the advice from somebody else to check this group out. I suggested the guy who introduced me to this band that we should sue his predecessor...

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Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon (2003) - A dark ride through an epic horror metal symphony - 95% (18/08/11)

Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon (2003) - A dark ride through an epic horror metal symphony - 95% (18/08/11)

Even though this well known, sold and discussed record gets bashed on a regular basis by the so called fans, this record is the Dimmu Borgir's summit to me and perfectly defines what the band is all about. Dimmu Borgir did pretty much everything right...

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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

There are some things I don't understand in the metal world and one of those things is the popularity and the high ratings of this record. Let's say that the debut album of the Swiss metal legend is not bad at all. It has its own style but the record...

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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

There are some things I don't understand in the metal world and one of those things is the popularity and the high ratings of this record. Let's say that the debut album of the Swiss metal legend is not bad at all. It has its own style but the record...

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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

There are some things I don't understand in the metal world and one of those things is the popularity and the high ratings of this record. Let's say that the debut album of the Swiss metal legend is not bad at all. It has its own style but the record...

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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

There are some things I don't understand in the metal world and one of those things is the popularity and the high ratings of this record. Let's say that the debut album of the Swiss metal legend is not bad at all. It has its own style but the record...

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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) - Between pure majesty and mediocrity - 80% (05/08/11)

There are some things I don't understand in the metal world and one of those things is the popularity and the high ratings of this record. Let's say that the debut album of the Swiss metal legend is not bad at all. It has its own style but the record...

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