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THOR – Alliance
Deadline 2021 Canadian heavyweight laces his team’s clangor with musical flavors from lesser mortals and restores his might with a lot of gusto. Lately, Thor’s hammer seemed to have been losing its...
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TANTRIC – The Sum Of All Things
Cleopatra 2021 Taking stock of the last two decades, American nu-metal stalwarts mold one of their best albums. Twenty years on since the release of this group’s eponymous debut, the quartet from...
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MEGADETH – Unplugged In Boston
Megadeth 2006 / Cleopatra 2021 Thrash metal royalty rein in the noise to turn it into a stained-glass image of their regular lore. Seen from the outside as hardline purveyors of melodic clang and...
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SKINinc. – The First Era
SkinInc 2021 Taking stock of their promising past, Australian metal stalwarts return with futuristic prospects. It all started rather well, with this Perth band’s inaugural run of concerts peaking in...
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MIST TOWER – Fever Touch
Mist Tower 2022 On their way to first album, Ukrainian stoners test existential waters for surface tension. From single to EP to single, this Odesa quintet have been gearing towards their full-length...
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AM SAMSTAG – Dualism
Black Market Music 2022 Swiss noiseniks serve up a blistering set of unambiguous dilemmas to puzzle the listener with melodic paradoxes. It took this Lausanne ensemble almost three years to get from...
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SKOLD – Dead God
Cleopatra 2022 Two decades after its inception, marred by Marilyn Manson’s arrival, industrial metal’s apocryphal album sees the light of night – newly expanded and brought up to speed. For many...
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JACK STARR’S BURNING STARR – Souls Of The Innocent
Global Rock 2022 His licks as brilliant as stellar steel, a metal scene mainstay’s mercenaries stroll on down, without ever straying from heroic path set aeons ago. Jack Starr’s was put on this earth...
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VELOCIHAMSTER – Uncaged
Born Free, Then Caged Music 2022 Lap-steel-laden ensemble leaden old favorites to refresh their shine and get away with it. For all the originality of his approach, playing heavy metal on what’s...
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APE SHIFTER – Monkey Business
Brainstorm 2023 Simian seriousness sends Immenstadt ensemble towards less strange, yet still arresting, sonic tracts. Recent years were hard for everyone, even those who used to smile their way...
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