Rating: 3.5/5
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If you are looking for something purely new and innovative then you may want to keep digging, but if you want some solid death-obsessed black metal, then “Lawless Darkness” is for you.

Rating: 1.5/5
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Mind Over Metal Limerick 9

Rating: 3.5/5
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Psycho hails from Singapore and plays a mix of thrash/death/black metal similar to Bathory, Toxic Holocaust and Nasum on their full-length debut.

Rating: 3.5/5
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“Pentagammaton” has its ups and downs, but just seems to blur in the landscape. While I have a hard time finding deep faults, there’s also nothing overly creative from the blackened Belgians.

Rating: 5/5
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In the deserts of Saudi Arabia, where ignorance reigns and religious doctrine is literally law, media is off the radar. Metal has fortunately circumvented the obstacles to plant a desire for passionate, meaningful music. From these seeds sprang a few amazing individuals who have thankfully managed to penetrate their surrounding desolate landscape, to propagate a groundswell that is forming a fertile crescent for the 21st century.

Rating: 1/5
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Mind Over Metal Limerick 8

Rating: 2/5
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Mind Over Metal Limerick 7

Rating: 4.5/5
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Agalloch builds music that stands as a strong and fortified structure, with every little piece working to create something mesmerizing in the end. You want a good album to listen to this winter? Well, here it is, staring you straight in the face.

Rating: 4/5
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This is one hell of an effort from Withered. I loved the element of surprise on “Residue in the Void” and I was blown away by the skill and dedication present on “Aethereal Breath”. There’s nothing better than waking up in the morning with a cup of black coffee and some blackened doom.

Rating: 4.5/5
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“On Divine Winds” manages to emulate the horrors and realities of war using a potent mix of death/grindcore. Hail of Bullets have written an excellent concept album that encourages the listener to read up on the history of the battles fought between the Allied soldiers and the Japanese Empire.