MONSTROSITY - Passage of Existence Review

MONSTROSITY - Passage of Existence

Metal Blade Records

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It's been a long while since MONSTROSITY released a full-length album. But it definitely was worth the wait in gold. This isn't a "typical" death metal album.  The production quality was not the greatest, though. It sounded a bit flat. But that doesn't take away from the magic of the album. Almost 60 minutes of pure awesome riff-tastic songs. I don't think that there's a song on here that I didn't like. The reason is the music is really fresh and noteworthy. They play fast and technical, the music just grapples you. It really makes a difference when you're hearing brand new different sounds as well as vocals.

Miltos Marathon "Mama sorry"

Miltos Marathon "Mama sorry" 

ENTRAILS - World Inferno Review

ENTRAILS - World Inferno

Metal Blade Records

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Brutal Swedish death metal in the vein of ENTOMBED, though this one has a little more insane vocals. The guitars are heavy and the atmosphere totally grim, dark, depressing. This is one of their heavier releases. The old school ENTRAILS reflected solely that of ENTOMBED, almost a replica. But now it seems like they're venturing away from their roots and coming into their own. 'World Inferno' is a combination of growling/screaming, insane guitars, pounding drums and furious tempos. The production quality on this is quite good. I think it does the band justice in that department, more so than past releases.

GABRIELE BELLINI – 2018 – D.C. “Definitive Collection” Review

GABRIELE BELLINI – 2018 – D.C. “Definitive Collection”

Qua Rock Records

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Ο GABRIELE BELLINI είναι ένας εξαιρετικός κιθαρίστας, αλλά αυτό που τον καθιστά άξιο ενδιαφέροντος δεν είναι μόνο η εκτελεστική του δεινότητα και οι γνώσεις του στην ηλεκτρική κιθάρα. Το σημαντικότερο όλων είναι ότι πρόκειται για ένα ανήσυχο δημιουργικό πνεύμα που πειραματίζεται με διαφόρων ειδών ήχους και μουσικές. Εκεί, λοιπόν, που οι άλλοι δημιουργοί βλέπουν όρια και περιορισμούς από το μουσικό είδος που υπηρετούν, αυτός δεν διστάζει να παντρέψει διαφορετικούς και φαινομενικά ετερόκλητους ήχους και να δημιουργήσει κάτι πραγματικά πρωτότυπο και άξιο ενδιαφέροντος.

DEICIDE - Overtures of Blasphemy Review

DEICIDE - Overtures of Blasphemy

Century Media Records

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I'm not sure if this album was worth 5 years upon arising, but I gave it a "B" anyway since DEICIDE is still playing aggressive death metal after 30+ years of being in existence.  I'm going to say it but I always liked them the most with the Hoffman brothers in the band. They just were so much more creative from their debut all the way up unto 'Scars of the Crucifix'. But now with newer lineups Ralph Santolla's passing and recruiting members to that of the likes of Cannibal Corpse, Order of Ennead, and Monstrosity things will never be the same again. Nothing can replace the innovative first two releases. But this is them now.

AGON - Hollowed Lake

American Atmospheric Black Metal band Agon released their debut album «Hollowed Lake». The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Andre Basora in "Blackened Remains Studio".

The band was formed in 2018 in Miami, Florida as a solo project of Andre Basora who wrote and recorded all his music.

RHODIUM - Scream into the Void Review

RHODIUM - Scream into the Void

Independent

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Well, have you ever made mistakes with your judgment? Ever criticize something or somebody and then you realize that you were wrong? Well I have… some time ago, I had the chance to hear a part of the preproduction of this recording with rough vocals and totally rough mixed sound... actually through the discussions with the guitarist, I told my exact opinion… the sound was rough, the production needed work but the magic of heavy metal was all around. The guy I was talking with was partly offended yet he understood and then we parted ways...