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Iced Earth – Burnt Offerings (1995)
Iced Earth were always an anomaly within USPM, far darker and much more aggressive than their peers and unlike the rest of the bands from that scene, they did not…
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Death Metal from Hellas – Part II: Funeral Revolt – Burial (1992)
(suggested track listening: ”Fly Beyond”, ”Concealment of Truth”) For the second installment in our series, we proceed north from Athens to the city of Edessa (Central Macedonia), home of another…
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Death Metal from Hellas – Part I: Horrified – Eternal God (1991)
Whenever the subjects of Greece and metal music intertwine, the discussion tends to gravitate towards the Hellenes’ genuinely unique contribution to the black metal movement of the early-to-mid- 1990s. Quite…
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Lordian Guard – Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1997)
When speaking of metal music in terms of its perceived heaviness, a surface-level reading would point towards sonic signifiers such as down-tuned guitars, distorted vocals, or slow, pounding percussion. However,…
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The Black – The Priest of Satan (1994)
In spite of featuring Jon Nödtveidt on vocals/guitars/keyboards and having been put to tape only a few months after the recording of ”The Somberlain”, The Black’s debut album bears surprisingly…
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Nåstrond – Toteslaut (1995)
The Swedish Black Metal scene of the 1990s is often - and perhaps rightfully - portrayed as having consisted of a smaller cadre of style-defining artists, followed by a veritable…
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Blind Guardian – Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)
Six excellent albums in a row entirely contained within a decade is a virtually unimiginable feat yet Blind Guardian have done it without ever relying on the same tools for…
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Neuropath – At Damnation’s Core (2023)
Neuropath are another unfortunate example of a highly talented band that never managed to stick around long enough for a full length. The band managed to release two demos within…
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Cultus Sanguine – Dust Once Alive (2023)
In the history of metal no band has ever managed to successfully return after a two and a half decade hiatus as these returns are generally characterized by a thinly…
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Blood Oath – Lost in an Eternal Silence (2023)
Blood Oath present their first full-length album after a preparatory period that encompassed a demo and an EP. Like their previous output, "Lost in an Eternal Silence" is an exercise…