Review: Candlemass – The Door to Doom

Review: Candlemass – The Door to Doom
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The Door to Doom is a great gap-bridger of the group’s older works and the newer sound. It terrifically manages the older and more melodic realms of albums like the debut, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus/, yet distills the harder, bombastic riffs of King of the Grey Islands and the last record, Psalms for the Dead. … read more

Review: Candlemass – The Door to Doom

Review: Candlemass – The Door to Doom
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Candlemass = Solstice + Black Sabbath + Solitude Aeturnus … read more

Review: Enthroned – XES Hareticum

Review: Enthroned – XES Hareticum
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Enthroned XES Hareticum  Napalm Records Ah, Enthroned … one of the best and most underrated black metal bands around. While most BM bands annoy me with their vocalists constantly screeching into the microphone, Enthroned’s vocalist is actually the focal point of the band for many people. The band has learned that light-speed fast all the

Review: Leaves’ Eyes – Lovelorn

Review: Leaves’ Eyes – Lovelorn
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Leaves’ Eyes Lovelorn Napalm Records Theatre Of Tragedy vocalist Liv Kristine Espenaes is backed by the band Atrocity for the formation and debut of Leaves’ Eyes, Lovelorn. Alex Krull, vocalist for Atrocity (and Liv’s husband), also makes a vocal appearance on a few of the tracks. This release sounds pretty much like what you would