Suffering so you don't have to!
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Usually, I wouldn’t even bother to check a remake or remaster, but Saor is a band I’ve long wondered about: what could they sound like if they had more budget? Not many projects get enough cash to do it all over again, which is why I wanted to check if Caledonia revived the classics or just butchered them harder than Disney. I’m careful today, but a man can dream.
Metalcatto
I hope you had a good day, kids, because now we’re going to get smacked by a rainfall of technicality. I know old school Death Metal never dies, but you know what we don’t get often? Old school Tech Death—which is why Miscreance‘s Reminiscence made me nostalgic. So maybe I’ll feel a bit more merciful and give them a decent score. Or not. Let’s see. The album promises a journey back to a time when technicality didn’t mean sterile production, and I’m curious to see if it delivers on that promise.
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It always makes me happy when a band is back. As in, MER lived long enough to review it again. So I’m happy to live to see another Stoned Jesus album—not because I’m a diehard fan, but because the name amuses me every time I see it. My real question for Songs to Moon is: would it bring change, or is it going to be consistent? And if it’s the second one, would it be any fun?
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I love how we went from not hearing anything from Green Carnation in more than a decade to getting two albums in one year. The Metalsphere can be really unpredictable. We already reviewed Part I and Part II, and though I wasn’t as blown away as many other reviewers, I’m still excited to review A Dark Poem Part III: The Messiah Complex. Is this going to be the epic next step in the trilogy, or am I going to fall asleep? Whatever happens, this can’t top Light of Day, Day of Darkness, right?
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Rarely has a band had a more fitting name than Emptiness. It’s hard to define whatever is going on in Nowhere Speaks, but what I can tell you is that “depressive” is the lightest way to put it. Is this Industrial Goth? Like, I’m edgy but live in an Industrial wasteland? Hard to tell. But if you’re into strange imagery, you should keep reading, because this is only going to get weirder as we descend into absolute despair. That sounded awesome, right?
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Are you an expert on experimental Hardcore? I thought so. Then you can imagine the level of confusion I was in when Erdve‘s Epigrama hit me with such an enigmatic artwork and overall musical proposal. This is probably the first or second album we’ve gotten fully in Lithuanian. They could be singing about their breakfast, and we’d be like “this is the sickest thing ever.” Anyway, there’s nothing cute about this release, so let’s try to navigate it without much emotional damage, shall we?
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Impure Wilhelmina is a bit of an underground darling. The band has had an impressive run over the last few albums, delivering work that defies labels and isn’t afraid of change. Le Sanglot has big shoes to fill, but we can be confident that this Dark Rock and Prog Metal adventure will try its best to keep us impressed one more time. Oh boy, my optimism is ridiculous today.
Metalcatto
We’re back with Green Carnation. It feels like yesterday when Part I came out, and now we’re ready for A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis. I’d like to say this is the longest part of the album, but no. The music, the promo, the emotions—everything is going to be long. But fear not, because I’m going to review this in the same heretical length you’ve grown used to.
Metalcatto
The shreddiest band in town is back. Alkaloid has never subscribed to the philosophy that less is more. If a song can unleash a barrage of every conceivable riff, why hold back? Yet its latest project, Bach Out of Bounds, showcases the band attempting something notably different—a more academic and classical approach. This is arguably the closest the band has ever come to crafting an acoustic album. I understand how that description might sound dreadful to some, but don’t stop reading, because things are about to get interesting.
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Unverkalt knows exactly how to grab my attention. A Post-Metal release on Season of Mist, with a German/Greek background and a French title like Héréditaire? That’s basically a checklist designed to lure me in. It sounds refined, a bit pretentious, and unapologetically artsy—and yes, I’m fully on board with that. So forgive me in advance if my expectations run slightly ahead of what an underground act can realistically deliver, but that’s what happens when the promo does its job well. Either way, let’s see how long it takes before we spiral into existential despair again.
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