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Grand Magus – ‘Sword Songs’ Vinyl Review
This is a straight-up, good-time, heavy-goddam-metal album, free from pretention and utterly thrilling, and it’s impossible, if you worship at the altar of heavy, not to get caught up in it.
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Amon Amarth – ‘Deceiver Of The Gods’ Album Review
Ruthlessly paired back, there is not a single song that outstays its welcome and not a hint of filler, and it seems hardly to be hyperbole to suggest that any and every metal fan should…
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Isengard – ‘Vinterskugge’ Re-Issue Review
Whichever way you look at it this is a great value, brilliantly presented package that will bring dark joy to the hearts of Isengard and Darkthrone fans.
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Enslaved – ‘Yggdrasill’ Re-release Review
If Enslaved had only ever released this, it would have been an unmitigated triumph, but that this proved to be only a stepping stone on the path to greatness is even more gratifying. This is…
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