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Summoning – With Doom We Come (2018) – Review

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It is interesting how fantasy novels draw Black Metal acts to them. Yet in truth, the tune they play is no ‘proper’ Black Metal anymore, if there ever was such a thing.

Their theme morphed into some type of a sub-genre already some time ago. It remains blackened in a way but definitely boasts that standalone, plasticky sound that fans will appreciate. A fantasy-laden musical landscape that these backyard studio metal bands exploit. And produce some sort of an over-exaggerated synthesizer-driven and almost artificial sound, decorated in dry, heaving rasps that became their trademark over the years.

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Moonspell – 1755 (2017) – Review

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Do you know what I really had to get used to? A Moonspell record all in Portuguese – with some Latin thrown in for good measure. But then, it fits the theme, doesn’t it?

The record tells the story of the massive 1755 earthquake that ravaged Lisbon that same year. And – believe it or not – this still resonates with parts of the Portuguese population to this day. As to the RockmusicRaider sprawling officescape, we do like a theme-based album at any time of the day. Because – usually – those get us the juiciest metal dishes to taste from. … [...] Click to raid more!

The New Roses – One More For The Road (2017) – Review

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There’s a new wave going on. Some sort of a tsunami of bands of the gritty, down ‘n’ dirty rock kind. Occupying spots US bands usually liked to sit on. And hearing them you would bet your money that they live around the dusty roads on the Mid to the South West.

Think again. Many of them have seen the US from afar at best.  And you just wasted all your stereo power amps cruising along this Western highway. On some guys who were not born with stetsons on their heads and cowboy boots on their feet. Damn. 

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Dawn of Disease – Ascension Gate (2017) – Review

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Do you know what makes Noumena’s Myrrys stand out from the mean crowd? It is their knack for metal melody, stellar – and unexpected – female output, and down-to-earth, bearish growling right out of the Melodic Death Metal textbook.

On the other hand, their Nordic brethren Insomnium solemnly flood their atmospherically-laden Melodic Death Metal juices out of Winter’s Gate with abandon. Of course, these two do not even start to describe the variety of the Scandinavian Melodic Death Metal scene that originated from the cold Northern plains. And these days good outfits play in many places pretty much around the … [...] Click to raid more!