Former Republican Bob Dole has gone to the great free market in the sky, reminding us of back when he specifically mentioned the horrors of death metal and Cannibal Corpse:
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Savage Deity – Decade of Savagery (2021)
by Ton Basileion
Working within the flutterstrum-tremolo tradition of early death metal, Savage Deity rip and tear through several anthems to violence on their latest release. Songs follow the “skeleton” of death metal established by Slayer, with an introduction followed by alternating verse and chorus riffs, then give way to variations in the second half of each piece before returning to the initial themes. This in turn creates the kaleidoscopic effect that the best of death metal is (in)famous for.
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Voivod Announces Synchro Anarchy Release For February 11, 2022
Long-standing Canadian technical speed metal band Voivod announced their latest album, Synchro Anarchy, for release on February 11 of next year. The label issued the following statement:
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World Terrorizers Tribute to Terrorizer’s World Downfall Out December 22
Chaos and Hell Productions and Death in Pieces Records intends to release an album of Terrorizer covers in tribute to the iconic grindcore band and its most prominent album, World Downfall. This will be out December 22.
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Putridarium – “Putrefaction” (2021)
by Ton Basileion
Putridarium create tunneling melodies that foster the sensation of exploring a vast network of caves. These songs use trudging, chugging power chords to add a sense of violence to the foreboding. The effect resembles the deepening evil on Blaspherian’s EP Allegiance to the Will of Damnation.
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Death Angel – The Bastard Tracks
When in the hands of a band accomplished at songwriting, you know it immediately regardless of genre; Death Angel make handily coherent and cogent songs out of a few hardcore and heavy metal riffs, but with a focus on the listener, have made these into enjoyable songs that avoid the amorphous fungible state of most metal releases.
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Solitvdo – Hegemonikon (2021)
During the middle to late 1990s, metal fell into panic because it was clear that the genre needed to become progressive without falling into the usual mishmash of jazz, lite rock, and protest music that has made progressive rock a cursed entry since the 1970s.
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Schizophrenic Jihad Claims Nebelhexë Musician
As the news tried to hide an unconventional attack by a crazed person who may have drifted toward Islam in his schizophrenic delirium, we consider the lonely death of Andrea Meyer:
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Haalbuaer – Mortal Ones Scream in Horror (2021)
As it stands, Mortal Ones Scream in Horror is not a good release; it is boring, to be blunt, but the band has great instincts in songwriting and with a little more confidence in their riffcraft and ability to play in tempo, they will go great places.
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Sentenced Amok Re-issued on MDD Records
After slaying the world with North From Here, Sentenced reverted to the Iron Maiden and Queenrsyche side of the equation, trying to come up with a hard rockin’ version of death metal, in the process turning off most of their fans.
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