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Review: Ausserwelt by Year of No Light

By Stephen DinanndGrade: AHoly Halford here come the French! Whether it be doom, melodic death or thrash, European metal in recent years has belonged in large part to the Scandinavian countries. Year...

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Review: What We All Come to Need by Pelican

By Stephen DinanndGrade: APost-metal can be tough grounds for catchy tunes. But when it comes to crafting accessible melodies in the post-metal mold, Pelican is the essential group. The instrumental...

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Review: Church Avenue by Big Urban

By Kavin ChawlaGrade: AKray and Scott Thorough, also known as Big Urban, let loose an album full of insightful and thought provoking story telling as well as minimalistic beats that aren’t usually...

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Review: The Earth is a Man by The Earth is a Man

By Michael WildebderGrade: AProfound progress is quite a rarity in the genre of post-rock. And with a common mainstream preconception of the necessity of lyrics to create a melodic album, an...

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Review: Stench by Nekrogoblikon

By Erich SpiewakGrade: A-After the death of punk and the rise of hair metal in California, I found it easy to write off California as a musical and cultural wasteland; a place where plastic and...

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Review: Inside Out Boy by Speak!

By Michael WildebderGrade: AWhen an album starts off by encouraging hallucinogenic drug use, it almost speaks for itself. This man calls himself the “34th Best Rapper Alive.” Beyond that, there’s...

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Review: Out of the Woods by Ian Neal

By Jack PreisGrade: A-When you first enter Ian Neal’s world on his 2011 sophomore album Out of the Woods, you wonder where the deep, ominous synthesizer is taking you. You’re then suddenly confronted...

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Review: New World Shadows by Omnium Gatherum

By Erich SpiewakGrade: ASo Finland has given us another glimpse of greatness with Omnium Gatherum’s fifth studio album New World Shadows. Combining melodic death metal with both progressive and doom...

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Review: No Help for the Mighty Ones by Subrosa

By Jack PreisGrade: ASome types of metal are difficult for me to get into because, even though it may play on a lot of elements that I love, like intricate melodies and rhythmic variation, it can just...

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Review: Mania by Truckfighters

By Stephen DinanndGrade: A-Part of the appeal to hard rock is force. That’s why we run around in a big circle hitting one another in the face. Once the Peaveys puncture concert air with an overwhelming...

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