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Convulse – Inner Evil EP
By Sean Palmerston Chalk this one up as a reunion this writer is actually interested in, not to mention did not see coming. Finland’s Convulse was part of that country’s early, weird death metal...
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Dark Descent Double Shot: Vorum and Paroxsihzem
By Craig Haze Since its inception in 2009, Colorado-based label Dark Descent has stamped an authoritative presence on the metal underground with a run of well-received albums, compilations, splits,...
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70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part One
Review by Adrien Begrand; Live photos by Marc Hansen, Michael Jagla, and Ag Babin. After attending Barge to Hell in December, I had absolutely no idea that I’d be returning to Miami some five weeks...
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70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part Two
Read part 1 of our 70,000 Tons review here Review by Adrien Begrand; Live photos by Marc Hansen, Michael Jagla, Ag Babin, and Adrien Begrand. Day Two, 285 nautical miles southwest of Miami: Unexpect,...
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70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part Three
Read part 1 of our 70,000 Tons review here Read part 2 of our 70,000 Tons review here Review by Adrien Begrand; Live photos by Marc Hansen, Michael Jagla, Ag Babin, and Adrien Begrand. Day Three: Grand...
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Lifeless – Godconstruct
By Rob Kachluba Germany’s Lifeless are back with their second release of bone-crushing traditional death metal. Lifeless, along with Revel in Flesh, are leading the way in old school Swedish styled...
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The Solemn Curse – Gateways to Eternity
By Craig Haze Back in 2012, UK death metallers Binah released their debut album, Hallucinating in Resurrecture. It was an excellent squally mass of esoteric filth—check it out, forthwith—and at the...
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Hypocrisy – End of Disclosure
By Ola Mazzuca Peter Tägtgren is killin’ em on Hypocrisy’s latest. That’s why they call it death metal. The Swedes deliver strong melody and gut wrenching lyricism on End of Disclosure, a monstrous...
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Death to All / Anciients @ Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, April 28, 2013
Review by Laura Wiebe; Photos by Adam Wills Last year some of the original members of Florida extreme metal pioneers Death got together with special guests to play some shows. The all-star metal...
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Decibel Magazine Tour 2013 @ Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, May 31, 2013
By Matt Hinch, Cannibal Corpse concert photos by Adam Wills* Toronto’s Phoenix played host to the second installment of The Decibel Magazine Tour. Where last year’s tour was Satanically based, this...
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Pyres – Year of Sleep
By Gruesome Greg I don’t deny that I’m not as plugged-in to the local scene as I used to be, so if it takes the label sending me a promo to get on board with Toronto sludge squad Pyres, so be it. I...
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Coffins – The Fleshland
By Gruesome Greg While this probably takes a back seat to their countrymen in Church of Misery for me, just the fact that this Japanese death-doom squad has a new album out is saying something in...
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Exhumed – Necrocracy
By William Seay A new album from Exhumed almost seemed unlikely just a few years ago, but with the 2011 “comeback” album All Guts, No Glory, we saw a startlingly polished return to form. Exhumed have...
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Fleshgod Apocalypse – Labyrinth
By Ola Mazzuca “Come esco di qua?” You’ll be asking, “How do I get out of here?” in Italian upon first listen of Labyrinth, the third release from brutal Romans, Fleshgod Apocalypse. It’s a sonic maze...
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Grave Miasma – Odori Sepulcrorum
By Matt Hinch Finally rising from the catacombs buried deep in the blood soaked soils of London is the debut full length from Grave Miasma. It is eight tracks of demented and ethereal death metal sure...
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Gorguts / Origin / Nero Di Marte / Fragile Existence @ Annex Wreckroom,...
Review and photos by Danielle Griscti When I was asked by my friends in Fragile Existence to come out and try my hand at doing some video recording, I had no idea what I was in for with the rest of...
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Slaughterday – Nightmare Vortex
By Rob Kachluba FDA Rekotz, the home of dirty rotten metal, is fast becoming one of my fave metal labels. Already in the past few years they have released many faves of mine including Deserted Fear...
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Noothgrush/Coffins split
By Gruesome Greg Both of these bands are certainly no stranger to splits—this is Noothgrush’s 11th and the 16th(!) for Coffins. And while they’ve shared sides with the likes of Sourvein, Hooded...
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Axeslasher – Anthology of Terror Vol. 1
By Matt Hinch Earlier this year Denver/LA thrashers Axeslasher teased us with the “Mark of the Pizzagram/Invasion of the Babesnatchers” single. That was to become the lead track(s) on Anthology of...
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Crimson Shadows: Ready to Take on the World
Interview by Laura Wiebe Hellbound is a Canadian-based metal site. That doesn’t determine our coverage – we can appreciate, evaluate and cover heavy tunes from anywhere in the world. But we do like to...
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