REVIEWS
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Dimmu Borgir 'Grand Serpent Rising' Review: Scale Without Drift
Dimmu Borgir's Grand Serpent Rising is huge, controlled, and sharper when the guitars are allowed to fight through the orchestration.
#dimmu-borgir#grand-serpent-rising#symphonic-black-metal6 min
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Wage War ‘It Calls Me By Name’ EP Review: Five Songs, Zero Filler
Wage War’s new EP ‘It Calls Me By Name’ is five songs of Florida heat: grooves, bounce, and metalcore bite with zero wasted seconds.
#wage-war#metalcore#ep4 min
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From Ashes To New ‘Reflections’ Review: Hook-Heavy, Hard-Hitting, and Built for Repeat Spins
From Ashes to New sharpen the hooks and keep enough weight on Reflections to make this modern alt-metal record stick past the first chorus.
#from-ashes-to-new#reflections#alt-metal4 min
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Review: Lamb of God 'Into Oblivion' — Angry, Dangerous, and Unapologetic
Twelve albums deep and Randy Blythe is still the bringer of truth. 'Into Oblivion' is Lamb of God at their most focused and furious since 'Wrath' — a controlled
#lamb-of-god#reviews#groove-metal4 min
