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Ultra-technical, ultra-progressive madmen Dysrhythmia have a new album on the way from Profound Lore. The title: Test of Submission. The title track is streaming above, the album is looking at an August 28th release date. The band features underground metal icons Kevin Hufnagel (Byla, Gorguts, While Heaven Wept) and Colin
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With some new and improved production, Deathspell Omega’s ultra-dense approach to progressive metal is sounding more brutal than ever. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Horrorscension by Behold… The Arctopus Instrumental death metal monsters Behold… The Arctopus are back with a vengence on this new track, “Disintegore.” The New York trio continues to write some of the most technical and difficult-to-comprehend metal think pieces like it’s absolutely nothing. It’s been about five years
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20012 by Orthrelm Orthrelm is an experimental metal project spearheaded by guitarist Mick Barr. Orthrelm material has been pretty scant since 2005’s OV, but now Barr is back with drummer Josh Blair with some new material on an EP titled 20012. Technically, the musicianship here is pretty incredible, creating
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MP3 Brighton producer Ambassadeurs has released a new track from his upcoming untitled album. This track is technically impressive, and incorporates numerous vocal samples. The synthesizers swirl together psychedelically, but the percussion here really ties it all together, keeping the pace fast and interesting. Even with all these different aspects
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Coming out March 26h on Nuclear Blast, here is a track from the forthcoming Meshuggah album, Koloss. Like usual, the band’s riffs hit a strong, oddly timed groove. Stylistically, it’s nothing incredibly new for the band, but I think it still manages to reach a darker shade of
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Vektor’s latest album continues further down the road the Arizona band set for itself on 2009’s Black Future. It’s certainly a more dynamic and melodic release, but I was ultimately hoping for a stronger difference between this album and its predecessor. Still, these tunes embrace Vektor’s
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On its debut EP, this UK outfit finds a way to translate flashy musicianship into a filthy, disturbing reinterpretation of technical death metal. Oh, there’s a bit of grindcore in here, too. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Abhorrent Evolution | EP 2011 by Oblivionized The debut EP from the UK’s Oblivionized is now getting a North American release thanks to the people at Comatose Music. You guys know I love death metal, but usually the technical side of the genre doesn’t do too much for me.
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Hello, my Needle Drops. Wow, that looks weird typed to me. Well, let’s move on. Track review time. ‘Nother text one. Hey, when y’all read this, do you hear it in your heads as my voice? Weird, right? Right now, we’re focusing on a track from a
