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Clan of Xymox - Exodus / Metropolis Records (2024)

Clan of Xymox – Exodus (Album Review)

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Looking back in time, in 1980 a little record label out of London formed going by the name of 4AD. Subscribing to a unique outlook to music than other labels, their formative years had an impressive list of artists; including Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Modern English, ... Read More
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Priest – Dark Pulse (Album Review)

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An idea that began to take shape in darkness of the underground somewhere in Berlin, Germany back in 2010, Priest have become an electronic musical odyssey unto themselves. First releasing their debut album New Flesh back in 2017, to raise further awareness of their material existence, ... Read More
GOST - Prophecy

Gost – Prophecy (Album Review)

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Sometimes collaborative efforts make an album soar, and sometimes to get it right… it just needs to be accomplished alone. The case with James Lollar and his project Gost; a one mind, one man band of unique artistry in the Electronic, Synthwave, and Black Metal ... Read More
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HOST – IX (Album Review)

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Founding fathers of what is called the Gothic Metal sound, Paradise Lost are perhaps one of the most underappreciated bands in all of Metal music. Originally a Doom Metal with Death Metal elements early on, by the early ‘90s they were already morphing into what ... Read More