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Exocrine – Legend (Season of Mist)

From the world of technical progressive metal come Exocrine with their sixth album. I know two of them, and recall that they manage the complexity very well. So I hoped for more of the same here. After easing us in,… Continue Reading →

Otargos – Fleshborer Soulflayer (XenoKorp)

It was 2015 since we last heard from these malevolent French destructors. Since they released Xeno Kaos back in 2015 they have marked their 20th anniversary and had a couple of line-up shuffles. Firstly after a few years in the… Continue Reading →

Empyreal Vault – Judgement (Great Dane Records)

There is something about the album artwork by Samuel Nelson that fixed me about this sophomore by this French band. I’ve stared at it and analysed a number of times and I’ve even got it as my computer desktop image,… Continue Reading →

Exocrine – Maelstrom (Unique Leader)

There is something about Tech Death labels that just exudes quality, as if they’re a magnet for exceptional bands. Perhaps it’s something in the music that demands a certain type of competitive attitude to be the best musician. I’ve always… Continue Reading →

Empyreal Vault – S/T (Great Dane Records)

If you had told me a couple or three years ago that Deathcore would see a resurgence and on top of that become palatable I would have laughed in your face. Yet here we are, a new age of Deathcore… Continue Reading →

Exocrine – Unreal Existence (Great Dane)

This album belies the fact that it is this French band’s debut release. I was surprised to learn this after listening to “Unreal Existence”. Heavily progressive and specialising in technical and complex patterns, it has real purpose. Fire comes in… Continue Reading →

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