One Line Metal Reviews

Quick reviews of metal music & more for the busy connoisseur, 10/10 \m/

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Irreversible Mechanism - “Immersion” (2018) Normally tech-death doesn’t click with me, but this release has such strong ambiance and prog elements! 8/10 \m/ (click pic to listen or download at name-your-price)

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Rattenfänger - Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum (2012) Absolutely medieval death metal 7/10 (click pic to listen)

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Alluvial - “The Deep Longing for Annihilation” (2017) It can be legitimately haunting when it’s not being djanky. 5/10 (click pic to listen)

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Almyrkvi - “Umbra” (2017) Cosmic and dank 7/10 (click pic to listen)

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[NEW RELEASE] Harbinger - “Compelled to Suffer” (2019) A fun release with everything from tech death to groove to -core. 7/10 (click pic to listen)

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Andy Rive - “Acclimation” (2015) It’s fun. 7/10 (click pic to listen)

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Terraform - “Zenith” (2015) It’s fun, iron-heavy, and a bit bouncy. 8/10 \m/ (click pic to listen)

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Let the Ocean Scream - “Another Victim” (2018) I mean, it’s death/metalcore, 6/10 (click pic to listen)

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The Northern - “Solstice” (2017) The instrumentals are actually groovy and bouncy, but the vocals drag the whole thing down. 5/10 (click pic to listen)

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Periphery - “Periphery III: Select Difficulty” (2016) Not only is this their lightest release, but Spencer Sotelo’s voice has risen to new heights of cringe 3/10 (click pic to listen)

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Be They Will Become - “Soulbound” (2015) So much variety that even a long album of slow music flies by. There’s a lot here. 9/10 \m/ (click pic to listen or buy at name-your-price)

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NEW RELEASE Aphyxion - “Void” (2019) A serviceable followup to Aftermath, though the addition of some almost poppy clean parts hinder the delivery. 6/10 (click pic to listen)

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Seas of Conflict - “Vestige” (2017) It does a good job bucking a lot of the more tiresome metalcore trends 8/10 \m/ (click pic to listen or download at name-your-price)

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Centinex - “Redeeming Filth” (2014) It’s a bit silly, but there’s still some crusty death metal here to be had 6/10 (click pic to listen)

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Exist Immortal - “Dream Sequence” (2013) More djent from the golden age. 7/10 (click pic to listen)

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Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard / Slomatics - “Totems” (2018) It’s slow - but don’t you expect that? 6/10 (click pic to listen)

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[NEW RELEASE] Amon Amarth - “Berserker” (2019) Where are all the heavy riffs? 7/10 (click pic to listen)