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Mystras – Empires Vanquished And Dismantled (I, Voidhanger)
History and geography lesson time from Ayloss of Spectral Lore as he follows up debut Mystras release ‘Castles Conquered And Reclaimed,’ which was certainly a fascinating album. It mixed burgeoning...
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W.E.B. – Colosseum (Metal Blade)
The title of this album reflects the violence and bloodthirstiness of the public in Ancient Roman times when attending spectacles at the Colosseum. “Panem et Circenses” (Bread and Circuses) was how the...
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Abyssus – Death Revival (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Since 2011 Abyssus have been churning out death metal, Greek style. They’ve a string of EP’s, split releases and latest offering “Death Revival” is their third full length. The band have continued to...
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Nightrage – Abyss Rising (Despotz Records)
Sometimes it is nice to simply press play on an album and get exactly what you expected, no gimmicks, no trends, just a good old energetic thrashing from start to finish. Nightrage led through thick...
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ΑΧΕΡΟΝΤΑΣ / Acherontas – The Seven Tongues of ΔΑΗΜΩΝ (Zazen Sounds)
A new Acherontas album is always a dark pleasure, the last ‘Psychic Death’ did shatter my perceptions and has hardly left the CD player since purchase. Since then, a name change to ΑΧΕΡΟΝΤΑΣ has been...
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Achelous – The Icewind Chronicles (No Remorse Records)
What’s the nerdiest influence on a metal band you’ve ever heard of? I always thought that Slough Feg had got the winner there, what with their album based on the classic pen and paper RPG, “Traveller”....
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Playgrounded – The Death of Death (Pelagic)
I first encountered Playgrounded in 2012 when they released their ep “Athens”. It is an outstanding progressive work. It flowed, and had great impact without needing to exaggerate or place themselves...
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Amaltheia – Amaltheia (Godz Ov War)
I usually do some research about a band before reviewing them unless the are well known to me. However for Amaltheia I decided to go in “blind”, so I had no idea what to expect, other than a friend...
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Agnes Vein – Deathcall (Venerate Industries)
Right off the bat, I really wasn’t sure what I was going to get when I popped this CD into the player. The only things I knew were that Agnes Vein were a Greek band, but upon further inspection I found...
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SepticFlesh – Modern Primitive (Nuclear Blast)
Formed over thirty years ago and with ten albums under their belt, the eleventh is to be released on Nuclear Blast five years since the last record. The Filmharmonic Orchestra of Prague is back, but...
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