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AN NCS PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): TEMPLE OF DAGON —“REVELATIONS OF THE SPIRIT”
I’m going to apologize in advance for a potential excess of enthusiasm about the new EP by Temple of Dagon that we’re about to premiere, but I can’t help myself and there’s no one here to stop me....
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SEEN AND HEARD: DEMONWOMB, ISVIND, HARDBANGER, ABYSSGALE, THRONE OF MOLOK
Well, just this past weekend I made a big deal about how I was going to be out of town for 2 weeks in Texas working day and night for my fucking day job and dismally watching the content on our site...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: VICTORIAN WHORE DOGS —“HOBO CHIC”
(Andy Synn reviews the latest EP by Victorian Whore Dogs, from Guildford in the UK.) Let’s make this quick, shall we? I’m sure we’ve all got things to do, and places to be. In short, Hobo Chic is...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: MEGIDDO —“THE HOLOCAUST MESSIAH”
Roughly 13 years have passed since Toronto’s Megiddo put out an album, and aside from a trio of splits in 2003, I don’t think there’s been any new music from the band at all since then — until...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: EXILE THE TRAITOR —“WINTER ETERNAL”
(Andy Synn reviews the new EP by Scotland’s Exile the Traitor.) Ok, let’s address the elephant in the room right away, shall we? Melodic Death/Core marauders Exile The Traitor really like The Black...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: SANZU —“PAINLESS”
(Andy Synn reviews the debut EP by Sanzu.) Much like another recent review of mine, it’s impossible to conduct any sort of write-up of the debut EP by Australian Death Metal troubadours Sanzu...
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SEEN AND HEARD: MOHICANS, HORRIZON, ANIMUS MORTIS, BLACK SPACE RIDERS
After two weeks in Texas, I’ve had 36 hours in Seattle and am now about to head north to Vancouver, with two bodyguards to fend off the paparazzi, of course. We will be taking in a Bolt Thrower show...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: BARÚS —“BARÚS”
(Andy Synn wrote this review of the debut EP by a French band named Barús.) Ladies and gentlemen, I need you to stop whatever you’re doing and listen to this. This deserves your complete attention....
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SEEN AND HEARD: AVULSED, COFFINS, CLARET ASH, CETUS
We had a busy day at the site yesterday, and I thought I wouldn’t have time to explore new music. But my wife decided to strand me at home last night while she went out and whooped it up with some...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: NEGATIVE MANTRA —“A HYMN TO DISAPPOINTMENT”
Negative Mantra is a new band, but its members are well known from other projects over a period of many years. When I saw those names — as well as the name they chose for their band — I had a high...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: WILD HUNT —“SCROLL AND URN”
(Andy Synn reviews the new EP by Wild Hunt from the Bay Area of California.) So I’ve really been enjoying discovering all these EPs lately. It’s not exactly been a conscious thing though, it just...
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BARGHEST: “INTO WEEPING FIRMAMENT”— A REVIEW (AND BARGHEST TOUR NEWS)
Into Weeping Firmament, the new EP by Barghest from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is simply overpowering. From the obliterating drum assault in the opening seconds of the first song it seizes the...
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OLD WITCH AND KEEPER: A SPLIT
(Grant Skelton makes a quick pitch for the new split release by Old Witch and Keeper.) There have been some amazing splits released of late. I’m still heavily imbibing the Altars Of...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: HUMAN BODIES —“DEMO MMXV”
Today I’ve prepared brief reviews of five short releases that I discovered since the end of last week. All five of them are very strong, and all but one are available on Bandcamp. This is the first....
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SHORT BUT SWEET: ACERO LETAL —“VELOZ INVENCIBLE / DURO METAL”
I’m devoting almost all of my posts today to a series of five short releases I discovered since last week, and this is the second of those. ACERO LETAL Acero Letal (“lethal steel”) are from Chile,...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: ALTARAGE —“MMXV”
I’m devoting almost all of my posts today to a series of short releases that I discovered since the end of last week, and this is the third one of those. ALTARAGE Altarage are a Spanish death metal...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: SENTIENCE —“SPLINTER THE CROSS”
I’m devoting almost all of my posts today to five short releases that I discovered since last week, all of them very strong, and this is the fourth of those. SENTIENCE I discovered New Jersey’s...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: CARCINOMA —“CARCINOMA”
I’ve been devoting almost all of my posts today to a series of short releases that I discovered since the end of last week. This is the fifth and final one. CARINOMA Carcinoma are based in Plymouth,...
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RIFF POWER: APE CAVE, BLACK EARTH, BLOOD RED THRONE, CLANDESTINE BLAZE,...
I have for you a big selection of new and newly discovered songs and videos that I’d like to recommend. As you can tell, I got tired of using the “Seen and Heard” title for these round-ups, at least...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: GENOCIDE PACT AND CAVEMAN CULT
I got a tip about the two releases featured in this post by NCS contributor KevinP. In this instance, I think he paired these recommendations because the two bands happen to be playing together on...
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