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Fuck The Facts - Pleine Noirceur

12/7/2020

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Band: FUCK THE FACTS
Album: Pleine Noirceur
Country: Canada
Genre: Grindcore
Label: Noise Salvation

​Release Date: November 20, 2020
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10/10
Pleine Noirceur will undoubtedly go down in history as a masterful sonic experience that beautifully bends genre, emotion & talent to its will. This is perhaps the most complete journey into FUCK THE FACTS bastardized existence that we have heard to date. 
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FROGG - A Reptilian Dystopia

12/31/2019

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Band: FROGG
Album: A Reptilian Dystopia (EP)
Country: USA
Genre: Technical Metal
Label: Independent

​Release Date: January 17, 2020
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9/10
FROGG have succeeded where others in the tech-metal cesspool have failed this year. They have produced a fresh & enjoyable 5-course meal of  original organic riffs, unsaturated with lameness & paired impeccably with a robust production worthy of all bedroom audio nerdz.
A Reptilian Dystopia should be a huge part of everyone's 2020 playlist.
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September 04th, 2019

9/4/2019

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CELL - Ancient Incantations of Xarbos

9/3/2019

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Band: CELL 
Album: Ancient Incantations of Xarbos
Country: Canada
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Independent

​Release Date: October 4, 2019
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8.5/10
Canadian Black Metal maniacs CELL have released one hell of a new album! This is a genre-bending, face-melting, dimension-crossing, mind-fucking experience that crosses all of the streams that should not be crossed.  Ancient Incantations of Xarbos  is a frenetic cosmic voyage into sheer madness, guided by an immense display of raw, heavy metal magic.
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Sophist - Betrothal To The Stone: Conception of Mephisto

8/30/2019

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Band: SOPHIST
Album: Betrothal to the Stone: Conception of Mephisto
Country: Canada
Genre: Grind / Black Metal
Label: Independent

​Release Date: August 16, 2019
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7/10
Betrothal to the Stone: Conception of Mephisto is an EP that should be shunned based on production & cover art alone, yet it is a defiantly and remarkably strong musical release. SOPHIST have cleverely entwined grind & black metal like venomous snakes mating on a bed of putrefying flesh. Dive deep into this EP and your reward shall be deathly sweet.
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Tales of the Tomb - Volume Two: Mendacium

8/30/2019

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Band: TALES OF THE TOMB
Album: Volume Two: Mendacium
Country: Canada
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Independent

​Release Date: September 27, 2019
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 8/10
Canada is reguarly securing itself at the top of the death metal food chain by churning out killer, talented and unique bands. Although not unique, TALES OF THE TOMB are definitely killer!  Their new, independently released EP is heavy as ice and laced up with razor-sharp production. 
Volume Two: Mendacium is a non-stop frosty riff fest, delivered on a moose-poutine platter of awesome production thanks to the Canucks over at The Grid. Slapshot your wallets & pick up this death metal gem on September 27. Fackin' giver, eh.
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Witch Vomit - Buried Deep In A Bottomless Grave

8/30/2019

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Band: WITCH VOMIT
Album: Buried Deep In A Bottomless Grave
Country: United States
Genre: Death Metal
Label: 20 Buck Spin
https://www.20buckspin.com/

​Release Date: August 30, 2019
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WITCH VOMIT have solidified themselves as one of today's most menacing death metal outfits with the unleashing of their newest record via 20 Buck Spin.  Every once in a while, an album gets released to balance the metal scales, sending weak-ass poseurs back to their depths of their parent's basement to weep in fear. WITCH VOMIT have done exactly that with Buried Deep In A Bottomless Grave. This is a must-have record for any trve death metal fan.
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CULTED - VESPERTINA SYNAXIS - A PRAYER FOR UNION & EMPTINESS

8/27/2019

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Band: CULTED
Album: Vespertina Synaxis: A Prayer for Union & Emptiness
Country: Sweden / Canada
Genre: Doom / Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist
http://www.season-of-mist.com

​Release Date: August 30, 2019
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8.5/10
CULTED dive deep into the tenebrous depths of  blackened doom with a malevolent display of control, ushering an unnerving atmosphere that glimpses into the angered mayhem that lurks beneath it all. Vespertina Synaxis: A Prayer for Union & Emptiness is more than an EP; it's the musical embodiment of a corpse decaying in the moonlight.
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Cemetery Lights - The Underworld

8/27/2019

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Band: CEMETERY LIGHTS
Album: The Underworld

Country: United States
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions
http://nwnprod.com/

​Release Date: August 31, 2019
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The Underworld by CEMETERY LIGHTS is one of the most underwhelming & uninspired albums of this century. Sometimes, garage bands need to stay in the goddamn garage. 
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Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance

8/27/2019

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Band: TOMB MOLD
Album: Planetary Clairvoyance
Country: Canada
Genre: Death Metal
Label: 20 Buck Spin
https://www.20buckspin.com/

​Release Date: July 19, 2019
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9/10
Planetary Clairvoyance is a straight-up, in-your-face, zero bullshit death metal album that authentically stands out from the overcrowded and the overproduced . TOMB MOLD are a lethal death metal organism destined to propagate and infect soyboy scenester fuckpads with their unapologetic brand of cellulose-degrading brutality.
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Dissentient - Portal III

8/27/2019

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Band: DISSENTIENT
Album: Portal III

Country: Canada
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Label: Independent

​Release Date: August 23, 2019
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8.5/10
If you want to know what it feels like to get clusterfucked by a hailstorm of death metal binary, tap into DISSENTIENT's circuitry. Their newest album, Portal III, is a balanced, precise and well-coded progressive yet mechanical machine that takes its time to unravel all of its hidden Easter eggs. If foreplay had an anthem, this would be it.
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Devourment - Obscene Majesty

8/27/2019

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Band: DEVOURMENT
Album: Obscene Majesty
Country: United States
Genre: Brutal Death/Slam
Label: Relapse Records
https://store.relapse.com/

​Release Date: August 16, 2019
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5/10
DEVOURMENT return after 6 years with Obscene Majesty - an album so slamtastic & heavy that it decimated all clarity, leaving nothing but a decapitated stump to molest. This album has all of the potential to be majestic but falls short with its obscene production.
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Gorezone - Implexaeon

8/26/2019

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Band: GOREZONE
Album: Implexaeon
Country: Germany
Genre: Brutal Death Grind
Label: Rising Nemesis Records
http://risingnemesisrecords.bigcartel.com/

​Release Date: August 24, 2019
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GOREZONE unleashes an unrelenting assault on the senses, determined to hack your face into morsels of bloodsoaked flesh with Implexaeon. It's an impressive amalgamation of sheer lunacy and raw talent. If Implexaeon doesn't make you want to wipe out humanity, we don't know what will.
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ShADOW OF INTENT - MELANCHOLY

8/25/2019

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Band: SHADOW OF INTENT
Album: Melancholy

Country: United States
Genre: Symphonic Deathcore
Label: Independent

​Release Date: August 16, 2019
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7/10
Melancholy is an incredibly unique deathcore album with a ton of depth and creativity that will get you pumped, especially on the first or second spin.
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WORMED - METAPORTAL

8/25/2019

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Band: WORMED
Album: Metaportal
Country: Spain
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Season of Mist
http://www.season-of-mist.com

​Release Date: June 19, 2019
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5/10
WORMED managed to slip into a vortex of mediocrity with Metaportal. It lacks the substance that WORMED is known to create & falls especially flat due to the album's duration.
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BEHEADED - ONLY DEATH CAN SAVE YOU

8/25/2019

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Band: BEHEADED
Album: Only Death Can Save You
Country: Malta
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Agonia Records
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https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com

​Release Date: June 14, 2019
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7/10
BEHEADED delivers Only Death Can Save You on a finely crafted Maltese platter - a solid death metal album without any surprises, garnished with a killer production and a dash of no mercy.
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Eclipser - Pathos

8/25/2019

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Band: ECLIPSER
Album: Pathos
Country: Canada
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Label: Noise Salvation
​https://noisesalvation.bandcamp.com

​Release Date: September 6, 2019
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9/10
Pathos is a refreshing album that holds nothing back, delivering fiery punch after fiery punch until you are nothing but ash being carried away by a cold winter wind.
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Humanity's Last Breath - Abyssal

8/24/2019

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Band: HUMANITY'S LAST BREATH
Album: Abyssal

Country: Sweden
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Unique Leader Records
https://www.uniqueleader.com


​Release Date: August 2, 2019
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Abyssal is a terrifying journey into the depths of death metal madness; an unequivocal masterpiece that properly merges a variety of musical elements into a cohesive maelstrom of heaviness. HUMANITY'S LAST BREATH are unpretentious in their creative prowess and deliver a stellar album from end to end.
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Accursed Spawn - The Virulent Host

8/24/2019

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Band: ACCURSED SPAWN
Album: The Virulent Host

Country: Canada
Genre: Death Metal
Label: PRC Music
http://www.prcmusic.com/ 

​Release Date: March 20, 2019
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ACCURSED SPAWN serve up an album with a little bit of everything in it for everyone. Dig through the treble to find some crushing death metal riffs lurking in a thrash metal sea of anger, waiting to devour any poseur swimming unaware. The Virulent Host should be a part of every trve metalhead's playlist.
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Misery Index - Rituals Of Power

8/24/2019

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Band: MISERY INDEX
Album: Rituals of Power

Country: United States
Genre: Death/Grind
Label: Season of Mist
http://season-of-mist.com

​Release Date: March 8, 2019
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9/10
It doesn't take more than getting through a few songs on this album to realize it's one of the strongest releases of 2019. Rituals of Power by Misery Index is a formidable death metal album, technically crafted from beginning to end, while retaining the grind angst from which they came.
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