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The Work (2021) – Rivers Of Nihil
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Feels like it’s been recorded inside an alien spaceship. Razorsharp guitar-swarming with icy elements and dreamy twists create a hostile sterility, dissecting ears… smoothly.
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Reluctant Hero (2020) – Killer Be Killed
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Improved chemistry between unique lead figures, coming from core, thrash and prog music.
Whether mid-tempo or full throttle, the formula works almost for itself.
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Machine Head – The Blackening (2007)
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2000s Master Of Puppets – hate dripping riff monument and post 90s Metal anthem.
Celebrated likewise by ‚True‘ metalheads and prog snobs. All killer, no filler!
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Forever (2017) – Code Orange
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Take basic hardcore formulas, crush it with industrial creepiness and put it back together. You either love or hate Frankenstein´s vicious monster. So eat shit!
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Quiet World (2015) – Native Construct
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Man nehme ein Zuckerberg’sches Berklee-Studentengenie, weitere Sessionmusiker, hohe Ambitionen sowie nötiges Kleingeld um das untypischste Debüt(!) voller erwachsenem Songwriting und dichter Konzeptstrukturierung aufzunehmen.
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Don‘t Touch The Outside (2018) – Thomas Giles
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BTBAM‘s Tommy präsentiert auf viertem Album eine übersichtliche Palette an alternativem Synthrock.
Seine eigen(en) verspielten Songwritingmerkmale verbindet er mit den besonderen Stilen der etwaigen Gastauftritte.
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The Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer (2013)
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5. Album dieser extremen (Live)Band zeigt weder Songwritingmakel noch Altersschwäche.
Chaotisches Instrumentgeficke vs. anzügliche Ambientparts.
Ein Killerclown mit Überdosis Cannabis.
Sex, Math, out of control.
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Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (2018) – Deafheaven
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Die hipsterigen Post-Black Metaller kommen mit diesem starken Stück voll Emotion zurück.
Verträumtes Gitarrengenudel mit unerwartend stimmungsbrechenden Soli, zitternde Wutanfälle und passiv aggressive Vocals.
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When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) – Billie Eilish
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2010’s pop-mainstream album that seems inexplicably ground breaking.
I duh-nno…
Minimalist music, quiet but clear voice.
A cranky all-rounder BUT strange trendsetter.
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Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues (2011) – Between The Buried And Me
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Half hour overture for upcoming Parallax album, which teases first astral/ galactic themes, but mainly filters and represents the bands essence in just 3 songs.
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Heavy Yoke (2018) – Azusa
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The first half was absolutely amazing, surprisingly fresh mixtures of sounds crawled into my ears.
Unfortunately, the second half can’t hold up with the beginning.
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Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) Periphery
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Pepper and sugar equally measured.
On one hand Djent’s most bloodcurdling brutality.
On the other sprinkled with karaoke enthusiastic cheesy stadium-pop.
Strongest work yet.
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The Ruiner (2008) Made Out Of Babies
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Mother of daddy issues with the most engaging female vocals I‘ve ever heard.
Grungy, sludgy, noisy stew with spicy chunks of thick flesh and bones.
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Dog Fashion Disco – Experiments In Embryos (2018)
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90’s zu Unrecht unbekannte Patton-beeinflusste Alternativeband spielt auch 2018 noch derben Riffrock.
Songs zünden dank eingängigen Vocalphrases, roher Gitarre-Bass-Power und skurrilen Trompeten.
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Head Cage (2018) – Pig Destroyer
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Addierung des Bassisten macht einen gewaltigen Soundunterschied für dieses brachiale Album. Besonders die Riff-(parts) sind zum Zunge schnalzen. Ideal für headbang-springendes Wohnzimmer-moshing.
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Altars Of Madness (1989) – Morbid Angel
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80er Metal Nachwirkungen, originelles Cover, Solo an Solo, fanatischer Okkultismus – Diese Death Metal-Blaupause mit ihrem Florida-Sound bahnt unendlich viele Wege für kommende Großtaten.
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Angel Dust (1992) – Faith No More
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Tiefer in den bunten Sumpf voller vielseitiger Kreaturen der Nacht. Patton mal Sirene, mal Wendigo. Und dank leider letztem (elementarem) Mitwirken Metalgitarrist Jim Martins Swansong.