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Within The Abyss – Darren’s Top 10 Black Metal Albums
How can one write a black metal column and not have a top list? He/she can’t. Sure, I published an …
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Ted Nugent – Detroit Muscle Review
Ted Nugent, The Motor City Madman, returns with another clinic on how to shred blues guitar. While a lot of …
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Incite Interview
American heavy metal, it’s God-damn electric, as a leader of American metal, Philip Anselmo once said in his band, Pantera. …
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Destruction – Diabolical Review
German thrash legends Destruction return with another fine offering of thrash metal in Diabolical. The said album is monumental as …
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Within The Abyss: March 2022
Welcome to another installment of the monthly black metal column Within The Abyss, examining black metal from all around the …
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Midnight – Let There Be Witchery Review
Cleveland masked miscreants Midnight return with a another slab of sleaze in Let There Be Witchery. The title is a …
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Vio-Lence Interview
Vio-Lence are a crucial San Francisco Bay-Area thrash band. Forming in 1985, their 1988 debut full-length Eternal Nightmare is hailed …
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Within The Abyss: February 2022
Welcome to the February 2022 installment of Within The Abyss. Each month I shed a light, or darkness, on seven …
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Immolation – Acts Of God Review
New York death metal legends Immolation return with their eleventh studio album, Acts Of God. It follows the highly acclaimed …
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Ashes Of Ares Interview
Most of our readers know Matt Barlow as the former vocalist of Iced Earth. He showed incredible range and passion …
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Within The Abyss: January 2022
The world may have taken a full trip around the sun, but there Within The Abyss remains in frost-bitten shadows. …
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Within The Abyss: 2021 Best Albums
Welcome to the year-end best of Within The Abyss. 2021 was a good first year filled with many great black …
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Within The Abyss: November 2021
We have come to the end our shadowy journey for 2021. This is the last column for the year with …
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Within The Abyss: October 2021
Welcome to another installment of Within The Abyss. Each month we review black metal albums from all over the world, …
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Cradle Of Filth – Existence Is Futile Review
British gothic metal icons Cradle Of Filth once again open Pandora’s Box with Existence Is Futile. The group’s thirteenth album …
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Cradle Of Filth Interview
2021 is a landmark year for Cradle Of Filth. The group have achieved a milestone. This year marks the band’s …
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Within The Abyss: September 2021
Welcome to another installment of Within The Abyss. Each month I review albums from humanity’s darkest form of music, black …
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Arcturus Interview
Arcturus are at the forefront of the Norwegian metal scene with their mind-expanding brand of music. They were a vastly …
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Within The Abyss: August 2021
Welcome to another installment of Within The Abyss. Each month I dissect albums from the global black metal scene with …
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Within The Abyss: July 2021
Within The Abyss is a monthly black metal column meant to shed light (or darkness) on black metal albums featuring …
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Within The Abyss: June 2021
Welcome satanic hordes to another installment of Within The Abyss. Each month we review black metal albums from bands from …
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Grief Collector Interview
Minneapolis-based Grief Collector are a three-piece doom collective featuring vocalist Robert Lowe. Many of our readers will recognized the name …
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Impaled Nazarene – Eight Headed Serpent Review
Eight Headed Serpent is Impaled Nazarene’s thirteenth album in a career that stretches over 30 years. Once again the group …