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MetalMatters: February 2020 – Running on All Cylinders
Envy – The Fallen Crimson (Temporary Residence) Envy have been one of the pioneering acts
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MetalMatters: March 2020 – Self Isolation
Afterbirth – Four Dimensional Flesh (Unique Leader) An obsessed, out of control motorized orchestra. Heavy
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MetalMatters: April 2020 – Notes from the Quarantine
Aara – En Ergô Einai (Debemur Morti Productions) For all its bleakness and inherent nihilism,
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MetalMatters: May 2020 – Adapting to Reality
Árstíðir lífsins – Saga á tveim tungum II: Eigi fjǫll né firðir (Van Records) Iceland’s
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MetalMatters: July 2020 – Back on Track
Bedsore – Hypnagogic Hallucinations (20 Buck Spin) Now, this is a recipe that requires a
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MetalMatters: August 2020 – Busier Than Usual
Ars Magna Umbrae – Apotheosis (I, Voidhanger) Ars Magna Umbrae‘s 2018 LP Lunar Ascension remains
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of November 2020
Blood From the Soul – DSM-5 (Deathwish Inc.) There is no argument in how pioneering
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of November 2020
Blood From the Soul – DSM-5 (Deathwish Inc.) There is no argument in how pioneering
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The 20 Best Metal Albums of 2020
20. Black Curse – Endless Wound (Sepulchral Voice) In 2015 members of acclaimed acts Primitive
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of December 2020
Post-rock legends Jesu return after seven years, chameleonic rockers Boris collaborate once more with noise fiend Merzbow, and Dan Barrett unleashes Black Wing's sophomore record.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of January 2021
Cretan Smash by Balothizer Balothizer – Cretan Smash (Louvana) Full disclosure: I’m cheating a bit.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of February 2021
In a month of epic returns, Cult of Luna reinvigorate the post-metal flames, The Ruins of Beverast plunge to their blackened sludge depths and Emptiness take a hard post-punk turn.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of March 2021
This month in metal, Grindcore explorers Genghis Tron return, Krallice and Mare Cognitum push black metal to the extremes and sludge pioneers Eyehategod strike again.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of April 2021
This month in metal: Spectral Lore push progressive black metal's boundaries, post-rock pioneers Godspeed You! Black Emperor return, and modern thrashers Evile tweak their sound to arise after eight...
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of May 2021
Lockdowns are slowly easing, the heatwave is getting closer, and May fully delivered with an abundance of heavy releases.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of June 2021
Summer is upon us, and we have some heavy tunes to go with it.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of July 2021
We get everything from the extreme metal spectrum, old school black and death metal records, and more modern interpretations in a very busy July.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of August 2021
Normally, August is regarded as a slow month when it comes to new music. But this August dropped an abundance of metal, spreading across the spectrum.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of September 2021
Here we are with the September crop of the best heavy music, featuring everything across the board from extreme metal to noise and post-rock.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of October 2021
October's best new heavy albums feature everything from the black metal debut of Feral Season, melodic black/death of Be'lakor and Necrofier, and the dissonant debut of Eos.
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