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Review: Kylver - The Gobi

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Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 14th November 2025 Continuing my journey to catch up with the bands who were kind enough to contact me directly with a release, I’ve come across Newcastle…

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February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM

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Review: Void Monuments - Posthumous Imprecation

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Review: Void Monuments – Posthumous Imprecation

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 16th January 2026 The debut record from Russia death metallers Void Monuments has been in the works since their birth in 2020s St Petersburg, and after a brief …

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February 2, 2026 at 12:43 AM

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2026 Anniversary Series 008: In Flames - Come Clarity

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2026 Anniversary Series 008: In Flames – Come Clarity

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 3rd February 2006 It seems an odd thing to remember that Swedish melodeath legends In Flames were very much doubted on the follow up to ‘Soundtrack to Yo…

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February 2, 2026 at 12:17 AM

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The Big January Riff Collection

February 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM

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2026 Anniversary Series 07: The Devin Townsend Band - Synchestra

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2026 Anniversary Series 007: The Devin Townsend Band – Synchestra

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 31st January 2006 Canadian polymath Devin Townsend has always been a man to confound expectations, to write music that will surprise and inflame its listeners,…

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February 1, 2026 at 1:14 AM

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Review: Invictus - Nocturnal Visions

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Review: Invictus – Nocturnal Visions

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 26th January 2026 Originally published here: In case you hadn’t noticed, the world of death metal is probably at its strongest place since the early 2010s…

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January 31, 2026 at 11:54 PM

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2026 Anniversary Series 006: Burzum - Filosofem

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2026 Anniversary Series 006: Burzum – Filosofem

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 31st January 1996 Once again, we who discuss and research the history of metal need to be reminded of its dark, evil and sordid past. Unfortunately some of tha…

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January 31, 2026 at 11:47 PM

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⚡ New Review ⚡

Sandy dissects Invictus 'Nocturnal Visions' – a death metal record full of great songwriting, killer guitar work, brutal hooks and neck-wrecking riffs. Read the full review over at The Sleeping Shaman👇

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Review: Invictus 'Nocturnal Visions'

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January 30, 2026 at 11:02 AM

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Did anyone else just totally miss this record last year? It is so fucking good, how did I miss this!?

Gloombound - Dreaming Delusion

January 30, 2026 at 12:28 AM

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Review: Udręka - Nieistnienie

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Review: Udręka – Nieistnienie

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 30th January 2026 Polish black metal newcomers Udręka are joining a genre where their countrymen have a long and storied history littered with great records and…

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January 30, 2026 at 12:24 AM

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Review: Orchid Throne - Buried in Black

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Review: Orchid Throne – Buried in Black

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 9th January 2026 A solo project of Baltimore’s Nicholas Bonsanto, who has been in bands such as Barren, Empress and Lör for the past 17 years, Orchid Thro…

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January 28, 2026 at 1:18 AM

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See when you think you've got a handle on a new band's sound, and all of a sudden they drop a 'Where the Slime Live' riff right in the middle of their gothic doom epic, holy fucking balls

January 27, 2026 at 12:46 PM

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Review: Abeyance - Introspective Crusades

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Review: Abeyance – Introspective Crusades

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 20th October 2025 Abeyance are an Italian old school melodeath band that have just released their debut full length, after a 2019 EP ‘Portraits of Mankind…

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January 26, 2026 at 2:25 PM

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Think we were all really sleeping on this album from last year.

For fans of 1993 melodeath, like 'Skydancer' and 'With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness'

Genuinely thrilling stuff

January 26, 2026 at 12:42 PM

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Review: Sacri Suoni - Time to Harvest

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Review: Sacri Suoni – Time to Harvest

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 23rd January 2026 Italian sludge doom quartet Sacri Suoni (‘sacred sounds’ in their mother tongue) have just released their second full length recor…

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January 26, 2026 at 2:18 AM

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Had to say goodbye today to the best pal I've ever had. He was the best big brother to my daughter, and the best pub dog there ever was

January 24, 2026 at 9:28 PM

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Review: Barbarian - Reek of God

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Review: Barbarian – Reek of God

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 23rd January 2026 Old school Italian veterans Barbarian are back with their sixth full length record, ‘Reek of God’, sticking to their apparently cu…

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January 23, 2026 at 1:27 AM

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Morbid Chapel Records were kind enough to send me a whole pile of stuff to listen to, here's some brief thoughts on them all!

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Morbid Chapel Review Roundup

The fine folks at Morbid Chapel Records were kind enough to send me a pile of CDs just before Christmas but, what with all the end of year stuff, I didn’t get around to writing about them bef…

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January 22, 2026 at 1:48 AM

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Review: Angel Rising - The Fall of Tell Nefareh

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Review: Angel Rising – The Fall of Tell Nefareh

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 22nd October 2025 As I try and keep up with the latest releases of 2026, I am still finding records from last year that I really enjoy and want to write about. …

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January 22, 2026 at 1:39 AM

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Review: Architectural Genocide - Malignant Cognition

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Review: Architectural Genocide – Malignant Cognition

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 16th January 2026 The second record from Houston, Texas brutal death metallers Architectural Genocide (now that is a sinister name) is ‘Malignant Cognitio…

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January 20, 2026 at 9:39 AM

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I'm a lucky boy, living where I live sometimes

January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM

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Review: Rotten Sound - Mass Extinction

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Review: Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 12th December 2025 Originally published here: Finnish grindcore veterans Rotten Sound started when their genre was at its lowest coolness factor, blasted everyo…

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January 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM

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⚡ New Review ⚡

Sandy deconstructs Rotten Sound 'Mass Extinction' EP – a short, sharp, visceral blast of crusty d-beat grind that will tear your skin off. Read the full review over at The Sleeping Shaman👇

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