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Kaonashi, Krypt & Mouthbreather – Grantski Records – Augusta, GA(Show Review)

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This show was not what I expected in the slightest. For very good reasons and also a few negative ones as well. Each group brought something different to the table.
Hardcore and blackened thrash metal go surprisingly well together.
But it also can lead to some frantic, non-cohesive energy as it did here. That’s no offense to Mouthbreather, Krypt, or Kaonashi. They were badass!

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Crypta – Shades of Sorrow(2023) – Album Review

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In my recent post, “Metal is in a Great Spot Right Now”, I said that Crypta was releasing some of the best death metal singles of the past five years in “Lord of Ruins”, “Trial of Traitors”, and “The Other Side of Anger”. I absolutely believe that to be true.
Consisting of Fernanda Lira on vocals and bass, Luana Dametto on drums, Tainá Bergamaschi on lead guitar, and newcomer Jéssica di Falchi also on lead guitar, this group has quickly risen to prominence with their new release “Shades of Sorrow”.

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LET THEM FIGHT: IN GLOOM, REGIONS & TEAM DEATHMATCH – AUGUSTA, GA(SHOW REVIEW)

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What can I say? This is the first metal show I’ve ever been to. And it did not disappoint!
Deathcore, metalcore, and hardcore. Anything core in heavy music just gets my blood flowing. Considering how much I listen to it, you’d think it’d become stale at some point. Well, it hasn’t become that way for me. Hell no!
In Gloom, Regions, and Team Deathmatch all presented the reasons why it hasn’t gone out of style for my ears.
To begin, the crowd was excellent for such a small location in Grantski Records. From what I’ve seen in other local shows from other states, the crowd just feels dead o

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Trees of Eternity – Hour of the Nightingale (Album Review)

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The only thing worse than losing a fantastic artist is losing the art that accompanied their life.

For the one and only Trees of Eternity project we will ever receive, there is a bittersweet feeling that comes from knowing the art is not lost.

“Hour of the Nightingale”, released in November 2016, is a perfect encapsulation of sadness, grief, remorse, and loss that a person could experience all at once.

Certainly, Aleah Stanbridge, the posthumous vocalist of this project, knew this wholeheartedly.

Being diagnosed with cancer has to give one a completely different outlook on life. It seems that Aleah reveled in this with the music that she made despite the outcome that was inevitable.

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Nita Strauss – The Call of the Void (Album Review)

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Nita Strauss, one of the most badass guitarists in the world today, comes in with an even grander spectacle for her second full-length solo LP. Or perhaps, it isn’t that solo.

Now, with a full lineup of some of the biggest names in rock and metal by her side, she has opened up the floodgates to a broader audience, even though she has been making waves for years already.

It is a departure from her debut, “Controlled Chaos”, where she captured all of the magic by herself.

Strauss still shines on “Call of the Void” with multiple instrumental-only tracks as one would expect from her. This includes “Summer Storm”, “Consume the Fire”, “

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