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2023

Album Review: Fires in the Distance – “Air Not Meant for Us” (Melodic Death/Doom)

April 27, 2023 Swatty

Written by Swatty Fires in the Distance – Air Not Meant for Us> Melodic death/doom> Connecticut, US> Releasing April 28> Prosthetic Records Heaviness is a construct that is one of the most severe and affecting […]

2022

Album Review: An Abstract Illusion – “Woe” (Atmospheric Death Metal)

September 9, 2022 Swatty

Written by Swatty An Abstract Illusion – Woe>Atmospheric Death Metal>Sweden>Released September 9th>Willowtip Records Back in 1996, a rising star in the Swedish melodic death metal circuit named Edge of Sanity released an album consisting of […]

2021

Swatty’s Top 20 Albums of 2021

December 30, 2021 Swatty

Written by Swatty I’m sure I can speak for a lot of people when I say that 2021 felt like a diluted and uninspired sequel to 2020. Everyone was excitedly making proclamations that 2021 post-pandemic […]

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Album Review: Adliga – “Vobrazy” (Post/Doom Metal)

November 5, 2021 Swatty

Written by Swatty Adliga – Vobrazy Post/Doom Metal from Minsk, Belarus Released November 5th via independent/self-release Post-metal is a vibrant and sonorous ecosystem full of many intricate layers filtered through a myriad of effects to […]

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Album Review: Mycelium – “Scream Bloody Spore” 7.5/10 (OSDM)

September 27, 2021 Swatty

Written by Swatty Mycelium – Scream Bloody SporeOld school death metal from Glasgow, ScotlandReleased September 1st, 2021 via Iron, Blood and Death Corporation7.5/10 Death metal since its inception has found great comfort in exploring themes […]

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Exhumed, Reviewed, Renewed: Dirge – Lost Empyrean (2018)

August 16, 2021 Swatty

Exhumed, Reviewed, Renewed is a column where writers may wax poetic about albums from ANY time. Not just 2021 as per the rest of the website. […]

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