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  One of the most important bands for the Norwegian Metal scene, Vreid puts their successful and probably the most diverse the ninth album ‘’Wild North West’’ Brings the cowboy hat to dark Norwegian streets and it will be your cold, headbanger wind on these warm days. Standouts: The Morning Red, Dazed and Reduced, Into the Mountains Overall: 85/100 Our new, official site:  FullBlackReviews Beginning after a movie like an intro the self-titled track ‘’Wild North West ’’ releases this adventure’s first riffs from the Kraken. A great-produced headbanging riff continues thoroughly with the strong-sounding bass. Vocals also sound excellent. At the half, you will sense the enslaved like creative duo guitars proggy playing which brings the chills of the Norwegian forests. At  ‘’Wolves at Sea’’ blasting drums and crushing black metal riffs take the pace high. You can feel how the progressive elements are perfectly used by slow tempo drums and basses that attend to keyboards an...

  If you want your black-death metal folkier with including Melechesh style melodies, Septicflesh like vocals here you go, you have an ancient eastern demon at your hands. After their successful Golden Serpent Record, Akhenetan puts out another solid record that will take you to the hanging gardens of Babylon. Standouts: Halls of Amenti, The Atlantean, Priests of the Jackal  Overall: 80/100 Our new, official site:  FullBlackReviews Kicks in with oriental, eastern melodies ‘’Neferkapta’s Tomb’’ which cuts after by strong guitar riffs. Orchestral elements coming from everywhere, vicious harmonies with impressive vocals gets this journey to hanging gardens of Babylon. But in this Babylon, you may encounter some ancient eastern demons. Then we are visiting the ‘’Halls of Amenti’’ with sick vocals continuously comes forward to us, perfectly mastered atmospheric folk elements accompany to magnificent guitar riffs. A short but excellent solo ends this splendidly crafted song. ...

  The Siberian atmospheric black metal wizards come back with their darkest, an album of the year contender and you will find yourself on a frozen planet where only ogres, trolls live. Overall: 92/100 Music | Grima (bandcamp.com) Our new, official site:  FullBlackReviews Beginning with blasting drums and wicked, amazingly produced vocals ‘’Cedar and Owls’’  will surprise you how the folk elements were magnificently used. Emotionally rich solos continue to expand the feelings and give strong chills. Keyboards provide the emotions that the moment when you came face to face with Hydra at dark rotten root basin. Coming with no mercy ‘’Mourning Comes At Sunset’’ has evil black metal riffs that bring the darkness and an incredibly played epic chorus part. Along with masterfully crafted symphonic elements following from wicked solos. Drums sounds fascinating as well. The next one takes the pace to the most mysterious Russian forest. Folk elements stand out again at the half...

Hold your breath and get ready to release your inner self with another masterpiece for the symphonic black metal scene and this time the symphony mostly about keyboards and it is masterfully crafted. Mysterious Finnish symphonic black metal band Gloomy Grim will take you to the darkest corner of the World with Agathon’s evil vocals. Standouts: The Hermit, To The Death I Have Sworn, Third Eye Opening Overall: 90/100  Our new, official site:  FullBlackReviews The Hermit hits your face with the classical harsh, vicious black metal riffs. Agathon vocals carry these riffs to the peak of frozen alps and snow-like keyboards make the atmosphere truly special. Continues with tearing guitars which leads the way into an emotionally rich, slow tempo, Darkthrone-like patterns. ''Master Inside'' takes the pace from the Alpes to Everest with speedy crushing black metal riffs, takes the power from heavy blast beats. The bass breaks down the song at the half and turning this into a ...

  Legendary French progressive death metal band Gojira releases their new effort Fortitude after an emotionally rich record Magma. Fortitude represents mixed feelings including tracks that not only reminding their old crushing stuff but also ones refers the new type of Gojira to explore. Standouts: New Found, Sphinx, Grind  Overall: 75/100 Our new, official site:  FullBlackReviews The album kicks in with The Way of All Flesh and Magma’s daughter ' 'Born for One Thing'' Starts with crushing a typical Gojira riff while Mario smashing his drums again. Chorus has some Magma feeling with Joe’s machine-like vocals. Continues with rich melodies. Representing the saving of the Amazon forest, ''Amazonia'' approaches the way as Sepultura did at the Roots . Has tribalistic elements, drums go in perfect harmony with the riff. But the duration of the song feels kinda long and leaves a dull taste towards to end. However, everyone should congratulate them for t...

  Lithuanian death metallers Crypt of Despair puts out their finest, darkest, creepiest work with All Light Swallowed and they have no intention to give you any time to breathe. Darkness will hit your face like a truck and get ready for this wicked trip to the World full of bloody rats. Overall: 86/100 Our new, official site:  FullBlackReviews We’re opening the manhole with ''Being–Erased'' heavy, and crushing death metal riffs welcomes us, continues with high-speed wicked riffs in-company with rotten vocals that lights the path in this sewer. Going to the darkness again with slow-tempo death metal riffs that circuit around like shadows. Soul-crushing drums take the song to peak and end it. Continues with the fastest as light, guitar riffs and blasting drums of '' Anguished Exhale'' which are getting cut at the half of the song with a mourning scream. Everything slows down and takes the atmosphere to another deeper level. Melodic riffs pass through li...