May 2008 Reviews
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Torche
Torche ringleader Steve Brooks has lit up the year's most exciting sludge-pop adventure
Hydra Head
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5ive
Their number is up
Tortuga
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Angel Blake
Snoraphim
Dynamic Arts
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Arsis
Someone's excited about the Carcass reunion
Nuclear Blast
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Avsky
Their dark materials
Moribund
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Battlefields
Music on an empty stomach
Init
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Benedictum
Female-fronted metal that's not goth and doesn't suck
Locomotive
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Boredoms
Hot drum circle action!
Thrill Jockey
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Boris
Turn it upside down
Southern Lord
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Cavalera Conspiracy
You can sorta go home again
Roadrunner
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Cripple Bastards
Just shy of perfecto!
Obscene
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Dismember
Never trust anyone over 30... to not kill you!
Regain
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Dour Cursiva
Dour times
Hold True
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Farewell to Freeway / Four Letter Lie
Definitions / What a Terrible Thing to Say
In circles, running down
Victory
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Geronimo
We’re not dissin’ them—no reservaaaaatioooooooons!
Three One G
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Hayaino Daisuki
Headbanger’s Karaoke Club Dangerous Fire!
(N)J-Rock
Hydra Head
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Hemlock
Don't you cry tonight
Blind Prophecy
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In Flames
And that purpose is... more melodic death metal!
Koch
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In Mourning
What do you wanna do with your life?
Aftermath
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Iron Maiden
Happiness in powerslavery
Universal
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Javelina
Squeal for me, Philadelphia!
Translation Loss
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Jucifer
That's an eight for effort
Relapse
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L’Esprit Du Clan
Book 'em
Galy
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Lair of the Minotaur
Chainmail is welcome, and encouraged
Southern Lord
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Legion of the Damned
Put down the knife, son...
Season of Mist
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Ministry
Your leg is wet, but it's not raining
13th Planet
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Nasum
The best grinds of my generation
Relapse
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Neaera
The red in the sky is ours, too!
Metal Blade
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Nortt
Live slow, die young, leave a mutilated corpse
Avantgarde
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Origin
Gravity blasts up the wazoo
Relapse
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Perth Express
The calm before the storm
Teenage Disco Bloodbath
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Satan's Host
The host with the most
Moribund
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Septicflesh
Get your mind in the gutter
Season of Mist
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Soilent Green
Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction
No saints day
Metal Blade
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Sourvein
Superjoint mini-ritual
This Dark Reign
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Spitfire
Working hard to say nothing
Goodfellow
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Stuck Mojo
Who else is surprised music like this is still being written?
Napalm
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The Sword
Cutting and draining
Kemado
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Thine Eyes Bleed
Visine might not do the trick
The End
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Unearth
There ain’t no party like an Unearth party and an Unearth party never stops
Metal Blade
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Unearthly Trance
Has a real rain come?
Relapse
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Veil of Maya
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Sumerian
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Wrath of the Weak
“Jordan! Shut the damn door, it’s freezing!”
Profound Lore
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Zimmer's Hole
While You Were Shouting at the Devil, We Were in League with Satan
Why so serious?
Century Media
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Zodiak
Practice what you preach
Translation Loss
