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February 9th, 2010
Angels of Babylon - Kingdom of Evil	"Regroup and rock out" - 77% by autothrall
Fates Warning - Inside Out	"Where the sea and sky collide" - 72% by autothrall
Fates Warning - Parallels	"Through the cracks in the wall" - 80% by autothrall
Axis (Gbr) - Lady	"Early, White Spirit-ish Softer Stuff" - 63% by DeathRiderDoom
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late	"The answer to the "What would Jimi Do?" question." - 97% by hells_unicorn

February 8th, 2010
Job for a Cowboy - Doom	"Is THIS it?" - 70% by TheSunOfNothing
Diminished 7 - Dim World	"May get big in the future" - 94% by eclipsion1
Megadeth - Endgame	"And it brought down the beast" - 80% by autothrall
Sepsism - Distorting the Mortal Visage	"Hurts so good" - 90% by autothrall
Undivine (Swe) - Into Dust	"Veteran black death time machine" - 70% by autothrall
Yogth Sothoth - The Dark Waters Are Shaken	"Crisp and barbaric, with demos to boot" - 60% by autothrall
Aggression (Esp) - MoshPirit	"The good music outweighs the 'thrash' garbage" - 75% by autothrall
Vinterriket - Horizontmelancholie	"A worthwhile trip to take" - 75% by autothrall
Wodensthrone - Loss	"Returning to the russet ancient earth" - 90% by autothrall
Wyrd - Kalivägi	"Old dog, same tricks" - 70% by autothrall
Insomnium - Across the Dark	"Ours is the silence" - 95% by autothrall
Skady - Eyn Raunen Im Tannicht	"Could one more really hurt?" - 70% by autothrall
Armaga - In the Ruins	"Riffless and barely functional" - 50% by autothrall
Circle of Ouroborus - Islands	"Sparse, psychedelic minimalism" - 60% by autothrall
Merrimack - Grey Rigorism	"As bright as its spectrum will allow" - 80% by autothrall
Ignivomous - Death Transmutation	"Gulf between being and annihilation" - 80% by autothrall
Skywynd - O2	"Blind Purchases, part 4" - 25% by Ribos
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry	"Whatever stains the page" - 88% by autothrall
Slayer (USA) - Angel of Death	"Thrash Metal defined" - 96% by avidmetal
Tourniquet - Stop the Bleeding	"PETA Metal" - 79% by avidmetal
Fates Warning - No Exit	"We walk empty corridors in vain" - 87% by autothrall
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian	"An end to fantasy" - 95% by autothrall
Winds (Nor) - Of Entity and Mind	"Blind Purchases, part 3" - 92% by Ribos
Epica (Nld) - Design Your Universe	"Get ready to design your own universe..." - 95% by ThyBlackHalo
M.O.D. - U.S.A. for M.O.D.	"More Yuks for Your Bucks" - 69% by DawnoftheShred
Gwar - Scumdogs of the Universe	"Nothing Sexceeds Like Sexcess" - 90% by DawnoftheShred
Whiplash (USA) - Sit Stand Kneel Prey	"Speed metal that deserves airplay" - 78% by avidmetal
Blackspell - Visions of Gloom	"Visualize the Darkness" - 89% by Five_Nails

February 7th, 2010
Creepmime - Shadows	"Assertive doom metal" - 90% by cotarelo
Despised Icon - The Healing Process	"Directionless Mayhem and Destruction" - 28% by JamesIII
Obscura (Deu) - Cosmogenesis	"What a romantic comedy would sound like as music" - 20% by TheSunOfNothing
Amon Amarth - The Crusher	"Annihilation at the hands of The Crusher" - 93% by JamesIII
Unida - Coping With the Urban Coyote	"If you don't like this CD, you hate stoner at all." - 99% by W1kt00r
Om - Conference of the Birds	"SCREAMING AWARENESS; Om as benchmark for human art" - 90% by BringMeMyScissors
Anguish (Fin) - Ground Absorbs	"Much much better than the demo tapes" - 75% by dismember_marcin
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late	"Born Too Late - It was right on time" - 95% by joncheetham88
Anguish (Fin) - Last Grimace	"Very mediocre Finnish death metal" - 50% by dismember_marcin
Krisiun - Ageless Venomous	"Still is brutal" - 85% by I_Cast_No_Shadow
Painmuseum - You Have the Right to Remain Violent	"Really good Thrash Metal" - 82% by Bolth_Mannn
Vader - Necropolis	"Not quite good enough for Necrophilia" - 64% by joncheetham88
Sybreed - The Pulse of Awakening	"The Pulse of Awakening" - 80% by ApochWeiss
Charred Walls of the Damned - Charred Walls of the Damned	"Charred Walls of the Damned" - 70% by ApochWeiss

February 6th, 2010
Entropia (Can) - Electric Chaos	"Disciples of Aggression" - 85% by ixchel
Windbruch - Collision of the Worlds	"The Confusing Collision of the Worlds." - 62% by Perplexed_Sjel
Deeds of Flesh - Gradually Melted	"Fluid Brutality" - 90% by goredisorder
The Red Chord - Prey for Eyes	"Talent has been compromised" - 20% by alexlovestheredchord
Tartaros (Nor) - The Red Jewel	"A Timeless Classic." - 90% by Perplexed_Sjel
Havohej - Hornbook Seytan	"Something to end to" - 70% by autothrall
Infinitum Obscure - Sub Atris Caelis	"not bad for Dissection worship" - 78% by alexlovestheredchord
Gorod - Process of a New Decline	"a pleasant surprise" - 85% by alexlovestheredchord
Ministry - With Sympathy	"Al has a good reason to hate this one" - 77% by Ribos
The Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma	"pretty good but a lot of filler." - 80% by alexlovestheredchord
Havohej - Unholy Darkness and Impurity	"Beauty through excrement" - 63% by autothrall
Blaze Bayley - Promise and Terror	"And the bronze medal goes to..." - 70% by autothrall
Antares Predator - Twilight of the Apocalypse	"Norway...the final frontier" - 70% by autothrall
The Kandidate - Until We Are Outnumbered	"Faceplanting may be hazardous to your health" - 70% by autothrall
Testament - The Formation of Damnation	"Testament's comeback" - 75% by avidmetal
Decrepitaph - Beyond the Cursed Tombs	"Scalpels dripping final remnants" - 75% by autothrall
Storm Legion - Desolation Angels	"Laughing at the universe" - 83% by autothrall
Facebreaker - Dead, Rotten and Hungry	"Zombie ritual made in Sverige!!!" - 80% by dismember_marcin
Saint Vitus - The Walking Dead	"A quick shot of doom. And a slow one." - 74% by joncheetham88
Facebreaker - Bloodred Hell	"Welcome to... Swedish death metal... HELL!!!" - 85% by dismember_marcin
Saint Vitus - Hallow's Victim	"Black Flabbath" - 79% by joncheetham88
Shock Machine - Shock Machine	"The German METAL CHURCH?" - 88% by Metal_Grail
Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus	"The decomposition of '70s rock and metal" - 91% by joncheetham88
Mob Rules (Deu) - Radical Peace	"Radical protests and metallic goodness." - 84% by hells_unicorn

February 5th, 2010
Testament - The Formation of Damnation	"Victory goes to the underdog" - 85% by JamesIII
Kyprian's Circle - Noitatulen Vartija	"Overlooked black metal beauty" - 93% by Leechmaster
Bathory - Nordland II	"A legacy" - 97% by Leechmaster
T3h Shred Boiz - WTF	"Those song titles are pretty damn stupid" - 82% by linkavitch
Corrosion of Conformity - In the Arms of God	"Old Sounds, New Concepts" - 73% by JamesIII
Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken	"Cast him to the forest" - 82% by autothrall
Forgive Me - Last Drop of Life	"Forgive Me - Last Drop Of Life" - 95% by MUSIC666
Forest Silence - Philosophy of Winter	"Winter's Philosophy." - 82% by Perplexed_Sjel
Skylark - Divine Gates Part 3: The Last Gate	"Almost at the gate of perfection" - 98% by Kalelfromkrypton
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin	"Very good, but with a few problems" - 85% by MetalSupremacy
Destruction - Eternal Devastation	"those goddamned vocals." - 59% by avidmetal
Voivod - Nothingface	"Sci-fi Masterpiece!" - 94% by avidmetal
Blackguard - Profugus Mortis	"Turisas, now with 100% more stupidity" - 25% by Empyreal
Acid (Bel) - Maniac	"Nicely done speed metal" - 85% by HellionMetallion
Devin Townsend Project - Addicted	"Crude, idiotic and overproduced." - 20% by Darth_Roxor
Deprecated - Deriding His Creation	"Hidden gem" - 95% by GCancer

February 4th, 2010
Dan Swanö - Moontower	"Truly progressive death metal" - 100% by TheSunOfNothing
Sorcier des Glaces - Moonrise in Total Darkness	"An Altered Point Of View." - 88% by Perplexed_Sjel
Condemned (USA) - Desecrate the Vile	"donkeyshit packaged in plastic" - 5% by alexlovestheredchord
Sorcier des Glaces - Snowland	"Poor Production Ruins A Decent Melodic Affair." - 70% by Perplexed_Sjel
Nargaroth - Jahreszeiten	"The Four Seasons." - 92% by Perplexed_Sjel
Gravsorg - Visions of Depression	"A Slow Building Vision of Depression." - 70% by Perplexed_Sjel
Senmuth - Vdol' Puti K Podnebesnoy...	"As I trip and stumble through my dreams..." - 88% by Misainzig
Heiden - Obsidian	"A short-lived curiosity" - 60% by autothrall
Hearse (Swe) - Single Ticket to Paradise	"And you won't look back" - 90% by autothrall
Urheimat - The Gates to an Elder Constellation	"Dressed to impress" - 75% by autothrall
Goatmoon - Goatmoon	"Give a hoot" - 50% by autothrall
Viikate - Kuu Kaakon Yllä	"High noon at the golden streams" - 80% by autothrall
Hellwitch - Omnipotent Convocation	"Malevolence rises to the fore" - 80% by autothrall
Cryfemal - Increibles Tormentos	"Swirling descent into carnal chaos" - 85% by autothrall
Altar of Oblivion - Sinews of Anguish	"Bo knows doom" - 70% by autothrall
Helcaraxë - Broadsword	"What REALLY belongs on the Jersey Shore" - 75% by autothrall
Veér - The Measure of Waste	"Hello from the gutter of the 21st century" - 80% by autothrall
Glittertind - Landkjenning	"Low fat Viking folk punk" - 75% by autothrall
Endstille - Verführer	"If it bleeds, you can kill it" - 85% by autothrall
Drudkh - Microcosmos	"An interesting development" - 80% by autothrall
Demonical - Hellsworn	"Fed to the shredder" - 90% by autothrall
Baptism - Chalice of Death	"Just a sip and your eyes close forever" - 65% by autothrall
Entombed - Wolverine Blues	"Insatiable in my need to feed" - 85% by autothrall
Velvet Cacoon - Dextronaut	"The Uglier Twin Sister." - 72% by Perplexed_Sjel
Arcane Asylum - Shadow Project Omega	"Old School meets New School!" - 87% by Ernest_Hubbs
Entombed - Clandestine	"Wells of extinguished life" - 95% by autothrall
Kauan - Aava tuulen maa	"Another New Direction." - 80% by Perplexed_Sjel
A Canorous Quintet - The Only Pure Hate	"They should be where AMON AMARTH is now" - 85% by dismember_marcin
Ealdulf - Hrimcealde Sæ	"A Fantastic Achievement." - 92% by Perplexed_Sjel
A Canorous Quintet - Silence of the World Beyond	"Spectacular piece of Swedish death / black metal" - 90% by dismember_marcin
A Canorous Quintet - As Tears	"An unique blend of atmosphere and aggressiveness" - 90% by dismember_marcin
Jackhammer (USA) - Chainsaw Love	"Lethal Injection, this is not!" - 60% by Misainzig
Nokturnal Mortum - Twilightfall	"Exceptional and creative" - 95% by MaDTransilvanian
Freedom Call - Legend of the Shadowking	"New shadow in an old light." - 86% by hells_unicorn

February 3rd, 2010
Asteroid - Demo 2004	"Space Fools" - 70% by DawnoftheShred
Toil - Lullabies for Insects	"Lullabies for Insects are amazingly mellow" - 93% by GoatSodomyGasMask
Alchemists of Darkness - Laments	"Soft, shallow music" - 55% by linkavitch
In Flames - Whoracle	"New Beginnings with Whoracle" - 84% by JamesIII
Undergang - Indhentet af Døden	"A Cesspool Of Sound" - 100% by hellhippie
Freedom Call - Legend of the Shadowking	"Minimal effort from a band capable of more" - 60% by autothrall
Darkane - Demonic Art	"The Darktedwork Flames" - 45% by The_Boss
Dawn of Demise - A Force Unstoppable	"You could stop this, but it might leave a bruise" - 60% by autothrall
Entombed - Serpent Saints - The Ten Amendments	"Sick as it may seem" - 83% by autothrall
Bathory - Blood Fire Death	"Quorthon's best work" - 88% by colin040
Desolate One - Desolate One	"Keeping the tradition alive..........." - 84% by hellhippie
Entombed - Inferno	"We repent nothing" - 80% by autothrall
Senmuth - Planetary Dust	"Phlegmentary suck." - 23% by Shadespawn
Paradise Lost - Gothic	"Could have been much more" - 65% by colin040
Bulldozer (Ita) - Dance Got Sick!	"Proposed genre: Black/Thrash/Space Jam" - 30% by Ribos
Senmuth - Nature	"...as expressed through machines" - 67% by Shadespawn
Drained - Solutions	"The Solution Is Drained." - 88% by Perplexed_Sjel
Bloodbath (Swe) - Nightmares Made Flesh	"A nice headbang treat" - 95% by I_Cast_No_Shadow
Iron Maiden - Flight 666	"Iron Maiden's Gonna Getcha, No Matter How Far!" - 100% by Crank_It_Up_To_666
Evil Survives - Metal Vengeance	"One of those little gems you must check out!" - 90% by Nyaricus
Ihsahn - After	"Amazing Progression and Jazz fusion" - 100% by burnoutfool

February 2nd, 2010
Ancient Wisdom - For Snow Covered the Northland	"For Snow Covered the Northland" - 88% by Noctir
Judas Priest - Painkiller	"quintessential heavy metal" - 100% by alexlovestheredchord
Beneath the Massacre - Mechanics of Dysfunction	"Origin with breakdowns" - 0% by alexlovestheredchord
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus	"Cheer up emo kid!" - 85% by alexlovestheredchord
Diamond Head - To Heaven from Hell	"the lost potential is uncovered" - 87% by DoctorX
Bone Fragments - Dark Amusement	"Enter Clownman" - 85% by overkill666
Havok (USA) - Burn	"Good stuff." - 70% by leblebi
Dead Raven Choir - Cask Strength Black Metal	"Static Distortion" - 10% by MorbidCum
Vomepotro - Liturgy of Dissection	"Vomepotro - Liturgy of dissection" - 75% by Phuling
Tales of Dark... - Perdition Calls	"Tales of Dark - Perdition calls" - 80% by Phuling
S:t Erik - From Under the Tarn	"S:T Erik - From under the tarn" - 80% by Phuling
S.C.A.L.P. - Through Eternity	"S.C.A.L.P. - Through eternity (re-release)" - 70% by Phuling
S.C.A.L.P. - Chuzhaya Voina	"S.C.A.L.P. - Chuzhaya voina" - 40% by Phuling
My Lament - Broken Leaf	"My Lament - Broken leaf" - 80% by Phuling
Jante Alu - Polish Partout Pastis Nulle Part	"Jante Alu - Polish partout pastis nulle part" - 65% by Phuling
Infest (Fra) - Moshroom	"Infest - Moshroom" - 75% by Phuling
Carmina - Carmina	"Carmina - S/T" - 80% by Phuling
Anarkhon - Obesidade Mórbida	"Anarkhon - Obesidade mórbida" - 75% by Phuling
Immaterial - The Beast Remembers	"The beast remembers what I've already forgot..." - 15% by Human666
Marduk (Swe) - Panzer Division Marduk	"Fire!" - 87% by TheMoose
Ulvhedner - For I Tida	"Sincerity alone wins the day" - 70% by autothrall
Blood Red Throne - Souls of Damnation	"There is no such thing as salvation" - 70% by autothrall
Bethlehem (Deu) - A Sacrificial Offering to the Kingdom of Heaven in a Cracked Dog's Ear	"Unwanted and unappreciated" - 10% by autothrall
Gravehill - Rites of the Pentagram	"Thrash 'til black" - 75% by autothrall
Behemoth (Pol) - Evangelion	"This cosmos is way too small" - 80% by autothrall
Pestis (Nld) - The Final War / Plagueridden	"okay" - 38% by Noktorn
Asphyx (Nld) - Death... The Brutal Way	"The shoe fits" - 75% by autothrall
Sorgeldom - Innerlig Förmörkelse	"Rustic Swedish scenery" - 75% by autothrall
Ajattara - Noitumaa	"Campfire hymns with no fire" - 50% by autothrall
Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow	"Disgust through diversity" - 80% by autothrall
Artillery - When Death Comes	"Beyond Ronsdorf, the surge continues..." - 85% by autothrall
Entombed - Morning Star	"A modern hell is an enterprise" - 85% by autothrall
Lake of Tears (Swe) - A Crimson Cosmos	"Milestone of mushroom metal" - 100% by autothrall
Entombed - Uprising	"Viva le Swedilution!" - 77% by autothrall
Rusty Eye - Stendhal Syndrome	"Rusty Eye - Stendhal Syndrome" - 60% by ThrashManiacAYD
Rusty Eye - Rust n' Roll	"Rusty Eye - Rust n' Roll" - 40% by ThrashManiacAYD
Rusty Eye - Possessor	"Rusty Eye - Possessor" - 70% by ThrashManiacAYD
Rusty Eye - Live at the Joint MMVI	"Rusty Eye - Live At The Joint MMVI" - 55% by ThrashManiacAYD
Abraxas (USA) - Wretched Existence	"Abraxas - Wretched Existence" - 70% by ThrashManiacAYD
Convulse - World Without God	"Convulse - World Without God" - 75% by ThrashManiacAYD
Carach Angren - Lammendam	"The White Ghost Haunting Lammendam" - 100% by SilentWolf
Panikk - Demo 2009	"Nice start. What's next?" - 65% by morbert
Nostradameus - Illusion's Parade	"Illusion's Parade" - 75% by ApochWeiss
Warlust - The Final War / Plagueridden	"okay" - 38% by Noktorn
Through the Eyes of the Dead - Skepsis	"Skepsis" - 80% by ApochWeiss
Pogrom (Fra) - Mort Au Peuple	"it just works" - 73% by Noktorn
Throne of Nails - Acts of War	"Pretty good Morbid Angel worship here" - 72% by Noktorn
Norden Light - Shadows from the Wilderness	"Legit." - 82% by DeathRiderDoom
Emperor - Wrath of the Tyrant	"A bleak, necrophilia induced nightmare!" - 91% by Whackooyzero
Mastodon - Call of the Mastodon	"Masters of Random Confusion" - 53% by JamesIII

February 1st, 2010
Astrum - Apocalyptic Dawn	"Man, what an improvement." - 84% by overkill666
Destroy Destroy Destroy - Devour the Power	"Nothing but a half-assed Children of Bodom clone." - 25% by linkavitch
Senmuth - Morning Depth of the Sunlight & the Emptiness Inside Reason	"Evoking the.. no.. disrupting.. aw forget it" - 82% by Shadespawn
Troll (Nor) - Neo-Satanic Supremacy	"A polished makeover with less personality" - 70% by autothrall
KYPCK - Cherno	"Russian revolutions have never sounded better" - 99% by yentass
Entombed - Same Difference	"Skunked, or is this piss I am drinking?" - 37% by autothrall
Ihsahn - After	"Ihsahn - After" - 80% by Avestriel
Keep of Kalessin - The Dragontower	"A Pile Of Crap!" - 0% by MystifyXD
Entombed - To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth	"Shootin' blanks all night long" - 50% by autothrall
Alpha Drone - Alpha Drone	"An Eclectic Surprise." - 80% by Perplexed_Sjel
Creator Destroyer - Unintelligent Design	"Generic Shite" - 10% by Malacoda
Be Persecuted - End Leaving	"The Beginning Of The End?" - 80% by Perplexed_Sjel
Mastodon - Blood Mountain	"A Reformed Opinion" - 49% by JamesIII
Destruction - D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.	"Destruction - D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N." - 85% by Orbitball
Grave - You'll Never See...	"Not quite there" - 60% by I_Cast_No_Shadow
Redemption (USA) - Snowfall on Judgment Day	"Getting better and better..." - 92% by doclindgren
Shape of Despair - Angels of Distress	"Are those sad tissues or happy tissues?" - 30% by caspian
Corpus Christii - Master of...	"He can kidnap me, as long as he plays this record!" - 96% by SilentWolf
Brain Drill - Apocalyptic Feasting	""My Dicks Bigger Than Your Dick"" - 15% by Unorthodox
Sepultura - Schizophrenia	"Whirlwinds of the Mighty Riff!" - 95% by JamesIII

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