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PostPosted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:48 am 
 

Dead Samaritan - The Devil Tunes - Very cool Finnish black/thrash

Walpyrgus - Walpyrgus - Traditional heavy metal featuring members of Twisted Tower Dire. Vocals didn't click with me, but the music is great.

Live Burial - Live Burial - Incredibly authentic sounding old-school death metal.

Interview with Henrik from Screamer - Screamer is a great Swedish traditional heavy metal band, and Henrik talks about the band's past, future, and shares a cool tour story.

Born Undead - Violator of Humanity - Brutal death metal with some melodic leanings.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:07 am 
 

Phantom - ...of Gods and Men - Amazing traditional heavy metal from Toronto. Album comes out December 6. A must buy for 2014.

Blind Spite - Extinction Event - An intense journey in black/death metal

Alkoholizer - Free Beer... Surf's Up - Standard Italian thrash. Not bad, but a bit tired at this point.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:49 pm 
 

The Top 30 of 2014: http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca ... -2014.html

New reviews since the last update: http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/

Repulsor - Trapped In A Nightmare (thrash)
Panikk - Unbearable Conditions (thrash)
At The Gates - At War With Reality (melodeath)
Phantasmal - The Reaper's Forge (black/thrash)
Ghoulgotha - The Deathmass Cloak (death metal)
Falconer - Black Moon Rising (power metal)
Amulet - The First (traditional heavy metal)
Post Mortal Possession - Possessing Entity (death metal)
Freedom Call - Beyond (power metal)

Interview: Screamer: http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca ... rview.html

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:13 pm 
 

More new reviews!

Skull & Bones - The Cursed Island - Running Wild sounding pirate metal with some hints of keyboard!

Impalers - Prepare For War - Great thrash from Denmark!

Victims of Contagion - Parasitic Unborn - Decent technical death metal. The last track features the guitar player who played on Symbolic.

Epi-demic/Solanum - Passages to Lunacy - This split features two crossover bands from Canada. Both sides are pretty decent, but not the most professional sounding.

Hellripper - Manifestation of Evil - This is a really wicked speed/black/somewhat thrashy demo.

Countless Skies - Countless Skies - Great melodeath for fans of Insomnium.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:30 pm 
 

Reviews and an interview!

Angelus Apatrida - Hidden Evolution - Ripping Spanish thrash! Great songs, incredible riffs, and lots of melody!

Thulcandra - Ascension Lost - Fantastic melodic black metal for fans of Dissection. The riffs are bone-chillingly cold and there is plenty of emotion in the vocal performance.

Interview with Eric from Unspeakable Axe Records - Eric gives lots of insight on the history of his label, how to get his attention as a potential signee, and some other good info!

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:04 am 
 

Ensiferum - One Man Army - A solid folk metal effort with a few twists and turns.

Unrest - Grindcore - I don't even like grindcore and I thought this was great.

Blind Guardian - Beyond The Red Mirror - This is an incredibly complex album, but it won me over quite quickly. A must-own, and currently the best record of 2015.

Orden Ogan - Ravenhead - Very rhythmic, choir-driven power metal for fans of Blind Guardian. Features guest vocals by members of Grave Digger and HammerFall

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:28 pm 
 

Since the last update:

Evil Invaders - Pulses of Pleasure - Very solid speed metal from Belgium!

Crejuvent - Pretty Demos - Really strange semi-tech death. Worth hearing, but it's a bit out there.

LH05 - When Hope Loses Us - Also quite weird. This album is kinda brutal death metal but with melody.

Invincible Force - Satan Rebellion Metal - I think the title sums this one up. Although sadly it is not pure Destruction worship.

Deathbreed - New World Order - Death metal with nothing particularly spectacular about it.

Planet Eater - Planet Eater - Canadian death metal with the occasional grindy element

Running Death - Overdrive - Modern German thrash, with emphasis on unique riffs. Comes from more of a speed metal perspective (think Agent Steel).

Antioch - Antioch - Great Canadian traditional heavy metal! The songs are really catchy, and the vocalist is on point.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:05 pm 
 

Lots of great stuff since the last update!

News Corpse - Breaking News - Awesome UK thrash. Very standard in its approach, but good songs nonetheless!

Miscreancy - Remnants of A Dark Age - Incredibly authentic sounding melodic black/death. FFO Sacramentum and Dissection.

Bio-Cancer - Tormenting The Innocent - All I can say about this is: wow. It's amazing how strange and twisted their singer is, and the riffs kill it.

BAT - Cruel Discipline - Dirty speed metal! You know what you're getting before you even hear it with this one.

Torrefy - Thrash and Burn - Thrash that gets very weird at times. Not bad, but a little too inconsistent

Stallion - Rise and Ride - Crazy energetic speed metal for fans of Skull Fist! Songs are incredibly catchy, with lots of shredding.

Ambush - Firestorm - Swedish heavy metal! Nothing more needs to be said! Buy this ASAP!

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:36 pm 
 

More new reviews!

Air Raid - Point of Impact - More outstanding Swedish heavy metal. A great follow-up, despite losing a very charismatic singer.

Bloodrocuted - Disaster Strikes Back - Thrash thrash thrash. You know the drill.

Killtide - From Gates of Hell - From the legendary Toronto heavy metal scene! Not the best the scene has to offer, but still great.

Gruesome - Savage Land - My favourite death metal release since the 90s. Brilliant Death worship (Leprosy-era in particular)

Suffer The Pain - Midnight Sacrifice - Punky death metal. Not the best, but worth a shot.

Cryptic Shift - Beyond The Celestial - Voivod-inspired extreme metal

Cambion - Unfold Chaos Supreme - Pure sonic brutality! This is not for the weak-hearted!

Grethor - Cloaked In Decay - Death/black metal.

Backhill - Shadow Man - Melodic metal in the vein of Altaria and Fullforce

Blasphemer - Demo of Darkness - Comeback demo from an old-school death metal band from the UK

Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Lots of catchy songs here. It's a bit long, but still very impressive.

Encyrcle - Encyrcle - Danish speed metal on Unspeakable Axe Records! Instant-buy!

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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:13 pm 
 

Full update coming later, but until then, enjoy my interview with Razor! http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca ... rview.html

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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 10:49 am 
 

New reviews!

Armory - S.M.I. - Swedish speed metal!

Omery Rising - The Rising - Killer traditional heavy metal featuring Joseph Michael on lead vocals!

Witch Blade - Oskuldernas Eld - Heavy metal

Night Demon - Curse of the Damned - Stellar old-school heavy metal. Pure NWOBHM worship!

Twisted Tales - We Shall Be Heard - Pretty solid melodeath

Shattered - New Atlantis - Technical death metal from Germany

Magnus Karlsson - Free Fall - Incredibly catchy heavy/power/AOR. Lots of cool guest singers as well.

Tankard - R.I.B. - Another Tankard record, another winner!

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:42 pm 
 

Lots of great new reviews!

Isenmor - Land of the Setting Sun

Enforcer - From Beyond

Ultra-Violence - Deflect The Flow


Black Tower - The Secret Fire

Spellcaster - Spellcaster

Valryia - Collatus

Armored Saint - Win Hands Down

Helloween - My God-Given Right


Raging Death - Raging Death

Prisoner - See The Scars

Hyades - The Wolves Are Getting Hungry

Powerwolf - Blessed & Possessed

Hibria - Hibria

Bolded albums are my top picks!

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 12:45 pm 
 

More new reviews! Bolded picks are the best!

Deathhammer - Evil Power

Unleash The Archers - Time Stands Still

Civil War - Gods and Generals

Vesperia - The Iron Tempests

Krisiun - Forged In Fury

Anachronaeon - The Oracle and the Keyholder

Fallen Angels - World In Decay

Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

Deathman - 3 Track Heavy Metal Tape

Manowar - The Lord of Steel

Also, my festival review of Wacken Open Air 2015: http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca ... -2015.html

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:19 pm 
 

Quicker update than normal since I've been more productive recently:

Hypertension - Distant Thunders Call - Wicked speed metal!

Open Access - Over A Mountain Peak - Riff-heavy folk metal

Warsenal - Barn Burner - Loud and fast thrash!

Borealis - Purgatory - a prog/power masterpiece!

Midnight Rites - Very cool melodic black metal

Horrendous - Anareta - A crowning achievement for modern death metal. Highly recommended!

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:32 pm 
 

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Hate Eternal - Infernus - Disappointing death metal with too much blasting

Hellripper/Batsheva - Split - One half is black metal while the other is black/speed. Both are good

Iron Kingdom - Ride For Glory - Great USPM-influenced stuff from Canada!

Sonic Pulse - Adventure Time - Dragonforce-esque speed/thrash metal

Cain's Offering - Stormcrow - A power metal masterpiece!

Hexlust - Manifesto Hexcellente - Texas death/thrash that is true to the 1980s Texas thrash scene

Motorhead - Bad Magic - The gods return, and they deliver!

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:27 am 
 

Since the last update: http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/

Blazon Stone - No Sign of Glory - Running Wild worship of the highest order!

Visigoth - The Revenant King - Incredible modern USPM

Rocka Rollas - Pagan Ritual - High energy speed metal with some epic parts

Slayer - Repentless - Pretty decent effort from one of the gods of thrash

Winterblind - Ya Mashina - Strange avant-garde stuff. Pretty out there.

Huntress - Static - Their best album yet. Well-constructed songs and vocal melodies. Very catchy.

Breitenhold - The Inn of Sorrowing Souls - Similar to Rocka Rollas above, but more shred and less epic

Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls - A lot to take in, but the payoff is worth it. An incredible album from the best metal band of all-time.

Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards - Another excessively over the top and cheesy power metal album, but still great stuff.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:54 am 
 

More new reviews since the last update: http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/

Dawn Patrol - Democracy Delivered - Thrash with some jazz and hardcore influences

Frank X - The Project: Earth - Strange but awesome concept album. Lots of King Diamond influence.

Antioch - Antioch II: First Strÿke - Very solid Judas Priest worship ('82-'84 era)

High Heeler - Force and Finesse - Austrian heavy metal with lots of catchy tunes. Simplistic, but enjoyable.

Insanity - Visions of Apocalypse - Disappointing 90s-sounding death metal.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:52 am 
 

New reviews (as always: http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/)

Torchia - Ending Beginning - Melodeath with lots of riffs

Satan - Atom By Atom - Similar to their last album, but not quite as good

Stratovarius - Eternal - A masterpiece of power metal. These guys are on fire, and probably the strongest band going today.

Abraxxas - The Killing Fields - Awesome Australian thrash. These guys have stepped up their game from their last release.

Progressive Chemistry - Out For Blood - I don't even remember what this sounds like, which should tell you that it was not good.

Envenomed - Evil Unseen - Australian thrash with some melodic tinges

Mynded - Dead End Paradise - German thrash also with melodic tinges.

Mortal Scepter - As Time Sharpens The Sentence - French black/thrash. Great songwriting, awesome production, and good atmosphere. Also features a Destruction cover.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:44 am 
 

It's been a bit of a slow month for me so far, but I'm hoping to fix that. Here are the new reviews since the last update:

War Atrocities - Necromantical Legions - Venom/Bathory worship!

Goblet - On Tap - Decent crossover, though it goes off the rails at times

Starblind - Dying Son - Awesome Iron Maiden worship. Really authentic sounding, though the vocals give the album its own unique flavour.

Oneuro - Deivore - Technical/brutal death metal that is really out there.

Númenor - Sword and Sorcery - Symphonic black/power. An interesting combination that is surprisingly effective!

Forte Ruin - Forte Ruin - Melodeath that is ruined by clean vocals.

Sadistic Ritual - Edge of the Knife - Vicious ripping thrash for fans of Razor and Kreator. From Unspeakable Axe Records, a label that is quite quickly becoming legendary in my books!

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:56 pm 
 

New Reviews! http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/

Under The Church - Rabid Armageddon - Old-school sounding Swedeath!

Assimilation - Apotheosis - Death metal

Horizons Edge - Heavenly Realms - Australian power metal with wild vocals

Solanum - Into The Sinner Circle - Thrash

Flight - Flight - Norwegian traditional heavy metal. FFO of Judas Priest

Autopsy - Skull Grinder - More reliable death metal from the legends

Paraphrenic Hostility - Prepare For War - Thrash metal from the Philippines

Cemetery Filth/Ectovoid/Sabbatory/Trenchrot - 4 Doors To Death Split - 4-way death metal split that kills!

The Revenge Project - Figment Paradise - Insanely awesome death metal. Worships the old-school and does a great job of it.

Exmortus - Ride Forth - More classically-inspired highly technical thrash metal

Conflicted - Under Bio-lence - Chilean thrash. Very standard in its approach.

Ripper - Experiment of Existence - Unbelievable tech-thrash that is crazy fast. Sort of like a combination of Sadus and Vektor.

There are quite a few more reviews coming over the next few days as well.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:40 pm 
 

New reviews and interviews!

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Since the last update (bolded ones are the best):

Final Sign - Hold High The Flame
Beorn - Time To Dare
Striker - Stand In the Fire
Lord Rot - The Realm of Decay
Ghost - Meliora
Reverence - Gods of War
HI-GH - Till Death and After
Cauldron - In Ruin
Widower - The Unholy Oath
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Prometheus...
Critical Solution - Sleepwalker
Megadeth - Dystopia
Holy Grail - Times of Pride and Peril
Hatchet - Fear Beyond Lunacy
Homicide Hagridden - Effect Lucifero
Avantasia - Ghostlights
Abbath - Abbath
Manic Scum - Acidic Remains
Carnal Garden - On The Final Day

I also did an interview with Shawn Pelata, singer of Final Sign, and my 2015 year-end was put up since the last update.

Plenty more great reviews coming!

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:56 pm 
 

This was a productive week. Since the last update:

Anvil - Anvil Is Anvil
Primal Fear - Rulebreaker
Lost Society - Braindead
Midnight Chaser - Lion's Choice
Cryptic Shift - Beyond the Celestial Realms
Carnac - The Frail Sight
Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
Exumer - The Raging Tides

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 9:43 am 
 

Since the last update: http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/

Reviews:
Psython - ...Outputs (thrash)
Absolution - Temptations of the Flesh (death)
Frenzy - Lethal Protector (heavy/speed)
Game Over - Crimes Against Reality (thrash)
Hemotoxin - Biological Enslavement (thrash)
Nucleus - Sentient (death)
Amken - Theater of the Absurd (thrash)
Living Terror - Warfare (thrash)
Suppressive Fire - Bedlam (thrash)
Anthrax - For All Kings (thrash)

Interviews
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Thanks for the continued support! Many more great reviews to come!

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:31 am 
 

New reviews since the last update! As always, find them on http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/

Phobocosm - Bringer of Drought (death)
Putrisect / Scorched - Final State of Existence (death)
Crisix - From Blue To Black (thrash)
Zealotry - The Last Witness (death)
Exalter - Obituary For the Living (thrash)
Desolator (SWE) - Spawn of Misanthropy (death)
Black Mass - Ancient Scriptures (thrash)
Desolator (UK) - Live at Hastings (thrash)
Condition Critical - Extermination Plan (thrash)

I've got a lot of reviews planned for the upcoming weeks! Be sure to check out the Facebook page (in my signature) as well as the main site!

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:34 pm 
 

Tons of great reviews since the last update, as well as quite a few interviews! Most recommended albums are in bold! http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/

Reviews:

Obscure Evil - Midnight Forces (black/thrash)
Black Absinthe - Early Signs of Denial (heavy/rock)
Hypertension - Dark Storms Arise (thrash/speed)
Untimely Demise - Black Widow (black/thrash)
Gruesome - Dimensions of Horror (death)
Exterminus - Digital Downfall (thrash)
Post Mortal Possession - Forest of the Damned (death)
Silverbones - Wild Waves (speed/heavy)
Paralysis - You Can't Win (thrash)
Crucial Fix - Crucial Fix (thrash)
Mortillery - Shapeshifter (thrash)
Nervosa - Agony (thrash)
Maze of Terror - Ready to Kill (thrash)
Destruction - Under Attack (thrash)
Sewercide - Immortalized in Suffering (death)
Vektor - Terminal Redux (black/thrash)
Sludgehammer - The Fallen Sun (thrash/death/groove)
Death Angel - The Evil Divide (thrash)
Spellcaster - Night Hides The World (speed/heavy)

And, the return of interviews! Check out these awesome interviews since the last update:

Nucleus
Untimely Demise
Freedom Call (!!!!)
Game Over

Thank you for your support!

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 8:34 pm 
 

New reviews since the last update:

Godless - Centuries of Decadence (death)
Necronomicon - Advent of the Human God (symphonic death metal)
Ancient Empire - Other World (USPM/heavy/speed)
Sunburst - Fragments of Creation (prog/power)
National Suicide - Anotheround (thrash)
Suicidal Angels - Division of Blood (thrash)
Godless Angel - The Conjuring of Four (groove/death)
Avenger of Blood - On Slaying Grounds (death/thrash)
Dust Bolt - Mass Confusion (thrash)
Vow of Thorns - Farewell to the Sun (atmospheric black/doom)
RedEye Revival - Raise Hell, No Regrets (thrash)

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:24 am 
 

Hey i want my band Termination force reviewed if possible! Maybe even interviewed! I'll send an email!

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:03 pm 
 

Since the latest update. Best ones are in bold:

Trick or Treat - Rabbits' Hill Pt. 2 (power)
Disboskator - Terror in Dreamland (thrash)
Farseer - Fall Before the Dawn (power)
Serperus - The Sermon (heavy/groove)
Warfather - The Grey Eminence (death)
Grey Wolf - Glorious Death (heavy/power)
Iron Fire - Among The Dead (power)
Blood Incantation - Starspawn (death)
Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire (USPM)

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:36 am 
 

More new reviews!

Gama Bomb - Untouchable Glory (thrash)
Magnus Karlsson - Kingdom of Rock (heavy/AOR/power)
Voidspawn - Pyrrhic (death metal)
Gatecreeper / Homewrecker / Outer Heaven / Scorched - Split (death metal)
Sabaton - The Last Stand (power)
Sodom - Decision Day (thrash)
Suspended - Hollowed Minds (thrash)
Phidion - Mother Pestilence (death metal)
Skeletonwitch - The Apothic Gloom (death/black/thrash)
Almah - E.V.O (power)

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 11:42 am 
 

New reviews!

Sinbreed - Master Creator (power)
Witchtrap - Trap the Witch (black/thrash)

Thunderforge - Call of the Conqueror (power)
Axxion - Back in Time (speed/heavy)
Twilight Force - Heroes of Mighty Magic (power)

The Apex - Underbelly (djent)
Insomnium - Winter's Gate (melodic death metal)
Demon Bitch - Hellfriends (USPM)
Serenity - Codex Atlanticus (power)
Chariot of the Gods - Ages Unsung (melodic death metal)

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:44 pm 
 

A few new reviews:

Power Quest - Face the Raven (power)
Saboter - Mankind Is Damned (heavy)
Dark Tranquillity - Atoma (melodic death metal)
Euphoria - Operation: Genesis (thrash)
Scorched - Echoes of Dismemberment (death metal)
HammerFall - Built To Last (power)
Delain - Moonbathers (symphonic)

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:36 am 
 

New reviews since the last update:

Illyrian - Round 2: Fight! (thrash)
Living Terror - Total Warfare (thrash)
Blazon Stone - War of the Roses (speed)
Serpentine Dominion - Serpentine Dominion (death metal)
Red Cain - Red Cain (prog/power)
Unearthed Elf - Into the Catacomb Abyss (doom)
Freedom Call - Master of Light (power)
Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake (thrash)
Maligner - Demon (thrash)
Axe Crazy - Ride on the Night (heavy)
Ascalon - Reflections (heavy)
Fabulous Desaster - Hang 'em High (thrash)
Teleport - Ascendance (death/thrash)
Seax - Speed Metal Mania (speed)
Symphonity - King of Persia (power)
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self Destruct (thrash/heavy)
Serious Black - Mirrorworld (power)

Many more reviews to come this month as we wind down the year!

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 10:47 am 
 

Skull Fracturing Metal's Top 30 of 2016: http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca ... -2016.html

Also, new reviews since the last update:

Attacker - Sins of the World (USPM)
Battery - Martial Law (thrash)
Answer With Metal - Return To the Gates (USPM/Heavy)
Inire - Cauchemar (groove)
Obscure Evil - Void Fumes (black/thrash)
Gravebreaker - Sacrifice (heavy/speed)
Sacred Gate - Countdown to Armageddon (power/heavy)
Terrifier - Weapons of Thrash Destruction (thrash)

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:14 pm 
 

More new reviews:

Theocracy - Ghost Ship (power)
Lady Beast - Immortal (heavy)
Hour of Penance - Cast the First Stone (death)
Veonity - Into The Void (power)
Ekpyrosis - Asphyxiating Devotion
Cellador - Off The Grid (power/speed)

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:03 am 
 

Metal Beast are underrated... as usual.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 5:08 pm 
 

After a few quiet months, SFM returns in full force! This will be a week of thrash, as my backlog is filled with excellent thrash releases!

Reviews since the last update. Best ones in bold.

Striker - Striker (heavy/speed)
Iron Reagan - Crossover Ministry (crossover thrash)
Gorephilia - Severed Monolith (death)
Impalers - Styx Demon: The Master of Death (thrash)
Firewind - Immortals (power metal)
Draghoria - Portal to Extinction (thrash)
Borealis - World of Silence MMXVII (power metal)
Kreator - Gods of Violence (thrash)
Panikk - Discarded Existence (thrash)
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic (thrash)
Immolation - Atonement (death)
Warbringer - Woe to the Vanquished (thrash)
Bloodbound - War of Dragons (power)
Anvil Strykez - Anvil Strykez (synthwave!!! SFM sells out!)
Harlott - Extinction (thrash)
Overkill - The Grinding Wheel (thrash)
Evil Force - Banging on the Pentagram (thrash)

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:03 am 
 

New reviews!

Havok - Conformicide (thrash)
Lich King - The Omniclasm (thrash)
Game Over - Blessed Are The Heretics (thrash)
Grimgotts - Part Man, Part Beast, Part Dragon (power)
Eruption - Cloaks of Oblivion (thrash)
Condor - Unstoppable Power (thrash)
Night Demon - Darkness Remains (traditional)
Obituary - Obituary (death)
Gruesome - Fragments of Psyche (death)
Mindmaze - Resolve (prog/power)
Screamer - Hell Machine (traditional)
Craven Idol - The Shackles of Mammon (black/thrash/death)
Draghkar - World Unraveled (death)
Foreseen - Grave Danger (thrash)
Artificial Brain - Infrared Horizons (death)
Distillator - Summoning The Malicious (thrash)
All Else - the Forever Lie (metalcore?)
Dragonforce - Reaching Into Infinity (power)
Alestorm - No Grave But The Sea (power)

Infected - Judgment Day (thrash)
Madrost - The Essence of Time Matches No Flesh (death/thrash)
Pathology - Pathology (death)
Seven Kingdoms - Decennium (power)
Stallion - From The Dead (speed)
Phidion - the Throes of Scourge (death)

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 2:26 pm 
 

New Reviews:

Extravasion - Origins of Magma (thrash)
Secret Sphere - The Nature of Time (power)
Mutank - W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T. (thrash)
Unleash The Archers - Apex (power)
Phylactery - Necromancy Enthroned (thrash)
Droid - Terrestrial Mutations (thrash)

Legionnaire - Dawn of Genesis (traditional/USPM)
Entrench - Through The Walls of Flesh (thrash)
Corpsia - Genocides In The Name of God (thrash)
Tomb Mold - Primordial Malignity (death)
Mason - Impervious (thrash)
Municipal Waste - Slime and Punishment (thrash)
Paralysis - Life Sentence (thrash)
Solanum - Judgemental (thrash)
Rhapsody of Fire - Legendary Years (power)
Toxik - Breaking Class (thrash)
Necrot - Blood Offerings (death)
Blood Feast - The Future State of Wicked (thrash)
Excalion - Dream Alive (power)

I also completed my Alice Cooper Career Retrospective where I review all 26 of his albums (to date; a Paranormal review will be coming this week though), and provided other assorted thoughts on his career.

Many more great reviews planned for August and beyond! Thanks as always for your support!

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:16 am 
 

New reviews since the last update:

Warbeast - Enter The Arena (thrash)
Alice Cooper - Paranormal (shock rock)
Antichrist - Sinful Birth (thrash)
Wintersun - The Forest Seasons (melodic death metal)
Orden Ogan - Gunmen (power)
Deserted Fear - Dead Shores Rising (death)
Accept - The Rise of Chaos (traditional heavy metal)
Air Raid - Across the Line (speed/trad)
National Suicide - Massacre Elite (thrash)
Nemesis - Atrocity Unleashed (thrash)
Tankard - One Foot In The Grave (thrash)
Hellcannon - Return to the Wasteland (thrash)
Impalers - The Celestial Dictator (thrash)
Blazon Stone - Down in the Dark (speed)

Crafteon - Cosmic Reawakening (black)
Vulture - The Guillotine (speed/thrash)
Serious Black - Magic (power)
Fire Strike - Slaves of Fate (trad)
Power Quest - Sixth Dimension (power)
Palantír - Lost Between Dimensions (power)
Metalite - Heroes in Time (power)
Cannabis Corpse - Left Hand Pass (death)
Encyrcle - Burning Child (speed)
Freeways - Cold Front (hard rock)
Archspire - Relentless Mutation (tech death)
Nocturnal Rites - Phoenix (power)

Arisen From Nothing - Broken (groove)
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers (death)

And one interview:

Droid (thrash)

http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 10:47 am 
 

It's been a bit slower since the last update, but still plenty of cool reviews!

Dr. Living Dead! - Cosmic Conqueror (thrash)
Game Over - Claiming Supremacy (thrash)
Loanshark - Loanshark (traditional)
Exarsis - New War Order (thrash)
Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black (death)

Ancient Empire - The Tower (power/heavy)
Hazzerd - Misleading Evil (thrash)
Midnight - Sweet Death and Ecstasy (black/speed)
Euphoria - The Omega Void (thrash)
Centripetal Force - Eidetic (thrash)
Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained (death)
Beast In Black - Berserker (heavy/power/pop)
Cruentator - Ain't War Hell? (thrash)

One new interview:

Hazzerd

There is plenty of really cool stuff planned for December, including the year-end list!

http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/

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