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THE THROWBACK: PUNGENT STENCH – BEEN CAUGHT BUTTERING

“My god what the hell is with that album art?” You may ask. That is actually the same head split into two pieces before being positioned to face one another – still want to hear about the music? This art is kind of the way that the Austrian assailants, Pungent Stench look at death metal; [...]

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PURSON – THE CIRCLE AND THE BLUE DOOR

  Conjuring up images of the early ’70s occult rock scene are British band Purson, whilst listening to whom bands like Coven and Black Widow are not far from mind, with the keyboard love reminding listeners of Deep Purple from the In Rock to Machine Head era. The band is fronted by the multi-talented Rosalie Cunningham, whose haunting vocals and expert guitar playing are [...]

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THE THROWBACK: RUNNING WILD – PORT ROYAL [THE OCEAN WEEK]

Running Wild’s piratical Port Royal, investigated as part of The Ocean Week In keeping with the oceanic themes on The Monolith this week, I figured it would be great to sail the high seas with the German pirates Running Wild. This is a band well established in the very deep German power metal scene, yet their pirate plundering [...]

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THE THROWBACK: SEPULTURA – ARISE

  Many bands are cited as the progenitors of death metal, but few are more inspirational than Brazil’s Sepultura. Sepultura are well known for introducing extreme metal to South America and the countries within it; along with Sarcofago they helped to found thrash metal, and eventually moved towards death metal and tied this in with cultural ties [...]

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THE THROWBACK: HELMET – STRAP IT ON

Innovators of the 90′s alternative metal scene; New York’s Helmet are widely revered by many bands that followed for their combination of staccato riffing, stop and go pace of post-hardcore, and an overall experimental playing style of heavy metal. Guitarist/vocalist Page Hamilton is at the helm of the band that was just finding its way with [...]

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THE THROWBACK – BOLT THROWER – THE IVTH CRUSADE

If you consider yourself a fan of death metal but have never listened to Bolt Thrower, I would find that problematic. These purveyors of war themed death metal are arguably one of the greatest death metal bands to ever exist. They achieve this through growled vocals and mammoth riffs that can smash in a man’s head [...]

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THE THROWBACK: DARK QUARTERER – DARK QUARTERER

  I never know when I am going to find a new classic album, but I must thank my colleague at heavymetal.about.com, Dan Marsciano as well as metal friend/Zelda freak/former bassist of Cormorant, Arthur Von Nagel, for collaborating on a piece about Italian Epic Metal band Dark Quarterer found here. It was there that I was introduced to [...]

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OLD WOUNDS – FROM WHERE WE CAME IS WHERE WE’LL REST

    NJ hardcore band Old Wounds have finally unleashed their first LP upon the masses, after teasing us with two great EPs in previous years. Myself and The Quigs met these fine young gentlemen during a record store day performance in 2011 while most of their members were still in high school. The band had [...]

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THE THROWBACK: WINDIR – ARNTOR

For the people who love the newest release by Vreid, Welcome Farewell, it would be of interest for you to spend some time with the band that started it all; Windir. Windir originally combined folk and black metal together reminiscent of  Hammerheart-era Bathory, though they became more like Enslaved when they dived headfirst into prog (and changed to English [...]

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THE THROWBACK: THIN LIZZY – FIGHTING

  Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band that require no introduction, as they helped to introduce twin lead guitar harmonies that were later championed by bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest as well as the burgeoning NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) scene, which relied so heavily on this. Their most famous albums Jailbreak and Bad [...]

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