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Metal Blade Records

Johannes Persson
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In Search Of Tone: Johannes Persson Of Cult Of Luna

7th March 20224th May 2022 Josh Schneider Cult Of Luna, In Search Of Tone, Johannes Persson, Metal Blade Records, Post-Metal, Red Creek Recordings

Do I even need to write a paragraph or two about Cult of Luna? It’s a metal band from Sweden,

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Cult Of Luna 'The Long Road North'
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Review: Cult Of Luna ‘The Long Road North’

8th February 202228th March 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cult Of Luna, Metal Blade Records, Post-Metal, Red Creek Recordings

Cult Of Luna have now served twenty years in their quest to push the limitations of what they envision hardcore

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The Ocean 'Phanerozoic Live'
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Review: The Ocean ‘Phanerozoic Live’

29th November 202111th January 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Metal Blade Records, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, The Ocean

For those unfamiliar with German progressive/post-metal band The Ocean (Collective), this unique collector’s ‘live’ edition of their double concept album

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Dread Sovereign 'Alchemical Warfare'
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Review: Dread Sovereign ‘Alchemical Warfare’

27th January 20211st March 2021 Sandy Williamson Alchemical Warfare, Dread Sovereign, Metal Blade Records

I ‘ve been uncharacteristically out of the loop on Dread Sovereign, brainchild of Primordial’s Nemtheanga, as this is their third

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Anaal Nathrakh 'Endarkenment'
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Review: Anaal Nathrakh ‘Endarkenment’

12th October 202012th November 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anaal Nathrakh, Black Metal, Endarkenment, Metal Blade Records

It is hard to believe it has been nearly twenty years since Birmingham’s Anaal Nathrakh crawled into the daylight and

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The Ocean ‘Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic’
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Review: The Ocean ‘Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic’

18th September 202026th October 2020 Lee Beamish Metal Blade Records, Pelagic Records, Phanerozoic II, Prog Metal, The Ocean

At the ripe old age of twenty, and now due to release their eighth studio album, prog metal meisters The

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Cirith Ungol ‘Forever Black’
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Review: Cirith Ungol ‘Forever Black’

11th June 20208th July 2020 Fossil Cirith Ungol, Forever Black, Heavy Metal, Metal Blade Records

Who in their wildest dreams would have predicted such a distinguished return from the Ventura metal giants? This is their

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Cult Of Luna ‘A Dawn To Fear’
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Review: Cult Of Luna ‘A Dawn To Fear’

8th October 201923rd October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden A Dawn To Fear, Cult Of Luna, Metal Blade Records, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Review

In 2016 Swedish avant-garde metal titans Cult Of Luna collaborated with US underground noise siren Julie Christmas to produce one

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Sourvein ‘Aquatic Occult’
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Sourvein ‘Aquatic Occult’ CD/LP/DD 2016

23rd May 20167th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, Aquatic Occult, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sludge, Sourvein, T-Roy, Troy “T-Roy” Medlin

Cape Fear River, NC natives Sourvein shouldn’t need an introduction, having pioneered an American southern doom scene with enough history

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Brimstone Coven 'Black Magic'
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Brimstone Coven ‘Black Magic’ CD/LP/DD 2016

16th February 20161st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2016, Black Magic, Blues Rock, Brimstone Coven, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Brimstone Coven are the essence of 70s doom. When doom wasn’t quite a thing, it was more occult rock shot

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Anaal Nathrakh
A-F Interviews 

Anaal Nathrakh: Sandy Williamson Interviews Vocalist V.I.T.R.I.O.L. AKA Dave Hunt

6th April 20157th September 2019 Sandy Williamson Anaal Nathrakh, Dave Hunt, Desideratum, Interview, Metal Blade Records, Sandy Williamson, V.I.T.R.I.O.L.

Anaal Nathrakh are, and always have been, one of black metal’s most violent and yet aurally interesting bands. With equal

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