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Satyricon – Satyricon
What do musicians do when the drive to create has vanished? When the label is clamoring for something new, does the band bow down and fulfill the request, or do they uphold standards? Black metal in...
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Black Altar – Suicidal Salvation
If you’re tired of having fruity alt-rock interrupting your metal experience, you’re not alone. Polish black metal band Black Altar is set to release their EP Suicidal Salvation via Darker than Black...
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Triptykon records Melana Chasmata to be unleashed April 14, 2014
Back in August, we revealed that Triptykon had begun finalizing their second record. We can now report that the band has announced further information concerning the album. Entitled Melana Chasmata,...
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Stray Bullets Kill – Sons of Southern Darkness
Immediately from the first note, this release captures attention. It begins with a focused and powerful assault that is refreshing in its youthful vigor. Unsubtle, it shamelessly bashes ahead with...
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Blitzkrieg – Back From Hell
British NWOBHM band Blitzkrieg have returned with a new album, entitled Back From Hell. Melodic while still retaining structure, this album will appeal to fans of 80s era heavy metal, as well as those...
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Ritual Decay – Conquering Darkness
Here at DMU HQ, we see many potential topics for review. Some are terrible, and are sent to receive a public shaming via Sadistic Metal Reviews. Most are average, doing something somewhat competently...
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The Art of Metal: Five Decades of Heavy Metal Album Covers, Posters, T-shirts...
As the interest in heavy metal history continues to grow, it’s natural that attention will eventually expand outside the music. Visual aesthetics have long been important in metal, whether that is...
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Cosmic Church – Ylistys
Sometime after 1994, black metal lost its spark. Hvis Lyset Tar Oss had elevated black metal to its highest possible form and observers were left with nowhere to go. Thus began the ongoing...
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The Heaviest Encyclopedia of Swedish Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Ever! by Janne...
Since the popularization age of search engines began, some have wondered if this spelled the impending doom of paper encyclopedias. If heavy metal is any indication, traditional methods of distributing...
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Rotten – Cryptic Catacombs
Death metal in its heyday achieved an atmosphere: an impending sense of demise from impersonal forces beyond the listener’s control. Technique was used to achieve this, but mechanical dexterity was...
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Haven in Shadows –“Legend of the Wolf” and “Moments of Honour”
Often, when frustrated with the current state of metal, it’s refreshing to look towards the past. While the metal underground has been increasingly well documented, there are still quality releases...
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Heavy Metal and the Communal Experience conference reveals topics
Last year, we ran an article covering the announcement that the University of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Heavy Metal Studies group will be hosting a day-long conference at the University of Puerto...
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Burial Hordes – Incendium
Some modern “black metal” is superior to others; and not all of it is created by flannel-wearing, latte-drinking hipsters (just around 70%). Thankfully, there are some albums around that will not turn...
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Bazillion Points releases Heavy Metal Movies
Metal-related publisher Bazillion Points (of Metalion and Only Death is Real fame) is furthering its extensive catalogue, this time with a book chronicling the exploits of heavy metal movies. Written...
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Teenage Time Killer readies debut LP
Occasionally, even the most cynical members of the DMU venture into the outside world to a realm where supergroups come together and convulse the media in marked excitement. Corrosion of Conformity...
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Mayhem –“Psywar”
Norwegian black metal band Mayhem have released the first side of their upcoming single, entitled “Psywar.” At 3.5 minutes it shows the band continuing their foray into modern extreme metal...
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Teitanblood – Death
After black metal collapsed, fans went looking for the next great genre to fill the void. Unfortunately, the only “new” developments post-1996 have been of retrogression. Whether combining metal with...
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Twilight – III: Beneath Trident’s Tomb
Commercial black metal. Oh dear. Advertising agencies would like us to believe that Twilight is a “black metal supergroup”; but looking at the list of musicians involved, there isn’t much to do with...
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Mayhem announces details of Esoteric Warfare
Former black metal, now modern metal band Mayhem have announced further details about their upcoming album via Season of Mist. Entitled Esoteric Warfare, the track list can be viewed below: Watcher...
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Darkthrone announces release of Black, Death and Beyond anthology
Former black metal, now heavy metal band Darkthrone have announced the upcoming release of a triptych analog release via Peaceville, featuring a retrospective from each stage of the band’s career....
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