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Magica – Dark Diary (2010)

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Since 2002 Magica has been gracing us with very interesting and consistent releases, “Dark Diary” is not an exception to this trend and shows the band embracing a more Gothic Power Metal sound than their original Power/Melodic Heavy Metal sound from their earlier albums.

With a new bass guitarist and a new drummer, the band is sounding as good as ever. The band’s music is somewhat very symphonic, but it never gets to be ‘too much’ like other bands that sound like a Star Wars soundtrack with vocals plastered on top. We love when bands know when to balance their synth/keyboard use to not overwhelm the listener with needless epicness.

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Heaven Grey – Falling Mist (2010)

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Hailing from Latvia, today we get a very impressive Doom/Gothic Metal self-released album with Heaven Grey’s “Falling Mist”. We are suckers for Doom/Gothic Metal and everything in between, but when the genres are combined we get even more excited. Heaven Grey had most of the ‘activity’ in the late nineties, and because of line-up issues split-up in 2000. Recently reformed the band set up to record “Falling Mist”, their second full-length and one of the best Doom/Gothic Metal albums we have heard this year.

Combining lyrics in both English and Latvia, the band sets up a very bleak and depressive atmosphere with their music. We particularly love the language combination since it’s very nice to hear bands embracing their own language when it comes to writing songs. The music is very bare-bones and does not require anything fancy to make it excellent. Mainly driven by the weeping guitar work and depressive clean vocals, Heaven Grey’s music is right up there with As Divine Grace, Thorns of The Carrion, Castle, etc. when it comes to creating depressive music that will keep you engaged for the duration of the full-album.

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Arsenic Addiction + Cvltvs Mortem – June 25th, Bozeman, Montana

After not attending a show for almost 3 months we were starting to feel the need to drive somewhere and listen to some live Metal. Luckily for us Salt Lake City’s Arsenic Addiction, and Idaho-based Cvltvs Mortem where playing a show in town. There are NEVER decent Metal shows in Bozeman, Montana, and this one was a great opportunity to not have to drive 15 hrs for a show and check out two promising American bands that we would normally never get the chance to experience unless they opened for a bigger act.

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DECREPIT BIRTH: Footage of Touring Drummer Performing New Song!

Santa Cruz CA’s tech-death masters, DECREPIT BIRTH, will employ the help of ex-ABIGAIL WILLIAMS drummer Samus Paulicelli as a session member during this years installment of the Summer Slaughter Tour. Footage of Paulicelli playing the new track “Symbiosis” can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watchωv=zkPYJo5KO1M.

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THE CRINN ANNOUNCE FOUR REGIONAL SHOWS

St. Paul, Minnesota’s progressive experimentalists THE CRINN have announced four regional shows in Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Chad White, bassist for THE CRINN, states: "We are extremely excited to share the stage for a couple of dates with some of the heaviest hitters in modern metal!  They are sure to be amazing shows."

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DIMMU BORGIR TO TOUR WITH KORN IN EUROPE

Norwegian symphonic black metal band DIMMU BORGIR proudly announce the launch of the first leg to their “Darkness Reborn World Tour” for their upcoming new album with Korn in Europe. 

States guitarist/songwriter Silenoz: "We really look forward to finally start the touring cycle in support of our new monster! Special thanks to Jonathan and Korn for giving us the opportunity!" 

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