Hammers - Vardøgr (2012)

Genre: Crust/Hardcore

Country: United Kingdom

Well, this kicks the ass of Tragedy's new offering all over the fucking arena...

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Escarnium - Excruciating Existence (2012)

Genre: Death Metal

Country: Brazil

As promised, here is Escarnium's brand spankin' new full length that I mentioned in an earlier post. Crushing shit, enjoy.

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Camulos - Der Untermensch (Mit Namen Christ) (2002)

Genre: Black Metal
Country: Germany

This is kind of an oddball release because it combines more melodic black metal a la Dissection with a couple tracks that are most certainly death metal. Interesting as it may be, this is a quality album with better vocals than Dissection and riffs that certainly compete.

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Crypt of Kerberos - The Macrodex of War (2005)

Genre: Death Metal

Country: Sweden

This was posted on TCM a long time ago and I figured it could use a re-post given it is a 19 track compilation of old school death metal goodness...yeah...

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Wodensthrone - Curse (2012)

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Country: United Kingdom

I know that many people were both impressed and unimpressed by Wodensthrone's debut album Loss. However, I can say that Curse is most definitely a better album, so that is good news for both crowds. This time around they concentrate less on stagnant folk sections and more on hissing atmospheric black metal.

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Escarnium - Rex Verminorum (2011)

Genre: Death Metal
Country: Brazil

It appears this slab of filth slipped through the cracks of my 2011 listened-to list, well no longer. Escarnium offer up some top-notch Finnish death metal worship here with all the fix-ends that should be listened to by anyone who is into the style (Think Convulse, Stench of Decay, Cruciamentum, Venenum, Dead Congregation, Blessed Offal, etc). They also have full length scheduled for release by the end of the this month that I am eagerly awaiting.

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Torture Chain - Time Is But A Doorway To The Incinerator (2012)

Genre: Black Metal
Country: United States

Had absolutely no idea this was coming out but fucking hell what a surprise. This is probably the best thing Torture Chain has released to date, and is one track and 23 minutes of excellence.

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