Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Vasaeleth

  All Uproarious Darkness

  PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2013

  Raw death metal duo Vasaeleth have unleashed a river of blood with their second album, All Uproarious Darkness. Though only 19 minutes and...

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  Watain

  The Wild Hunt

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2013

  Uppsala, Sweden's darkest sons, black metal wraiths Watain, have opted to explore a more varied, but no less infernal sound on their fifth...

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  Leila Abdul-Rauf

  Cold and Cloud

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2013

  Known for her vocal and guitar performances in Hammers of Misfortune, Vastum and Amber Asylum (as well as occasional piano and trumpet cont...

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  White Orange

  Onawa

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2013

  White Orange are composed of three-quarters of '70s-inspired blues-rockers Black Pussy (vocalist Dustin Hill, guitarist Ryan McIntire and d...

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  Empty Flowers

  Five

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2013

  Empty Flowers are counting down as surely as they are steadily marching forward. Last year's clamorous, noisy rock effort, Six, blasted the...

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  Midnight Eye

  Nightmonger

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2013

  While a great deal of music criticism is reduced to labeling bands according to sub-genres, making up new categories if need be, there's al...

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  Pantheon of Blood

  Tetrasomia

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2013

  Finnish underground black metallers Pantheon of Blood have chosen to explore the conceptual potential of the four alchemical elements in th...

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  Anagnorisis

  Beyond All Light

  PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2013

  This death-tinted black metal band from Louisville, KY chose to name their band after the Greek theatrical concept of Anagnorisis, a critic...