Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Translator

  American Black Metal

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2012

  What is it? American black metal originates from the Norwegian scene of the early '80s, Early American black metal was defined by blast bea...

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  Æges

  "Southern Comfort"/"Stars"

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  This seven-inch release from sludgy metal experimenters Æges includes a remastered version of "Southern Comfort," which appeared on t...

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  Mamiffer/Pyramids

  Mamiffer/Pyramids

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  Geographically, experimental drone unit Mamiffer and blackened shoegaze explorers Pyramids hail from profoundly different environments: Mam...

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  Dethklok

  Dethalbum III

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  Reviewing a Dethklok album is a tricky proposition. On one hand, this is ostensibly a joke. The band are in fact a group of animated cartoo...

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  Darsombra

  Climax Community

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  Baltimore, MD's Darsombra, who dub themselves "transcendental rock," consider themselves an audio-visual project, with the shifting, dream-...

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  Jodis

  Black Curtain

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  This release is a bittersweet one. Black Curtain is challenging and corrosive, a twisting, acid-spitting creation that makes listening some...

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  Klone

  The Dreamer's Hideaway

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  A progressive metal quintet from Poitiers, France, Klone join a heavy metal community that's alive with experimentation. Their fourth full-...

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  Menace Ruine

  Alight In Ashes

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  As metal becomes increasingly hybridized, with more sub-genres and novel combinations springing up all of the time, discovering something g...