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EDITORIAL PICKS: 13 bands you need to see at Alcatraz 2023 on day 2 (Saturday)

For the second day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 13 bands we believe you shouldn't miss out on with Schizophrenia, Crystal Viper, Brand of Sacrifice, Twilight Force, Gaerea, Predatory Void, Midnight, Tribulation, Belphegor, Biohazard, Godflesh, Exciter and Amorphis! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
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09/08/2023 /0 Comments/by Vaim, Samoht and Anna Brödel

EDITORIAL PICKS: 10 bands you need to see at Alcatraz 2023 on day 1 (Friday)

Alcatraz 2023 is getting really close now! This Friday is the first day, and our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn't miss out on with Eleine, Wind Rose, Frozen Soul, Gnome, Kludde, Svalbard, Gaahls Wyrd, Possessed, I Am Morbid and Mad Sin! Who are you especially looking forward to on the first day of the festival?
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07/08/2023 /0 Comments/by Vaim and Samoht

Mizmor – Prosaic

8.4

With ‘Prosaic’, Liam Neigbors' (aka A.L.N.) brainchild Mizmor takes a less conceptual, down to earth approach to its unique mixture of depressive black metal and funeral doom, making each song stand on its own two feet in this bleak slice of life. Out via Profound Lore Records on this Friday, July 21.
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20/07/2023 /0 Comments/by Samoht

Smoulder – Violent Creed of Vengeance

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Smoulder’s sophomore record ‘Violent Creed of Vengeance’ continues the epic quest of this Canadian-Finnish fellowship through the realm of epic heavy metal doom. Out via Cruz Del Sur Music.
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09/07/2023 /0 Comments/by Samoht

Dorthia Cottrell – Death Folk Country

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Journey with us to the ‘Death Folk Country’, the sophomore solo album from Dorthia Cottrell, the enigmatic lead singer from doomed heavy hitters Windhand. A bleak journey through a set of sparse, sombre songs that takes little inspiration from doom, but all the more from folk and country. Out via Relapse Records.
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17/06/2023 /0 Comments/by Samoht

The Devil Makes Three (De Casino, Sint Niklaas) – 01/06/2023

Swapping his patch filled denim jacket for a Stetson, your resident cowboy got on his horse and headed down to that gambling den of mischief known as De Casino in Sint-Niklaas for a country filled evening with the likes of the Bones of J.R. Jones and The Devil Makes Three. Let’s Ride. Yihaaaa!
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13/06/2023 /0 Comments/by Samoht

Mournful Congregation – The Exuviae of the Gods Part II

8.6

Following suit its inaugural instalment two years ago, Australian masters of melancholy Mournful Congregation completed its funereal diptych with ‘The Exuviae of the Gods Part II’ . Out via Osmose Records and 20 Buck Spin.
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27/05/2023 /0 Comments/by Samoht

Grave Pleasures – Plagueboys

8.4

Finnish post-punk revivalists Grave Pleasures have released their new record ‘Plagueboys’ with Century Media Records a couple of weeks ago. A celebration of bleak early goth as if it were a lost record from the eighties, while still being remarkably upbeat and danceable.
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15/05/2023 /0 Comments/by Samoht

Runemagick – Beyond the Cenotaph of Mankind

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Despite a lengthy hiatus, Swedish death doom veterans Runemagick has been quite prolific again these past few years with ‘The Cenotaph of Mankind’ as the latest engraving into this monolith of doom. Out since last Friday via Hammerheart Records.
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03/05/2023 /0 Comments/by Samoht

Nanowar of Steel – Dislike of False Metal

8.8

Nanowar of Steel’s new record 'Dislike to False Metal’ brings parody metal to a whole new level with quality, yet hilarious songs that at times almost sound more than the bands they're emulating. Released via Napalm Records.
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18/03/2023 /0 Comments/by Samoht

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