Dirge Within

Force Fed Lies

E1Entertainment

Overall this is a decent album. Awesome guitar work and solos in every song, an excellent drummer, good bassist. Great vocals and lyrics are found throughout. My only complaints are  the overused snare on tracks 6 and 8 seems to tarnish the drummers better qualities. I also thought that track 11 seemed a little repetitive with the vocals. Those minor complaints aside, I think that this band has a lot of talent and anyone who is a fan of heavy metal should check these guys out. Dirge Within rocks.

Keenan Carter
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The Modern Age Slavery

Damned to blindness

Napalm records

This band is awesome, the screamer has a decent range in his growls and roars. The guitar riffs are a lot palm muted power chords. The drummer is decent at times, awesome the next, then all of a sudden he is terrible. Relying too much on his snare. Overall this is a pretty good album that a lot of fans of this band

will enjoy.

Keenan Carter

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Celan

Halo

Exile on mainstream records

I like the singers voice and the drums. The bass is good, but I can't say that about the guitar, which doesn't really sync up with the rest of the music. 

Keenan Carter

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October Falls

The womb of primordial nature

Moribund records

Musically great, even though it is predictable. Every song starts off slow with classical acoustic guitar, then the distortion kicks on. I'm sure the singers voice is awesome, granted I could actually hear it. All four tracks are over eight minutes and sound exactly the same.

Keenan Carter

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Arckanum

Antikosmos

Moribund records

First four tracks sound exactly the same. Then after the change of pace at track five, the remainder of the tracks sound like track five.

Keenan Carter

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Janus

Red Right Return

Realid Records Inc.

Great singer, great guitar and bass, great drums, and beautifully composed music. This band is unique in a way,  but kind of reminds me of A Perfect Circle.

Keenan Carter

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Darkest Hour

The Eternal Return

Victory Records

Good drums, decent guitar, the vocals sound a little strained. This album is ok, but

I think this band could do better.

Keenan Carter

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Carnifex

The Diseased And The Poisoned

Victory Records

                   

Pure death metal, good rage filled guitar, the drums fade in and out between awesome and repetitive with an overused snare, and the vocals are as great as they are horrifying. This album jumps back and forth from good to bad in every track, it's great at an instant then awful the next.

Keenan Carter

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Emmure

The Respect Issue
Victory Records

Savage vocals, the guitar is kind of slow in places and full of angry power chords that are great for this style of music, amazing drums are fast and rhythmic. This band is hardcore awesome.

Keenan Carter

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Asmegin

ARV
Napalm Records

Great male and female vocals, good music, guitar riffs are far too repetitive but accompanied by other instruments to compensate, lyrics in Nordic. I like this band, they sound like Vikings doing death metal.

Keenan Carter

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The Red Chord

Pray for eyes

Metal blade records

Very aggressive lyrics and angry vocals, masterful guitar solos and breakdowns and a beast of a drummer. The Red Chord does metal right,do them right,buy their album.

Keenan Carter

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Nuclear Winter

This Album is so Underground, Album art is unattainable.

The swords have been forged E.P.

Stay tuned records

Completely devoid of lyrics or vocals, mediocre drums and guitar, decent bass. This band needs work.

Keenan Carter

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Shadows Fall

Retribution
Everblack Industries

Amazing lyrics, backed up by an awesome singer/screamer, brutal drums never miss a beat and superb guitar shredding. This album is pure metal at its finest.

Keenan Carter

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August Burns Red

Messengers
Solid State Records

 Awesome drums, guitar work and vocals, this album is great from start to finish

and should not be missed by any metal fan.

Keenan Carter

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Stuck Mojo

The Great Revival

Napalm Records

This album is a trap, at first it's pretty good then it makes a strange transition from decent crossover metal to some heavy 'Everlast' sounding mess, at first I thought this sounded it like it was going to be pretty good album but each track was a step down from the previous and by the end, I wasn't liking it anymore.

Keenan Carter

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