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Album Review: Mind Control – Elements

02/02/2024 Cheryl Lynn

This new album was recently dropped in December 2023. Mind Control is an Italian...

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• Black Metal
• Cult Classics
• Death Metal
• Doom Metal
• Electronica
• Folk Metal
• Hard Rock
• Heavy/Traditional Metal
• Lifestyle
• Lyrical Analysis
• Melodic Death Metal
• Metal
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• Pop
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• Symphonic
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Lyrical Analysis: Æther Realm – The Devil

01/25/2024 Cheryl Lynn

Tarot is a concept album released in 2017 by Æther Realm, a melodic death...

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• Melodic Death Metal
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• Symphonic
• Technical

Album Review: Moonlight Sorcery – Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle

10/11/2023 Cheryl Lynn

This debut full length album, following two seminal EPs, was premiered on 09/29/2023. Intro:...

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• Blues
• Cult Classics
• Death Metal
• Deathcore
• Grind
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• Hardcore
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• Lifestyle
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• Metalcore
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• Progressive Rock
• Punk
• Technical
• Thrash

4 New Releases – and 1 Cult Classic – to Check Out ASAP

09/12/2021 Cheryl Lynn 1

Intro: Full disclosure: I have giant stacks of CDs, and dozens (maybe even hundreds)...

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• Black Metal
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• Doom Metal
• Electronica
• Folk Metal
• Grind
• Hard Rock
• Heavy/Traditional Metal
• Melodic Death Metal
• New Releases
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• Stoner Metal
• Symphonic
• Technical

Album Review: Raventhorn – Shadows of Lonehill

10/16/2020 Cheryl Lynn

Shadows of Lonehill will be released on Halloween of 2020, which is also a...

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• Black Metal
• Death Metal
• Doom Metal
• Electronica
• Folk Metal
• Hard Rock
• Heavy/Traditional Metal
• Lifestyle
• Melodic Death Metal
• Power Metal
• Progressive Rock
• Stoner Metal
• Symphonic

Lyrical Analysis: Amorphis – Sky Is Mine

07/21/2019 Cheryl Lynn

Released in 2009, Skyforger is the 9th studio album from Finnish melodic death metal...

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• Black Metal
• Death Metal
• Deathcore
• Doom Metal
• Editorial
• Hard Rock
• Hardcore
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• Jazz
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• Progressive Rock
• Punk
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• Straight Edge
• Symphonic
• Technical
• Thrash

Burning Churches, Burning Bridges: The Cognitive Dissonance of Being a Catholic Metalhead

04/21/2019 Cheryl Lynn 3

St. Peter Martyr Exorcizing a Posessed Statue of the Virgin and Child, Vincenzo Foppa,...

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• Death Metal
• Electronica
• Hard Rock
• Heavy/Traditional Metal
• Jazz
• Melodic Death Metal
• New Releases
• Power Metal
• Progressive Rock
• Stoner Metal
• Symphonic

Album Review: June 1974 – Nemesi

02/02/2019 Cheryl Lynn

Album Review: June 1974 – Nemesi Beautiful women, angels, and flowers are some of...

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• Album Review
• Black Metal
• Death Metal
• Electronica
• Folk Metal
• Glam Rock/Hair Metal
• Hard Rock
• Heavy/Traditional Metal
• Melodic Death Metal
• Metalcore
• New Releases
• Power Metal
• Progressive Rock
• Symphonic

Album Review: Immortal Guardian – Age of Revolution

09/27/2018 Cheryl Lynn 16

  Soaring power metal vocals, wailing guitars, triumphant melodies, and just enough distortion to...

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Concert Review: Dark Tranquillity at Albuquerque’s Launchpad

02/07/2017 Cheryl Lynn

  This show was a perfect storm of musical variety, consistent heaviness, and high-energy...