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Every Time I Die – Ex Lives: Album Review

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Chances are this isn’t the only review of Every Time I Die’s Ex Lives you’ll read, and chances are every single review you read about this album had an introduction filled to the brim of overzealous flattery. It’s a known …

Veil Of Maya – Eclipse: Album Review

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It looks like the popularity of djent is starting to explode, what was once a genre really only known by guitarists who owned 7 string guitars is now starting to hit the mainstream just like dubstep used to be unknown …

Caliban – I Am Nemesis: Album Review

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Ah, metalcore we meet again. German metalcorers have been around for an outstanding 15 years, not bad for a band that makes music classed as metalcore is it? To Caliban’s credit, they were metalcore before it was even called metalcore. …

POD HD300: Gear Review

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I’ve always been somewhwat of a fan of Line 6 effects and amp simulations, just not their guitar amplifiers. It’s not their guitar amplifiers are bad, it’s just the people I’ve known to use them are jerks and ruin the …

Hopes Die Last – Trust No One: Album Review

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Post-hardcore is a rather non-fickle genre, a sea awash with genericism, predictable breakdowns and down-tuned guitars. For those of you familiar with Hopes Dies Last debut full-length Six Years Home you’d already know it wasn’t that great, sounding like a …