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  • “Scandalous Gilda” is a startling, intelligent and mesmerizing scimitar of arthouse erotica. Though it is rife with softcore sexuality, it is far more than mere softcore. This goes way beyond...

    Scandalous Gilda – DVD Review

    “Scandalous Gilda” is a startling, intelligent and mesmerizing scimitar of arthouse erotica. Though it is rife with softcore sexuality, it is far more than mere softcore. This goes way beyond...

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  • Deliverance is one of the great classic thrash bands. There’s just no getting around that. One of their albums even made a top 50 list of essential thrash records (and...

    Temporary Insanity – A Salute to Deliverance

    Deliverance is one of the great classic thrash bands. There’s just no getting around that. One of their albums even made a top 50 list of essential thrash records (and...

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  • Yep, the latest, hardest, baddest return to old school brutal hardcore, Arson Anthem, which boasts members of Pantera, EyeHateGod and Hank III, is back, bringing the hell right to the...

    Arson Anthem – Insecurity Notoriety

    Yep, the latest, hardest, baddest return to old school brutal hardcore, Arson Anthem, which boasts members of Pantera, EyeHateGod and Hank III, is back, bringing the hell right to the...

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  • Massive Slavery’s “Global Enslavement” is a fine example of technical death metal. It hits hard, between the heavy guitars and precise but sometimes blasting drums. The rhythms are all shaken...

    Massive Slavery – Global Enslavement

    Massive Slavery’s “Global Enslavement” is a fine example of technical death metal. It hits hard, between the heavy guitars and precise but sometimes blasting drums. The rhythms are all shaken...

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  • (hed) p.e.’s penchant for political shake-em-ups continues unabated on the balls-out “Truth Rising.” Joining the likes of Megadeth for distrust of and contempt for the powers that be, (hed) p.e....

    (hed)p.e. – Truth Rising

    (hed) p.e.’s penchant for political shake-em-ups continues unabated on the balls-out “Truth Rising.” Joining the likes of Megadeth for distrust of and contempt for the powers that be, (hed) p.e....

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  • Way better than you might think to see the title. Believe it or not, this is actually some captivating vintage Europorn (of the softcore variety). It’s much better than a...

    Schoolgirl Report Volume 7 – DVD review

    Way better than you might think to see the title. Believe it or not, this is actually some captivating vintage Europorn (of the softcore variety). It’s much better than a...

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  • Crystavox swings back with their answer to the changes in the metal scene. Nothing has left, they seem to say, even if new styles have emerged. On “The 20 Year...

    Crystavox – The 20 Year Mix

    Crystavox swings back with their answer to the changes in the metal scene. Nothing has left, they seem to say, even if new styles have emerged. On “The 20 Year...

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  • Enslaved somehow doesn’t deviate from black metal roots while still sounding distinctive in the field. It isn’t experimental but it gets your attention regardless. Part of it is the sheer...

    Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini

    Enslaved somehow doesn’t deviate from black metal roots while still sounding distinctive in the field. It isn’t experimental but it gets your attention regardless. Part of it is the sheer...

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  • Really, one of the totally neat-as-hell aspects of this album is that it represents truly old old school thrash. That’s not an insult via retro trash talking, that’s a compliment....

    Accept – Blood of the Nations

    Really, one of the totally neat-as-hell aspects of this album is that it represents truly old old school thrash. That’s not an insult via retro trash talking, that’s a compliment....

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  • Chimaira’s got it. This is one helluva package. Two DVDs (one of concert footage and the other a superbly done making-of-an-album documentary) and a CD of a live performance makes...

    Chimaira – Coming Alive

    Chimaira’s got it. This is one helluva package. Two DVDs (one of concert footage and the other a superbly done making-of-an-album documentary) and a CD of a live performance makes...

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