Independent

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated May 27, 2026 284 1 2

Endbringer marks the full‑length debut of Swedish melodic death metal outfit Abandon Agony, though attentive listeners will recognize four of its tracks from the earlier Dark Matter EP. True to their national lineage, the band leans heavily into the melodic death metal blueprint forged...

LEPROSARIUM Someone Is Dying NewHot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated May 05, 2026 355 1 2

Someone Is Dying is an album I stumbled upon by chance, but it quickly proved itself to be a discovery worth celebrating. Information about Leprosarium is scarce; beyond their Colombian origins and the fact that this release is independent, the band remains something of...

ETERNAL DELYRIA Paradox Of the Mechanical Angel Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 11, 2026 3496 1 2

Eternal Delyria is a new discovery for me, though the band has been active since 2011. Formed in Ticino, Switzerland, they previously released one EP and one full‑length album before unveiling Paradox of the Mechanical Angel. While the foundation of their sound is firmly...

AETERNAM Al Qassam Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 3334 1 2

It’s no secret that I’ve been a big fan of Aeternam since the release of their debut album ‘Disciples Of The Unseen’ back in 2010, and I still consider the ‘Moongod’ album among my favorite death metal albums of the last two decades. Their...

SHADOW OF INTENT Melancholy Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 4867 3 2

It’s been two years since ‘Reclaimer’, the last full length album from Conneticut/Rhode Island based Shadow Of Intent saw the light of day, but now the wait is finally over as they return with their highly anticipated successor entitled ‘Melancholy’. ‘Reclaimer’ was an excellent...

CRAFTING THE CONSPIRACY The Cosmic Key, pt. 1 Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2898 1 2

Crafting The Conspiracy is a new acquaintance to me, heading from Odessa, Texas and they promote themselves as a melodic death metal band. I would probably rather file them as deathcore, but of course with elements of both melodic- and more brutal death metal....

SUBNUBA Distant Pixels Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2825 1 2

I wasn't able to find much information on Subnuba online, so bare with me if i miss out on some facts here. But as far as i understand these guys are hailing from the US, or to be more specific Toledo, Ohio, and 'Distant...

GRAVEREALM Worldender Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2724 1 2

'Worldender' is the debut EP from Graverealm, a one man project from American artist Barret Gingerich. The material on this 18 minutes long EP lies in the borderline between tehcnical death metal and deathcore, so I guess technical deathcore would be a fair description....

THE ARTIFICE PRECEPT Premonition Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2908 1 2

I stumbled over The Artifice Precept more or less by accident, and there's not much information to be found about this band around the internet either. But as far as I understand they are heading form US and 'Premonition' is their debut album, or...

DIVIDED MULTITUDE Divided Multitude Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated May 31, 2019 6176 0 1

During the past couple of decads Norway has become a force to count on when it comes to progressive metal with several bands of international standard. Trondheim based Divided Multitude definitely sort among those, now celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of their...