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Album of the Week 04-2026: Blackstone – Devoid of Humanity
There is a limit to how clever death metal can get after which it starts sounding like something else entirely. A lot of modern death metal bands find themselves at the wrong side of this equation, where they are so focused on tuning as low as possible and rhythmic complexity…
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Tools for Discovery: Arkangel Albums Ranked
Having been founded in 1977 under the name Power Age, Arkangel was one of the earliest heavy metal bands in Latin America, alongside their fellow Venezuelans of Resistencia. Listening to the earliest works of both bands, Arkangel was a little less heavy and a little more hard rock-oriented, but they…
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Interview Sick Feel: “You Need to Find Your Own Personal Color”
With their tight, modern sound and their dynamic, groovy, yet very aggressive death metal songs, Sick Feel is a stand-out band among the contemporary Venezuelan metal scene. Vocalist Joel Miranda and guitarist Siro Tagliaferro share some insights into the creation of the Sick Feel sound and their ambitions for the…
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Interview Marcial Meléndez (Landsemk): Different Styles That Go Together Very Well
Ever since joining Landsemk in 2009, guitarist Marcial Meléndez gradually grew into his role as the main songwriter for the old school power metal band, and even their mixing and mastering engineer. Having recently relocated to the United States, Meléndez has carefully started searching for a more international audience for…
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Interview Carol Muñoz (Viatorem Astra, Leben und Drama): An Immediate Connection
One of the most powerful voices I came across during my research into Venezuelan metal is the voice of Carol Muñoz. She first rose to prominence as the second lead singer of the Caracas-based heavy/power metal band Leben und Drama. After moving to the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires, she…
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Interview Facundo Coral (Cronos, Gillman, Guerra Santa, Coral): New Flavors
Argentinian guitarist Facundo Coral spent most of his childhood and a significant portion of his adult life in Venezuela, founding the influential band Cronos and playing with the even more influential Gillman on arguably the band’s best albums. Coral looks back on his history with multiple high-profile bands both in…
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Album of the Week 41-2025: Coroner – Dissonance Theory
Easily one of my most anticipated releases this year, Coroner’s first original studio album in thirty-two years doesn’t disappoint. It takes everything good about the Swiss trio and translates it to the current day. That should not be too surprising, as Coroner was always ahead of its time both in…
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Album of the Week 40-2025: Sanity’s Rage – The Dead Don’t Run
Belgian thrashers Sanity’s Rage released a great debut album in the shape of ‘You Are What You Swallow’ in 2012, and then things went quiet for a while. While they remained active on the live front, it wasn’t until their self-titled single was released ten years later that the band…
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Album of the Week 39-2025: Dolmen Gate – Echoes of Ancient Tales
Last year, Portugal’s Dolmen Gate completely blew me away with their incredible debut album ‘Gateways of Eternity‘. No 2024 release had as many melodies that got stuck in my head seemingly randomly, even though catchy choruses aren’t necessarily the focus of Dolmen Gate’s epic heavy metal sound. Clearly the mark…
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