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Insightful articles that dissect Groove Metal music down to its raspy singing and screaming, down-tuned guitars, slower tempos than thrash, heavy guitar riffs, and syncopated rhythms. 195 Metal CDs is an independent music review blog sharing metal, hardcore, punk and rock reviews from Scotland.
195 metal CDs » Groove Metal
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Production, arrangements and cover art by Joe Duplantier. Engineered by Johann Meyer. Additional engineering by Brian Montgomery, Dan Malsch, Jorge Tavares, Jamie Uertz, Taylor Bingley, Morgan David, and William “Billy” Knauft. Mastered by Ted Jensen. Mixed by Andy Wallace.
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Joe Duplantier—Vocals, rhythm guitar, Jew’s harp, production, arrangements, cover art
Christian Andreu—Lead guitar
Jean-Michel Labadie—Bass
Mario Duplantier—Drums
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Adriana Vanella—Vocals on “Amazonia”
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Born ..read more
195 metal CDs » Groove Metal
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Recorded at Nameless City Sound studio, Lauder with King Witch’s Jamie Gilchrist. Cover and booklet art by King Witch vocalist Laura Gilchrist.
Independent release on Saturday 3 June 2023.
For fans of Entombed A.D., High On Fire, The Haunted, Gojira, Gorefest
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Chris Thomson—Vocals
Luke James—Guitars, vocals, synths, samples
Barry Buchanan—Bass
Keith Blaikie—Drums
Tracks
Fracture
Eyes of the divine
Of severed gods
The wall
Mars
Relic
It awaits
Godless carrion pit
Pillars of Phobos
The red vers ..read more
195 metal CDs » Groove Metal
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Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Neil Hudson (Krysthla, Gutworm) at Initiate Audio. Media artwork by Dark Days Design. Released Friday 21 June 2019.
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Dave Pope—Vocals
James Upton—Guitar
James Evans—Guitar
Chris Cox—Bass
John Booth—Drums
Tracks
Geneva
With the tide
The supplicant
Origins
Voices
Id breaker
Lizard method statement
Sneak attack
Oleum
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I reviewed Siderian’s debut EP, Cancel Your Future (2015) a few years ago. My review conclusion said, “All in all a pretty solid de ..read more
195 metal CDs » Groove Metal
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Produced and engineered by Tero “Max” Kostermaa. Mixed by Euge Valovirta. Mastered by Jacob Hansen.
Released via Sliptrick Records on Tuesday 23 May 2023.
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Hardtone—Vocals
Gabor—Guitar
I.T.—Bass
Dallas 13—Drums
Tracks
Out and alone
We don’t fall
Dead galaxy
T-13
War machine
Messiah
My precious star
Refuge
Evil twin
Lost keys
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Derelict (2023) is the second album from Finnish industrial group Resolution 13.
The band started composing the tracks in 2016 and the recordings took place over several sessions between 2016 and 2 ..read more
195 metal CDs » Groove Metal
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Produced by Jonas Arnberg and Methane. Recorded and Mastered at Sellnoise Studios. Cover Art Eka Saputra for Psychopart. Released on Friday 27 January 2023.
For fans of Havok, Kreator, Onslaught, Pantera, Slayer.
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Tim Scott—Bass and vocals
Jimi Mästerbo—Guitar
Markus Grundström—Guitar
Jonathan Fundin—Drums
Tracks
Kill it with fire
Accuser (of the brethren)
Declare chaos
Shock and awe
A blood red sky (feat. C.J. Scioscia, Blood Feast)
Down in the gutter
Thin the herd
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Like much of the p ..read more
195 metal CDs » Groove Metal
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Recorded, mixed and mastered in Athens, Greece. Cover artwork by Colombian artist Marcela Bolivar. Released on Sliptrick Records on Tuesday 9 May 2023.
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Kostas Lolis—Vocals
Stamoulakis Bouris—Lead Guitar
Giannis Synodinos—Bass
Kostas Tsifopoulos—Drums
Tracks
Hell-o
Scapegoat
The giant’s collapse
Pathetic race
Monkey society
Sicko
Thin line
White lies
Hoax
Dead man’s misery
Review
The Giants Collapse (2023) is the debut album from Athens-based, Greek metalcore/groove metal band Artificial Sun.
This is ..read more
195 metal CDs » Groove Metal
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Recorded, produced and mastered by producer Evan Sammons. Released on 20 May 2022
For fans of Killswitch Engage, The Ghost Inside, I Killed The Prom Queen
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TJ Washburn—Vocals
Chris Manos—Guitar
Luke Cormier—Guitar
Jay Knight—Bass
Gary Porter—Drums
Tracks
Relentless (4:29)
Unbeliever (4:21)
Haunted (3:28)
King of the rats (3:27)
3 evils (3:43)
Review
Ah! Now, here’s a metalcore band I can get behind. Maine’s In the Kingdom of Nightmares is a traditional metalcore band with a twist. They sound heavy, fast and groove-based. Formed in 2008 ..read more
195 metal CDs » Groove Metal
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Released on Green Bronto Records on 1 July 2022.
For fans of Lamb of God, Parkway Drive, Bleed From Within.
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Sheyda Mohammadi—Vocals
Alireza Shafiei—Vocals
Abtin Zahed—Guitars
Mohamadreza Rezaei—Guitars
Tracks
Ignited by lies (epic version)
Rising inside
Out of the shadows
Review
While the latter half of last year was more or less a write off, there are still a few releases from 2022 that I fell in love with and feel it would be a huge disservice not to review. First up in that category is this fabulous EP from ..read more
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Self released EP on Friday 29 May 2020.
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Jamie Hughes—Vocals
Matthew Pike—Guitars
Alistair Blackhall—Guitars
Tom Simm—Bass
Jordan Stanley-Jones—Drums
Tracks
Prelude
Dark desires
Broken matrix
Enemies within
Intermission
Blood under the bridge
Apotheosis – Rebirth
An ode to Armageddon
Review
The album opens with “Prelude” (track 1), a short instrumental that could easily be used as the incidental music for a TV game show before an R2-D2-like screech introduces a tribal/industrial vibe.
From “Dark desires ..read more
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Recorded at Sweetspot Studios in Halmstad, Sweden. Mixed by Rickard Bengtsson and Staffan Karlsson and mastered by multiple Grammy Award winner Vlado Meller. Cover artwork by Luminokaya. Released on Friday 1 April 2022 on Atomic Fire Records.
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Jens Kidman—Vocals
Fredrik Thordendal—Guitars
Mårten Hagström—Guitars
Dick Lövgren—Bass
Tomas Haake—Drums
Tracks
Broken cog
The abysmal ete
Light the shortening fuse
Phantoms
Ligature marks
God he sees in mirrors
The move below
Kaleidoscope
Black cathedra ..read more