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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For November Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan cannot wait to see the back of 2020, he just needs to tell you about new albums by Beherit, Jesu and Undergang first Boris And Merzbow You join us here, in the final edition of Columnicus...
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Columnus Metallicus: The Best Heavy Metal Of 2020
Kez Whelan casts his eye back over this longest of years to bring you a chart of the 20 best heavy metal albums Black Curse Condensing a year’s worth of music into a list of twenty records is never an...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For January Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Don't worry about the metal whoppers taking part in the recent attempted coup, says Kez Whelan, there are a lot more relevant statements being made out there... Asphyx Any hopes 2021 would see a...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For February Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Drop out of life with mask and sanitiser in hand... Has the year-long drought of gigs got you down? Kez Whelan is here with the next best thing: nine new metal albums of chest caving intensity Cara...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For March Reviewed By Kez Whelan
There is more to life than down tuned drug death, says Kez Whelan in the latest of his metal review columns Pupil Slicer This month’s edition of Columnicus Metallicus is dedicated to the memory of...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April Reviewed By Kez Whelan
April is the cruelest month... unless you like gore-fixated death metal, weed infused doom and heavy as all hell avant rock, says Kez Whelan Big Brave With an end to lockdown seemingly in sight,...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For May Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan is back with the good, the bad and the ugly in heavy metal for May, featuring new cuts from Panopticon, Grave Miasma and Nadja Grave Miasma The concept of a "live in the studio" release has...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For June Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Who wasted their time in lockdown? Not the metal acts currently putting out live recordings and concept albums, says Kez Whelan Septus With the shining oasis of live music drawing ever nearer on the...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For July Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Legendary bands At The Gates, Mayhem and Darkthrone rub shoulders with young pups Know//Suffer and Hellish Form in this month's dispatch from the world of heavy effin metal brought to you by Kez...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For August Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan is here to see off Summer with all that is unholy and rotten in the multiple worlds of heavy metal Qrixkuor It’s a good month to be an atmospheric black metal fan, with several long-awaited...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For September Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Your regular guide to the world of metal returns, with reviews of new releases Carcass, Employed To Serve, The Body and Big Brave, plus a tribute to the late, great Eric Wagner of Trouble Antediluvian...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For October Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan is back with all that is righteous in the world of extreme metal I don’t know about you, but as soon as I feel that first chill of winter approaching, all I want to do is hole up in my...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For November Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Freewheelin', skullcrushin', topbuzzin' Kez Whelan returns with a burlap sack o'erflowing with all that is right and good in the world of heavy metal After months of isolation, it feels good to be...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For January Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan offers us a 360 degree, panoramic view of what is great right now in heavy metal, including some great releases from last year that didn't register in his scrying mirror first time round 40...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For February Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan tackles a tidal wave of brand new heavy metal in a particularly stacked edition of Columnus Metallicus, covering new releases from Blood Incantation, Immolation, Venom Prison, Zeal &...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For March Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan is back with all that is good, bad and ugly in doom, grind, thrash, bm and more As 2022 continues to hurtle onwards, the release schedule shows no signs of slowing down. With loads of...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Your guide to the very best in brand new metal returns, as Kez Whelan reviews pulverising new releases from across the planet Alunah Navigating the return of live music in a post-covid world may still...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For May Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan hails the return of two of Europe’s best heavy music festivals, and delivers your regular buyer’s guide to the very best in brand new metal, reviewing new albums by Mizmor & Thou, Vile...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For July Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan marks the arrival of Summer with another batch of doom, death, black and grind releases Imperial Triumphant It’s been a good month for skronky, avant-garde metal (as this column’s bountiful...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For September Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Your guide to the best in brand new metal returns, as Kez Whelan surveys a summer of heavy festivals and reviews new releases by Autopsy, Boris, Sigh and many more Sigh Despite the sun’s best efforts...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For November Reviewed By Kez Whelan
As the nights grow longer, Kez Whelan delivers your essential guide to brand new heavy metal, featuring reviews of Cloud Rat, Worm, Dead Neanderthals and more Vacuous As committed as I am to...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For January Reviewed By Kez Whelan
For those of a heavy persuasion, 2023 is off to a flier says Kez Whelan, as he delivers the essential guide to January's best metal Dryad 2023 is, if nothing else, already shaping up to be a great...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For March Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Your guide the best in brand new metal returns, with Kez Whelan surveying new releases from Enslaved, Memoriam, Venemous Concept and more Endless Swarm. Photo by Lee Lewis Given that I spend the first...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For May Reviewed By Kez Whelan
In his latest guide to the best in brand new metal, Kez Whelan assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Metallica's 72 Seasons, and reviews the latest offerings from Esoctrilihum, Orme, Dødheimsgard...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For July Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Your regular guide to all things heavy returns, as Kez Whelan reviews a bumper crop of Summer metal, and hails the returns of Spectral Voice, Khanate, Godlfesh and more Boris & Uniform, photo by...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For September Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Your buyer's guide to the best in brand new metal returns, as Kez Whelan reviews a host of new releases including the latest from Dying Fetus, Incantation and Atomçk, and says a fond farewell to...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For November Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Your guide to the best brand new heavy metal returns, with Kez Whelan taking in new releases from Tomb Mold, Autopsy, Hexvessel, Cirith Ungol and more Marthe, photo by Silvia_Polmonari Finally getting...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For February Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan returns with your regular guide to a metal scene that shows no sign of a winter hibernation, reviewing essential new releases from Spectral Voice, The Obsessed, The Body & Dis Fig and...
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Columnus Metallicus: The Best In Heavy Metal For April
Kez Whelan turns his Sauronic eye on the lazy use of AI in metal design this month and praises bands – Judas Priest, High On Fire, Coffins, Inter Arma & more – still using their organic...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for June Reviewed by Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan salutes a particularly fertile year in the world of metal, and delivers your regular guide to all things heavy with reviews of new releases from Darkthrone, Full Of Hell, Pallbearer and...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for August Reviewed by Kez Whelan
In his latest column, Kez Whelan salutes the brilliance that occurs at the intersection of black metal and hardcore punk, the ongoing boom in death metal, and reviews new releases from Scarcity,...
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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for October Reviewed by Kez Whelan
In his latest round-up of all things heavy, Kez Whelan salutes the return of Wormrot's original line-up, and reviews brutal new LPs from Black Curse, Trelldom and more Immortal Bird, photo by Vanessa...
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