Kingdoms Disdained – MORBID ANGEL The seemingly commercialized industrial metal abomination that was “Illud Divinum Insanus” stands as one of metal history’s most notorious left turns and blunders that a band has made. It’s MORBID ANGEL‘s “Cold Lake”. The genre-leading…
For the Demented – ANNIHILATOR
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Psychosis – CAVALERA CONSPIRACY
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The Dusk in Us – CONVERGE
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Wizard Bloody Wizard – ELECTRIC WIZARD
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