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Metal News for July 28, 2002

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Daily Interviews

Tartarean Desire has a few new review this week:

  • Finnish fantasy metal band Battlelore
  • Swedish viking metal band Thyrfing
  • Sahara Dust, the new Dutch gothic metal band featuring Mark Jansen (ex-After Forever)

And Babylon Magazine has three more as well, with the following bands:

  • The 69 Eyes
  • Zeke
  • Wasp

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Summary/Misc

Daily Reviews

Tartarean Desire has lots of new reviews:

  • Hate Theory - Hate Theory (sludgecore, 2002)
  • Dim Mak - Intercepting Fist (death metal, 2002)
  • Dargaard - The Dissolution Of Eternity (darkwave, 2001)
  • Agalloch - The Mantle (doom metal, 2002)
  • Aurora Borealis - Time, Unveiled (black metal, 2002)
  • Darkane - Expanding Senses (death / thrash metal, 2002)
  • Hate Eternal - King Of All Kings (death metal, 2002)
  • Lunaris - ...The Infinite (progressive black metal, 2002)
  • Distant Sun - Blinding Sun (industrial, 2002)
  • Osh - Red Universe (grindrock, 2002)
  • Beseech - Souls Highway (gothic metal, 2002; 2nd review)
  • Myriads - Introspection (gothic metal, 2002; 2nd review)
  • Lacrimas Profundere - Burning: A Wish (gothic metal, 2001; 2nd review)
  • Tristania - World Of Glass (gothic metal, 2001; 2nd review)
  • Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (nu-metal, 1992)
  • In Extremo - Weckt Die Toten! (medieval metal, 1998)
  • Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon (medieval, 1997)
  • Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian (heavy metal, 1986)

And so does Babylon Magazine:

  • THE FORSAKEN "Arts Of Desolation" (highlight)
  • AT THE GATES "Slaughter Of The Soul" (highlight)
  • PLANET X "Live From Oz" (highlight)
  • 35007 "Liquid"
  • ANGRA "Hunters And Pray"
  • ARACHNES "Apocalypse"
  • EVERON "Bridge"
  • FURY "Slavekind"
  • KAIPA "Notes From The Past"
  • LORD BELIAL "Angelgrinder"
  • NOFX "45 Or 46 Songs..."
  • PAUL CHAIN "Sanctuary Heve"
  • SUIDAKRA "Emprise To Avalon"
  • THE COLOR RED "Clear"
  • TIMMONS ANDY "The Spoken And The Unspoken"
  • UCK GRIND "Leader"
  • WILL 'O' WISP "Unseen"
  • GENITORTURES + DKAY.COM + LAST RITES, 15/05/2002 Indian's Saloon, Bresso (Live in Milan, Italy)
  • DIMMU BORGIR "World Misanthropy" (DVD)

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