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HantaVirus - El Ayer (Los Recuerdos Suenan Alto) Release Date: April 20, 2022 Duration: 06:38 Genre: Groove Metal Origin: Panama It’s not the coronavirus you should be afraid of - it’s HantaVirus, a Panamanian metal outfit. With a new music video they are here to remind you with that “los recuerdos suenan alto” and those memories can (and will) haunt you. The song instantly hops on the groove metal wagon, throwing in an epic riff after an epic riff, with constant double drum pedalling and compressed the fuck out sound. Overall it sounds like a testimony from a bastard child of Chimaira, Bullet for My Valentine with a Disturbed-ish upbringing, endowed with vocals of young James Hetfield. It’s brutally heavy for heaviness sake, keeping that fresh simplicity and lumberjack songwriting. The video itself is of certain interest, it possesses that special charm of an honest-to-god metalhead mind and a modest budget. If you watch it first time and don’t understand spanish it might look the dud...

Picture Credit: Grafting the Vine   Grafting The Vine — Golden Gate (2021) Genre: Instrumental Progressive Sludge / Groove Metal USA   As a person who considers himself an aspiring writer (yes, I already have a written book - now I am facing the issue of publication), I have always believed that if a book has one or more main characters, then it is not only interesting what happens to them within the framework of the narrative, but also what happened to them before the start of the literary work. That is, the reader is always curious about what exactly made a person what he is at the moment - what events of the past influenced him and shaped his character. Background is the bread and butter of any writer, and therefore, speaking about the American musical project Grafting The Vine, I would like to immerse myself in it at least a little.   Grafting The Vine is an American one-man project, a multi-instrumentalist named Andrew Smith. It is clear that he interacts w...

Picture Credit: Davilz by Definition Artwork: Angela Gidillini Devilz by Definition - The Bitter Remains of Human Consumption Release Date: April 20, 2021 Label: selfrelease / CD Baby Format: CD / Digital Length: 12:51 Genre: Thrash Metal / Groove Metal Origin: Windsor , Ontario , Canada Originally formed back 2010, Windsor's Devilz by Definition have disbanded and reformed several times. Hence, let's have a look at the current line up first: T. Robert  - drums, R. Morand  - bass (studio), M. Abrametz - bass (live), B. Munro - guitar, J. Couvillon  - guitar, S. Mailloux  - vocals. Five years after the release of their first full-length album " The Devilution ", Devilz by Definition are back with their third EP "The Bitter Remains of Human Consumption". As you might already have referred from the title, the three-track release is a soberly dark take humankind and its potential to screw everything up - our planet, other beings, other human beings. By the powe...

  Aversed - Close my Eyes Release Date: February 23, 2021 Length: 05:36 Genre: Groove Metal / Melodic Metal Origin: Boston (Massachusetts), USA From their upcoming debut album "Impermanent" (March 19, 2021) Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist for 14 days. Aversed Online: Facebook Instagram Bandcamp YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Salem's Childe - The Storm Release Date: January 22, 2021 Length: 05:34 Genre: Thrash Metal / Groove Metal Origin: Kokomo (Indiana), USA From their album " The Sin That Saves You " (2020, Pavement Music ) Salem's Childe Online: Homepage Facebook Twitter Instagram Bandcamp SoundCloud YouTube Reverb Nation Big Cartel Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Picture Credit: On War On War - End and Means Release Date: January 15, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 06:59 Genre: Thrash Metal Origin: Finland On War are a Thrash Metal band from Finland. Their band name was inspired by the novel “Vom Kriege” (German: “On War”), same as the lyrics’ themes. So, is it War Metal? I would not say so. The music that On War play is rather defined by a very rough combination of Thrash Metal Power Metal. You might find some traces of Groove and Death Metal as well. The first release by the Finnish band is the two-track EP “End and Means”. The digital release is quite a good start into the new year. The two songs are defined by a steadily moving rhythm that reminds of the treads of a tank making its way through the tundra. Despite the cold atmosphere on “End and Means”, On War are raging fire. Where this heavy war machine passes by, only rubble and ashes remain. On War present some very exciting playfulness with mood and melody on their debut...

Picture Credit: From Ashes Reborn Artwork: Chris Cold From Ashes Reborn - Existence Exiled Release Date: May 01, 2018 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 31:40 Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Melodic Black Metal Origin: Germany If you follow this site frequently, you might know that the prefix "Melodic" often triggers some skepticism in me when talking about Metal genres. Yet, I know there are plenty of amazing artists and bands in the Melodic [insert subgenre] Metal sphere and thus, I am trying to give these genres a fighting chance over and over again. And hence, her is "Existence Exiled", the debut album by Germany's From Ashes Reborn. From Ashes Reborn are without any doubt capable of creating gloomy atmosphere and buldung up tension. In the Black Metal-influenced parts especially, the music sounds like a rapidly approaching thunderstorm that is about to bring the final flood of doom. When the tempest of staccati merges into heavily grooving Death ...

Picture Credit: Arhat Artwork: Dmytro Yurchenko Arhat - Dead Life Release Date: December 23, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 43:13 Genre: Technical Death Metal / Groove Metal Origin: Kyiv , Ukraine "Dead Life" is the debut by Kyiv's Arhat which was released in late December of  2020. The band plays an intense mix of Tec Death and Groove Metal. But that is not all. "Dead Life" features influences from Oriental harmonies and Slavic tunes. Those musical impacts fit the theme of the album and its lyrics as vocalist Alex  tells about history and mythology of the peoples of the Orient and Central Asia. The lyrics were written by Oleksandr Kharechko . Outstanding feature on "Dead Life" are the drums by Dmytro "La De Vill" Sychov . Plenty of fills, changes in accentuation and accurate blasts are the havy backbone of Arhat's music. The rhythms get evn more interesting when percussionist Petro Pavlovsky  joins in. The bass by Anton...

Picture Credit: Blessed by Perversion Blessed by Perversion - Remnants of Existence Release Date: December 25, 2020 Label: Iron, Blood and Death Format: CD / Digital Length: 24:33 Genre: Death Metal Origin: Athens , Greece "Remnants of Existence" is the second long-player by Athens' Old School Death Metal warmachine Blessed by Perversion. Since their recent album " Between Roots and Darkness " (2016), Vasilis Nanos  has joined the band as their new drummer. The remaining line-up is still the same, meaning Vaggelis Nanos  plays the bass, Manolis Kouelo  and Kostas Foutris  are on the guitars, and Andreas Moschopoulos  is responsible for gore-laden guttural vocals. The word describing this album the best, is brutal. Yet, "Remnants of Existence" is not a release belonging to the genre "Brutal Death Metal". Instead, Blessed by Perversion play a brachial version of Old School Death Metal. Fans of early Morbid Angel or Deicide will be pleased by th...

  Picture Credit: After Smoke Clears After Smoke Clears - Edification Release Date: November 12, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 41:27 Genre: Modern Metal / Groove Metal Origin: London , England What is there to be expected after the smoke clears? Silent void? Rubble and debris? Or maybe edificiation? Well, probably this review will not provide us with an answer. But nevertheless, the debut album by London's After Smoke Clears is called "Edification" and thus let us be hopeful and enjoy some brachial sound. My first impression of the album is a very positive surprise. Reason is, there is one thing I often miss in Modern Metal releases. Groove. It appears to me that Modern Metal bands often put a lot of effort in creating dystopian soundscapes and finding the right relation between Industrial and Hardcore. But fortunately that is not the case with After Smoke Clears. The quartet from England does not forget to groove. They even groove a lot. Huge groo...

  Picture Credit: Salem's Childe Salem's Childe - The Sin that saves you Release: October 09, 2020 Label: Pavement Music Format: Digital Length: 47:14 Genre: Thrash Metal / Groove Metal Origin: Kokomo (Indiana) , USA "The Sin that saves you" is the first full-length release by Indiana's Groove and Thrash Metal quintet Salem's Childe. Four years ago the band gatecrashed the Metal universe with their EP " Paradise Lost ". Now the first album can be purchased via Pavement Music. Salem's Childe are: Scott Earley  - drums, James Gates  - bass, Aaron Crick  - guitar, Rob Salem  - guitar, and Johnny Oravsky  - vocals. On a dozen tracks Salem's Childe play their grooving, modern and intense style of Thrash Metal. It appears as if the band has received a lot of influence from the early 90s. On the one hand there is a strong impact of the modern version of Thrash Metal such as Machine Head or Black Album-Metallica. But on the other hand, Salem's C...

  Picture Credit: After Earth After Earth - Before it awakes Release: September 18, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 18:00 Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Groove Metal Origin: Skövde , Sweden Swedish quintet After Earth has released their debut EP. Since there are several bands with that name, it is important to say that we are talking about After Earth from Skövde, Sweden. Also, the band should not be confused with 2013's film by M. Night Shyamalan . After Earth were founded in 2017 by Anton Vehkaperä  (drums), Marcus Rydstedt  (vocals) and Victor Lundblad  (guitar). It did not take long until Rob Olsson  (guitar) and Oscar Lindberg  (bass) completed the band. The first EP by Skövde's Metal export is a five-track release introduced by melodic instrumental 'Embers'. But once the last note has faded out, After Earth show what they are after. The following four tracks are defined by heavily grooving and melodic Death Metal. Tough riffs roll forwa...

Picture Credit: Evil Saints   Evil Saints - Siege of Caffa Release: September 11, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 07:33 Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal Origin: Phoenix (Arizona) , USA Isaac  (guitar, bass, vocals) and Reade  (drums, vocals) are Evil Saints. The Arizonan duo's second single "Siege of Caffa" is a seven-minute grooving Death and Thrash Metal attrition. The self-recorded and self-released single deals with the first use of biological weapons known to historians. The municipality of Caffa is nowadays known as Feodossija and can be found on the peninsula of Crimea. The song could use some more variation in my opinion. Given the fact that it is rather long, it appears a little monotonous. Might be, this is a stylistic device to emphasize the horrorrs of the siege. But especially when you listen to the song more than once in a row, it is pretty hard to tell whether you listened to it twice, thrice or even more often. A heavily grooving riff is ...

Picture Credit: MrKill MrKill - Day of Reckoning Release: July 31, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: CD/Digital Length: 26:10 Genre: Groove Metal / Melodic Death Metal Origin: Melbourne , Australia MrKill love to express the extreme. Both music-wise as well as in their lyrics, the quartet from Melbourne exhaust everything to the maximum (I really hope that phrase is not connotated negatively). While the songs on "Day of Reckoning" concern chasms of human interaction such as hatred, war, exploitation, greed, or neglection and ignorance, the musical accompaniment is brutal, too. I can easily quote the band's self-description here: "From deep chugs, sonic high notes, shredding and dark draw moments, MrKill captures such a wide range of energy to be experienced". Yep, Mango-approved! "Day of Reckoning" is MrKill's second release. Last year, the " Untitled " three-track EP (or demo?) marked the first output by Xines   (drums), Baltion Radi  (ba...