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Dee Calhoun – ‘Godless’ (Argonauta)

There must be something in the water in the state of Maryland, as two of the region’s most iconic doom metal frontmen have released solo albums within a couple of weeks of each other – and both have gone down the acoustic route in the process. At the end of last month, the legendary Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich presented us with his declarative and challenging new opus; now, just two short weeks later, we’re wrapping our ears around the third long-player from Mr Dee Calhoun, best known for his stints in Spiral Grave and Iron Man…

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Onslaught – ‘Generation Antichrist’ (AFM)

From a certain point of view, Onslaught could be considered a Christian band. They have an awful lot of lyrics that revolve around faith and theological issues and have in the past referred to Jesus Christ as an actual living being, rather than a conceptual or symbolic figure. Granted, that doesn’t necessarily mean they like him or his followers, however if you accept the idea that belief in the Devil also means belief in God, then yes, Onslaught would be a Christian band. The Son Of God will return people, but he doesn’t yet know he’s going to be gang raped by demons and trigger a nuclear holocaust.

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World Sanguine Report – ‘Skeleton Blush’ (LimitedNOISE)

Sometimes, here at ÜR, we get something so leftfield that we don’t even realise quite how far out it is until we give it its first spin. Lots of things claim to be experimental these days without even really getting 1mm off the tried and tested footpath, yet ‘Skeleton Blush’ is definitely a release you cannot accuse that of, as Astrocreep now explains…

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Ten Foot Wizard – ‘Get Out Of Your Mind’ (Beard Of Zeus)

Have you found yourself getting into new hobbies to try and pass the time at home? Jonny B definitely has; in fact he’s previously written about his adventures taking up yoga, which is absolutely something he never thought he would find himself doing! But as a result, he’s no stranger to hearing the term “namaste” at the end of a session, a term that is supposed to hold a fairly sacred meaning. But that didn’t stop Ten Foot Wizard putting their own unique spin on it when they dropped their excellent leading single for their new album – ‘Namaste Dickhead’…

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Osyron – ‘Foundations’ (Self-Released)

When John B opened his email and saw “for fans of Nightwish and Kamelot”, Osyron’s ‘Foundations’ had his undivided attention. Those are some pretty high bars in our mind. To our man in Kentucky, it is like someone walking into a talent show and singing ‘I Will Always Love You’ by Whitney Houston: you had better be able to hit that note because if you can’t we will know that you have a very inflated view of yourself and will probably not be taken seriously in the future. So now that JB has set up how seriously he takes this genre, does Osyron hit those notes? Do they deserve a place on your playlist next to Nightwish or Kamelot? Hell yeah, they do!

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