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Tarja – ‘In the Raw’ (earMUSIC)

Unless you spent most of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s living under a rock, you’re bound to remember Tarja Turenen from her time as the original frontwoman, and founding member, of symphonic metallers Nightwish. Instantly recognisable for her powerful operatic voice, Tarja has had continuing success in her solo career since the release of her solo debut, the Christmas album ‘Henkäys ikuisuudesta’ in 2006, with six solo albums to date.

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Death SS – ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Armageddon’ (High Roller)

To be brutally honest, Italian self-styled shock rockers Death SS seem to a band with a chip on their shoulder big enough to feed the entire Überverse for a millennium – and then some! Their biggest gripe seems to be that, despite having been kicking around for nigh on four decades now, they have “never got full recognition” – so much so that band founder (and sole remaining original member) Steve Sylvester was “forced” to release this, their most recent album, via his own label – that is, until the normally quite discerning High Roller Records decided to pick it up and inflict it on a wider audience.

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Silent Fracture – ‘Hunger: Lust: Death: Pray’ (Self-Released)

Melodic death metal four-piece Silent Fracture are here with debut album, ‘Hunger: Lust: Death: Pray’. Having already released two EPs thus far, 2016’s self-titled effort and last years ‘Kill Season’ the band have developed their sound and see this as the right time to unveil their first album. Promising to pack a punch with weighty riffs, strong breakdowns and melodies all woven together into a single package, what can be expected over the ten tracks offered up?

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Colored Moth – ‘DIM’ (Wolves And Vibrancy)

According to Jonni D, a few seconds into Colored Moth’s sophomore album, ‘DIM’, you’d be forgiven for thinking you were in for an album’s worth of decent, but standard post-hardcore fare.  About 30 seconds through opening track, ‘Letter To Aldous’, however, all bets are well and truly off.  With everything from noisecore to indie rock being presented with equal proficiency courtesy of the Berlin trio, there is many a twist and turn on the record.

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