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METROPOOL, HENGELO, NETHERLANDS

Death metal’s old guard refuse to rely on past glories

find yourself looking at a metal band that’s been going for three decades and thinking, “They’re as album: a comprehensive death metal slab whose flecks of thrash and doom made it an early standout for 2021.

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