MY DYING BRIDE „Sinamorata”
Englands finest exponents of heavy melancholic doom have been a little quiet since the release of last years magnificent Songs of Darkness, Words of Light album. Im sure theyve been involved in the usual bout of relentless touring, but I cant recall them being on my metal radar all that often over the past 12 months.
SYMPHORCE „Godspeed”
Cool Songs: Everlasting Life, The Mirrored Room, Black Water, Nowhere, Wounds Will Last Within, Without A Trace.
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STRATOVARIUS „Stratovarius”
Cool Songs: Maniac Dance, Fight!!!, Götterdämmerung (Zenith Of Power), Leave The Tribe
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MUNICIPAL WASTE „Hazardous Mutation”
Cool Songs: Intro / Death Ripper, Unleash The Bastards, Thrashin Of The Christ, Terror Shark, Black Ice, Hazardous Mutation, Blood Drive
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NOVEMBERS DOOM „The Pale Haunt Departure”
Cool Songs: Autumn Reflection, Dark World Burden, In The Absence Of Grace, The Pale Haunt Departure, Swallowed By The Moon
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SUBWAY TO SALLY „Nord Nord Ost”
Err quick confession. Im not the man for this.
ANIMOSITY „Empires”
There was an obscure late 80s Thrash act called Animosity. And if you werent up to speed, you could be forgiven for thinking that Empires was a case of another reunion effort being thrown our way.
EWIGKEIT „Conspiritus”
Cool Songs: Its Not Reality, The Nightmare Institution, Transcend The Senses, The Thought Police.
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SAVAGE CIRCUS „Dreamland Manor”
Cool Songs: Evil Eyes, Ghost Story, Born Again By The Night, When Hell Awakes, Tomorrowland, It – The Gathering
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NUCLEAR ASSAULT „Third World Genocide”
Without any doubt whatsoever, the most questionable reunion release of 2005 is Nuclear Assaults Third World Genocide. The reviews for this new album (their first studio effort since the debacle that was 1993s Something Wicked), is easily 10% in the affirmative, 90% against.