
NE OBLIVISCARIS – Exul (Album Review)
Twenty years. It’s been twenty goddamn years since I’ve anticipated an album as much as I’ve anticipated “Exul.” And like “Exul,” that last one was…
Twenty years. It’s been twenty goddamn years since I’ve anticipated an album as much as I’ve anticipated “Exul.” And like “Exul,” that last one was…
Long-running German metal band Powerwolf have long maintained that they had no plans to tour the United States. It’s a reasonable position to take for…
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