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http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m8d18-Review-Goreaphobias-Mortal-Repulsion-is-death-magnificent People who lean on the tired saying of, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" are the ones who clearly don't listen to metal.

http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Review-Asphyx-delivers-with-DeathThe-Brutal-Way Sometimes it's nice to not be surprised. Reunions of metal bands are becoming more and more common in recent years, and some of them are more welcome than others. Asphyx made...

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Live-review-Slayer-raises-Hell-in-Albuquerque-July-18-2009# Exclusive coverage and photos from Slayer's performance in New Mexico.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Live-review-Master-and-Gorephobia--Room-710-July-15-2009# A select and lucky few bore witness to venerable death metal greatness last night. It's very rare to be able to see former members of Death Strike...

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Review-Suffocation-brings-the-pain-with-Blood-Oath# After their widely mourned split-up circa 1999, technical death metal forerunners Suffocation reformed with a slightly altered lineup in 2004 and haven't looked...

http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Review-Weapons-debut-is-sharpened-and-dangerous Formed in 2004 in Alberta by way of Bangladesh, Weapon is a relatively new act but they are busy carving their own niche into the metal movement of the northern territories.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d2-The-best-death-metal-albums-of-all-time-part-4-of-4 The last of the list!

I agree. That was actually the album that really got me into the band all the way. But Severed Survival is consistently the most cited wherever I look, so I went with that. Metal Funeral will get an honorable mention along with a number of others in part 4 of the list. Suggestions are welcome.

http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d24-The-best-death-metal-albums-of-all-time-part-3-of-4 Here's the next five on the list. Autopsy is there, and I wrote this whole section while wearing my Severed Survival shirt.

To be more specific, the assessment was a balance between quality and influence (and to a lesser degree, longevity and popularity). Deicide and Cannibal Corpse were both influential and their early works are widely regarded as good, both critically and in terms of sales. "Consuming Impulse" is...

Still have 10 more slots to go. And Incantation and Immolation were a toss-up in many ways. Dawn of Possession came out a solid year before Incantation's LP, so I decided that Immolation had seniority, to say nothing of the fact that their output and standing over the years has been far more...

Those are just the first 5 - there's 15 to go (Autopsy is definitely in there)! this week's edition: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d16-The-best-death-metal-albums-of-all-time-part-2-of-4

http://bit.ly/J3ODW Death metal as we know it is now over 20 years old and with so much distance from the source, newcomers come in uninformed and often get led astray. There are plenty of “best death metal” lists all over the net, but too many of them are polluted with second-rate material...

http://tinyurl.com/qa7xdk Katharsis is not a black metal band that cares what you think, as evidenced by their new album, Fourth Reich.

http://tinyurl.com/MDF2009 MDF overview and some killer photos.