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  Band: Moonscape Album:   Entity, Chapter II: Echoes from a Cognitive Dystopia Release date: November 23, 2020 Record label: self released Genre: Progressive metal, epic metal, melodic death metal From:   Gjøvik, Norway   After hearing “Entity” by Moonscape, I knew I had to get to hear the new album “Entity, Chapter II” and I’m very happy that Håvard Lunde submitted it to me for review.   “Entity, Chapter II: Echoes from a Cognitive Dystopia” continues the story started in “Entity”. The album consists of 4 tracks: 3 main compositions, from 8 to almost 17 minutes each, as well as an orchestral prelude that sets a quite epic mood for the album.   Each of the 4 main compositions have quite distinct parts, with their own names and moods that fit into the overall theme of each composition, like in a classical orchestra piece. At the same time, each of the 4 compositions fits seamlessly together, so that...

Band: Deadwood Lake  Album: Immortalised In Death  Release Date: August 16th 2019  Record Label: UKEM Records  Genre: Melodic/Atmospheric Black Metal  From: Southwest UK  Reviewed by: Igor Jakobsen for Heaps of Metal This review I feel a bit guilty for, as it has taken far too long since I got the task until I actually had the time to sit properly down with the album and write the review.  The album is well produced, with the various instruments clear in the mix, something that is often an issue with black metal. They call themselves atmospheric black metal, however I would say they are closer to Norwegian progressive black metal and progressive extreme metal like Borknagar and Enslaved except there’s no keys. Instead they use clean guitars with various effects for the atmospheric intros and interludes. I would also want to compare them with the Irish dark metal band Primordial.  The album is a concept album, which...