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    Ghost, Skeletá [📷: Loma Vista Recordings]
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    Ghost, Lachryma | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-winning Swedish band Ghost makes us shed a tear of joy listening to “Lachryma,” the banging second single from Skeleta.

    By the musical hype, 2 monthsApril 14, 2025 ago
    Ghost, Skeletá [📷: Loma Vista Recordings]
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    Ghost, Satanized | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-winning Swedish metal band Ghost ‘brings the heat,’ and a heaping dose of blasphemy, damnation, heresy, and satanism, on “Satanized.”

    By the musical hype, 3 monthsMarch 12, 2025 ago
    Behemoth, The Shit Ov God [📷: Nuclear Blast]
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    Behemoth, The Shit Ov God | Song Review 🎵

    Polish metal band Behemoth continues to promote atheism and satanism in their energetic, highly blasphemous single, “The Shit Ov God.”

    By the musical hype, 4 monthsFebruary 12, 2025 ago
    Cattle Decapitation, "We Eat Our Young" [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Metal Blade; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]
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    Cattle Decapitation, We Eat Our Young | Track Review 🎵

    Cattle Decapitation remains true to their extreme metal ways on the dark and damning promo single from Terrasite, “We Eat Our Young.”

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsFebruary 21, 2023 ago
    Rammstein, "Zeit" [📷: RAMMSTEIN GBR / Universal Music GmH]
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    Rammstein, “Zeit” | Track Review 🎵

    German metal collective Rammstein makes a compelling return with the reflective, thought-provoking single, “Zeit,” the title track from their eighth album.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsMarch 28, 2022 ago
    Iron Maiden, "Stratego" [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, Sanctuary]
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    Iron Maiden, Stratego | Track Review 🎵

    Iconic heavy metal/hard rock band Iron Maiden continues to compel on “Stratego,” the second single from their 17th LP, Senjutsu.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsAugust 26, 2021 ago
    Iron Maiden, "The Writing on the Wall" [📷: Sanctuary]
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    Iron Maiden, The Writing on the Wall | Track Review 🎵

    Iconic heavy metal/hard rock band Iron Maiden makes a stellar return on “The Writing on the Wall,” the promo from their 17th LP, Senjutsu.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsJuly 29, 2021 ago
    ICE NINE KILLS, "Hip to Be Scared" [📷: Fearless]
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    ICE NINE KILLS, Hip to Be Scared | Track Review 🎵

    ICE NINE KILLS serves up impressive musicianship and entertaining, tongue-n-cheek, horror-laden moments on “Hip to Be Scared.”

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsJuly 12, 2021 ago
    Toothless, "Grinner" from Misinformed (EP) [Photo Credit: Toothless]
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    Toothless, Grinner | Track Review 🎵

    Chaotic Wilkes-Barre, PA metalcore collective Toothless deliver a heavy dose of aggression on single “Grinner,” featuring Justin Bonitz.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsApril 29, 2020 ago
    Sabaton & Apocalyptica, "Angels Calling" [Photo Credit: Nuclear Blast]
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    Sabaton, Angels Calling | Track Review 🎵

    Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton taps Finnish symphonic metal band Apocalyptica for an epic remake of the 2006 gem, “Angels Calling.”

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsJanuary 22, 2020 ago
    Ozzy Osbourne, "Straight to Hell": The Musical Hype Track Review [Photo Credit: Epic]
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    Ozzy Osbourne, Straight to Hell | Track Review 🎵

    After issuing “Under the Graveyard” following an extended hiatus, Ozzy Osbourne returns with a 2nd thrilling single, “Straight to Hell.”

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsNovember 25, 2019 ago
    Ozzy Osbourne, "Under the Graveyard": The Musical Hype Track Review [Photo Credit: Epic]
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    Ozzy Osbourne, Under the Graveyard | Track Review 🎵

    Following an extended hiatus, ‘The Prince of Darkness,’ Ozzy Osbourne, returns with a new, dark single, “Under the Graveyard.”

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsNovember 14, 2019 ago

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