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# Global Domination

### Recent updates

- S(crap)s: I Miss My Death / Kaoskult / Raus & Perunwit (split) / Spatial / Thy Flesh (13/06/14)
- Hatebreed: The rise of brutality (12/06/14)
- Vomiting Corpses: Coma - The spheres of innocence (11/06/14)
- Mayhem: Esoteric warfare (10/06/14)
- S(crap)s: Akrotheism / Black Altar / Druknroll / Enthroned / Funeral Sutra (09/06/14)
- Agalloch: The serpent & the sphere (08/06/14)
- Dark Tranquillity: Construct (07/06/14)
- In Flames: The jester race (06/06/14)
- S(crap)s: Souldrainer / Tonic Breed / Rude / Defying / Electric Hellride / Scorned Disciple (05/06/14)
- Culted: Oblique to all paths (04/06/14)
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## Stubs

### Hypocrisy: Hell over Sofia - 20 years of chaos and confusion

#### 12/12/11 || Smalley

Bulgaria may not that be that big of a metal country (relatively speaking), and a city called “Sofia” may not be the first place you’d think of for a classic metal band to perform, but unexpected venues aside, the Sofians show just as much energy as any crowd from Wacken on Hypo’s new live release “Hell over Sofia”, and Hypocrisy themselves put in just as much energy in their performances; the riffing and solos are uniformly intense, Tägtgren’s growling is evil ‘n guttural, just the way we like it (hell, he sounds better here than on some studio recordings!), and Horgh pounds away on his kit as furiously as ever.

Track selection-wise, “Hell…” has a good cross-section of Hypocrisy’s formidably numerous output; it (predictably) starts off with “Valley of the damned” and “Hang him high” off the latest album, but they’re both awesome cuts, so no complaints, and after that, they dig in the past for selections off of their self-titled, “The final chapter”, “Abducted”, and so on back, fortunately, not playing too much from those underwhelming 2000-2005 releases. They make everything here sound great regardless of album of origin, and even play some shit here faster than their studio versions! The live sound they went for here might be a lil’ too clean compared to the studio, but it’s still heavy enough when needed, and sounds good in its own way (especially those synths Pete just can’t stay away from), so “Hell over Sofia”‘s definitely a damn good live recording, all in all.

8.5/10: A fun listen for the fans (which should be everyone…).

- 10 Latest Stubs
- Complete Stubs-listing

After going thru that crap, you most likely wanna read something way more interesting. You do, admit it.

Below are some links to most recent articles, take your pick.

## Audio autopsy

  Audio Autopsy - June 2014
  Audio Autopsy - May 2014
  Audio Autopsy - April 2014
  Audio Autopsy - March 2014
  Audio Autopsy - February 2014
  Audio Autopsy - January 2014
  Audio Autopsy - December 2013
  Audio Autopsy - November 2013
  Audio Autopsy - October 2013
  Audio Autopsy - September 2013
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## Reviews

  Hatebreed: The rise of brutality
  Vomiting Corpses: Coma - The spheres of innocence
  Mayhem: Esoteric warfare
  Agalloch: The serpent & the sphere
  Dark Tranquillity: Construct
  Culted: Oblique to all paths
  V/A: One and all, together, for home
  Cemetery: Enter the gate
  Ancient Ascendant: Echoes and cinder
  Dead Congregation: Promulgation of the fall
  more

## Class 6(66)

  In Flames: The jester race
  Overkill: Taking over
  Primus: Sailing the seas of cheese
  Destruction: Live without sense
  Merauder: Master killer
  Forced Entry: Uncertain future
  Evildead: Annihilation of civilization
  Flotsam And Jetsam: No place for disgrace
  Venom: Black metal
  Black Sabbath: Headless cross
  more

## Demons

  Distress Of Ruin: Predators among us
  Torchia: One
  Begrafven: Begrafven
  Children Of Madness: Howl from beyond
  Necrophor: Verbum vexillifer
  Seven Against: III
  Forlorn Chambers: Unborn and hollow
  Black Overdrive: Demo
  Told By Blood: Steamworks
  Sorkka: Ensimmäinen jae
  more

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