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Maggoth (2020)
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Reviewed: 10/1/2020
If I was quizzed about groove metallers Maggoth's homeland while I was hearing this, the band's sophomore album, I think I would have picked something like Brazil, or perhaps USA. My quess would have been severely wrong: They hail from Poland. Maggoth's debut album 'System Error' has one foot in groove metal territory, second one in aggressive 1980s, and the third foot (come on, it is thrash metal so mutants are allowed, I presume) in discordant spheres. The debut arrived back in 2011, so it is no wonder that the sophomore outlet is quite different. And to my ears, not in good way. Maggoth happen to be the first European band I remember hearing that have the questionable honour of sounding like a not very distant relative to Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, and modern Sepultura. Why questio...
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