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A six-pack of heavy records that lean toward the psychedelic and the avant garde

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The month’s best metal, just in time for some hot weather mayhem

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A six pack of records that take metal to some less easily definable places.

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A roundup of the month’s best metal, with an emphasis on the heroic.

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A round-up of the month’s best metal, with an emphasis on ambience