A harrowing experience is almost all but the key to make for an essential work in the world of death metal, but there will always be certain bands that seek to really go above and beyond by many different routes … Continue reading Cultum Interitum – Veneration of the New Dawn
I’ve gone on record multiple times to this point to do what I normally don’t and proclaim a specific band as one of the most essential of its kind in this century with it being a beyond-appealing act that doesn’t … Continue reading Dødsferd – Suicide and the Rest of Your Kind Will Follow II
Invoking the old school flavors of any style is to walk a tricky line that can easily fall out of balance should every one second of a performance fall just out of place, but that has never stopped throngs of … Continue reading Grieving – Songs for the Weary
When we think about all that can be done when the worlds of black and death metal are brought together for one caustic experience, there are virtually endless possibilities when it comes to works that can truly bend the mind … Continue reading Veilburner – Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull
Some works are just destined for greatness right from the beginning once the first note is laid forth and when that first stroke of the brush for the cover art is put down. All the signs point to these works … Continue reading Craven Idol – Forked Tongues
It’s not terribly often that I can find some quality power metal that I can get behind in full force since it really does feel like that far too many bands that populate the sound are just shells of greater … Continue reading Hyloxalus – Aposematic
The deep and mysterious world of doom is one that I don’t think I’ll ever tire of exploring for there truly does seem to be endless possibilities given how easily the sound can be twisted into what feels like endless … Continue reading King Woman – Celestial Blues
The implementation of psychedelia is always a tricky thing to pull off no matter what angle you’re approaching it from. While it tends to be in the many halls of doom that it finds a home there are certainly other … Continue reading Sol Kia – Zos Ethos
The definition of a real sludge metal experience varies from one person to another with everyone having their own circumstances that have to be met in order to achieve something that demands to be heard. For me, it changes all … Continue reading Seum – Winterized
Each style has its own selection of elite acts that seem to rarely do wrong in the long run when we look at their past performances and discography as a whole. In the areas where black and folk metal intersects, … Continue reading Windfaerer – Breaths of Elder Dawns
