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Messa – Close

June 13, 2022June 1, 2022 Vinterd

The very depths of Bandcamp are something that none of us will truly be able to excavate fully. Even after years of scraping through its confines in order to find something interesting to listen to, there will always be bands … Continue reading Messa – Close

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Skognatt / Wehmut – The Swarm / November

April 21, 2022April 10, 2022 Vinterd

The idea of bringing melancholy into a work of black metal is far from a novel idea for the style with that having been the case for decades at this point. But, like many things that are done over and … Continue reading Skognatt / Wehmut – The Swarm / November

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Droneroom – Whatever Truthful Understanding

April 1, 2022March 27, 2022 Vinterd

Having spent my childhood in the eastern United States right next to the Chesapeake Bay with all of its little rivers and winding waterways that comb throughout the very land, the west with its mountains and deserts have always been … Continue reading Droneroom – Whatever Truthful Understanding

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Tome of the Unreplenished – Earthbound

February 19, 2022February 18, 2022 Vinterd

While the many different avenues of black metal can lead to any band taking their sound in a new direction at any given moment, the simple act of a band altering the direction of their sound can feel downright abrupt … Continue reading Tome of the Unreplenished – Earthbound

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Mossgiver – The Song Among Branches

February 16, 2022February 12, 2022 Vinterd

There are loads of entities across the vast underground that we manage to find under many different monikers in different bands whether it’s in the form of simple self-expression with a new act or contributing to a band that manages … Continue reading Mossgiver – The Song Among Branches

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Noircure – Kyrie

February 6, 2022January 30, 2022 Vinterd

The sheer diversity in the very sound of any given style in the vast spectrum of metal is always the sort of thing that continuously impresses me on a daily basis and will likely never cease doing so. In particular, … Continue reading Noircure – Kyrie

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A Pale December – Death Panacea

January 26, 2022January 17, 2022 Vinterd

When dealing with such a style like atmospheric black metal, the feeling of drowning in an absolute ocean of potentially interesting acts becomes all but endless with how overcrowded the scene can effortlessly be tagged as but it is still … Continue reading A Pale December – Death Panacea

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Akelei – Een Van Ons

January 21, 2022January 11, 2022 Vinterd

The wide variety of doom has lent itself to become one of the most diverse sounds in all of the metal world second only to maybe black metal in ways of extremities paired with innovation, but that also extends in … Continue reading Akelei – Een Van Ons

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Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2022

January 16, 2022January 10, 2022 Vinterd

Anyone who knows anything about me and my listening habits knows that there are a few constants that I always find myself adhering to when it comes to my listening habits whether it be subconsciously or very on purpose, as … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2022

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The Mist From the Mountains – Monumental – The Temple of Twilight

January 12, 2022January 1, 2022 Vinterd

A black metal record that draws from the very fabric of nature itself is far from an anomaly in our current climate for many different reasons, and it can effortlessly feel as though we’re drowning in throngs of bands that … Continue reading The Mist From the Mountains – Monumental – The Temple of Twilight

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