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
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
I think it’s safe to say that whenever we see a new split come around it comes in the form of two, sometimes more, bands of similar sound that decided to put together material for a singular release for one … Continue reading Phalanx Inferno / Melek-Tha – Order of Eternal Indifference
Of all the facets of anything in regards to atmospheric material that never once fails to hold my attention, it’s the mere success of it that can leave me scratching my head as to how exactly it was executed so … Continue reading Earthwomb – Becoming Immanence
I’m not entirely sure what it is about Russia that has enabled the country to be able to make some truly striking metal such that the country has a very respectable swathe of the underground in its clutches with the … Continue reading Misery Spell – Ведьмин круг
Purely by nature, music is a reflection of the soul but it all depends on the artist at hand as to just how far the music leans into that factor. When we get a deeply personal creation that the soul … Continue reading Breaths – Though Life Has Turn Out Nothing Like I Imagined, It Is Far Better Than I Could Have Dreamt
We truly do not have any sort of shortage when comes to quality bands coming out of the northern woods and mountains of Scandinavia with all their different variations on heaviness itself, but it’s the territories between the realms of … Continue reading Seedna – Wraith
It almost always seems to be that when I make a hard, definitive statement where I say that something of anything is “locked-in” on any sort of level, the universe always finds a way to crack its knuckles and deliver … Continue reading Cân Bardd – Devoured By The Oak
If there is any single style throughout all of metal that may be considered as oversaturated, atmospheric black metal certainly has to be towards the very top of that list. The sheer amount of bands that occupy that style is … Continue reading Eos – Les Corps S’Entrechoquent
There’s a special magic that’s to be had when you manage to successfully bring black metal together with something that we don’t see it come together with often by any stretch. Bringing it together with American folktales is something that … Continue reading Primeval Well – Talkin’ in Tongues with Mountain Spirits
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