The very boundaries of progressive metal are not to be quantified by the simple limitations of the human mind, for its territory is truly ever-expanding. Every month brings us at least one new effort that pushes those boundaries somewhere further … Continue reading Epoch of Chirality – Nucleosynthesis
At some point when it comes to splits, it can get pretty crowded pretty quickly. Two bands are typically the go-to in order to make for an effective split that has more than enough to offer in ways of substance … Continue reading Electric Moon / Kungens Män / ElonMusk / Kanaan – International Space Station (Vol. 1)
There’s nothing quite like a distinct, unexpected shift in a band’s sound to make one’s head turn. A little bit of a change is one thing with that being something that a band can ease into such that it doesn’t … Continue reading Bong-Ra – Meditations
Improv is a real slippery slope, I think we can all agree on that. It can easily go in either direction as to whether or not it connects with listeners as it’s truly up to their own interpretation given its … Continue reading Eaters of the Soil – Inedia I
With all that has happened in the world in recent times, it was only natural that many bands would take to their studios in order to craft new experiences that served as liberation and solace after such troubling times, but … Continue reading My Sleeping Karma – Atma
There is always something innately special about whenever a band manages to create a gripping performance without a key factor that the vast majority of others lean on: vocals. The simple lack of a singer both greatly limits and expands … Continue reading Trigona – s/t
As I’m still sitting here riding on the wave of ecstasy that is the latest release from The Re-Stoned, I still somehow find myself hungering for more from the ever-bountiful world of instrumental psych rock. It’s a style that has … Continue reading The Space Huns – Swirling Waves, Moons and Tides
As the years go on, it feels like the various realms of instrumental metal and rock are becoming more and more fleshed out as more people begin to realize the vast amounts of opportunity that’s to be had within such … Continue reading Lord Elephant – Cosmic Awakening
Hands down, this has been one of my most anticipated creations for some time now and I won’t even begin to refute that. Ever since I had first started listening to The Re-Stoned, I knew that I had found something … Continue reading The Re-Stoned – Stories of the Astral Lizard Vol. 2
Instrumental, drawn-out, and unbelievably heavy doom metal with a good dosage of sludge is the sort of metal that I live for nowadays. There’s nothing quite like falling back into a piece of ultimate heaviness and coming out on the … Continue reading Jagannatha – Trimurti
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