reviews for albums that I consider metal
Something that I’ve always enjoyed about smaller bands is being able to witness some random, tiny act grow into something really awesome over time. Most of the time, it takes years upon years to get to any noticeable recognition after … Continue reading Devil Master – Manifestations
A lot of times I find myself skipping through my playlist that’s filled with plenty of death and black metal because that’s what I enjoy, but I get the itch to try something different and go into territory that I’ve … Continue reading Entropy Coding – Tales of the Moon
Black metal has long been known for being either strictly adhering to the classic sound laid down by the fathers of the genre as well as being an absolute playground for innovation and different stylistic approaches. I’m a fan of … Continue reading Outre – Hollow Earth
Many people love the whole idea of death metal being one of the rawest experiences that you can get in all of the music industry, and I’m one of them. However, I’ve never been too big into demos as I … Continue reading Blaze Infernal – Demo MMXVIII
More times than not, black metal is more known for its intensity and harsh nature above anything else and I think it’s very easy to see why that’s the case given the genre’s history and all that good stuff. But … Continue reading Unreqvited – Mosaic I: l’amour et l’ardeur
A lot of times, it’s hard to be able to identify the next budding band of excellence in death metal given the sheer number of acts that could qualify for that and the simple fact that they aren’t that big … Continue reading Glacial Tomb – s/t
Every now and then, we see a real bomb of an album that gets drop that it feels like the entire fucking community corals around instantly around it only to bring more people it claiming it to be some of … Continue reading Holy Grove – Holy Grove II
There are many unsavory topics that metal and even rock manage to tackle without even stopping to think about what’s going on, and war has long been a topic bands love to come to every now and then. But it’s … Continue reading 1914 – The Blind Leading the Blind
The last time I saw a band take atmospheric doom metal to great lengths was Ommadon with their extreme take on that idea, and before that, it was Soothsayer back in 2015 with their delicious EP. Two examples over the … Continue reading Sol – Before We Disappear
Of all the styles that metal has managed to spawn over its illustrious history with plenty of exceedingly specific names to have come into reality in recent years, it’s the realms of slam and brutal death metal that I’ve almost … Continue reading Ravaged Spleen Outburst – The Church of Anemia
