Metalcore can be a fickle thing given the sound’s modern reputation that can just as easily be favorable as it can be hated depending completely on who you’re asking. If you ask me, it’s the same as any other style … Continue reading Riptides – s/t
Once in a while, we’re faced with something that I don’t think anybody could have seen coming. Whether it’s a band completely changing their direction or an album from some band that hardly anybody has heard of, surprises of that … Continue reading Caratucay – Nocturnes of the Incarcerated
Given all the names that have come around in the more progressive reaches of death metal, it’s not hard to let a name pass you right on by no matter how big or small that name may be in any … Continue reading Demonstealer – The Propaganda Machine
When we’re dealing with music that deems itself as “progressive”, it’s not terribly often that we’re given an experience that actually manages to deliver any promise of that to the maximum. Apart from the latest performance from the likes of … Continue reading The World is Quiet Here – Zon
On the fringes of every style, there are names both new and old that are never once satisfied to stay in the same place for long. The meandering spirits of these musicians allow those of us who discover them to … Continue reading Yaaroth – The Man in the Wood
In the nearly ten years I’ve been doing these reviews, I’ve been blessed with a few constants in my life that keep me interested in more than one way with new material from different sources and always give me something … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – 2023 Label Sampler
In the vast spread of the metal underground, there are more than a few lesser-performed styles out there that are absolutely more than worthy of growth simply because of the raw potential that it holds should even one name simply … Continue reading Dark_Matter – Phobos/Monolyth
Every so often, something utterly special comes along. You never know when it’s going to happen, what form it is going to take, or just how potent it will be in its magnificence. While I find myself currently at the … Continue reading Parius – The Signal Heard Throughout Space
In the vast expanse of the underground and the limitless imagination that is to be found throughout it depths between the hundreds of thousands of minds that call the realm home, it’s a wonder to me that instrumental metal is … Continue reading Leo Romero – Epigenesis
More often than not, metal has an image of being a naturally unsightly beast filled with all sorts of blasphemies and rotting corpses strewn about the place given the reputation that it has garnered over the years thanks to the … Continue reading Viita – I
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