The long history of black metal is one that is rich with so many different bands that approach the style in so many different ways that you could pay tribute to so many of the greats one by one and … Continue reading Iku-Turso – Storm Over Isengard
There are plenty of ideas throughout the wide realm of music that will always have my attention right from the get-go, but none other is greater than that of anything that has heavy pagan influence with folk instruments that pay … Continue reading Osi and the Jupiter – Nordlige Rúnaskog
The very idea of innovation is to be as creative as possible and push yourself as far as you feel you can go as an artist in the name of creating something new the likes of which the world has … Continue reading Abstruse – Submerge: Ritual
To delve into the wide and expansive world of dark ambient is to immerse yourself in a style that is bent on making you feel uncomfortable by luring you into a lucid dreamlike state where your very conscience is easily … Continue reading Reza Solatipour – The Gate
About once a year or so, we’re treated to something special from the likes of the underground that draws from a truly special place the likes of which makes any worthy band destined for greatness. Works like this aren’t common … Continue reading Wilderun – Veil of Imagination
It’s been the realm of post-metal that I’ve had my eye on for some years now with varying amounts of surveillance given how up and down the style tends to be, and this year has been no different. Cult of … Continue reading Third Island – Unspeakable
You’d think that any band that had just put out a titanic work of any style would seek to tour in support of that work, go back to the drawing board to make for another piece with a release set … Continue reading Exhumed / Gatecreeper – Split
To dive into the realm of psychedelic rock, and I mean really dive, is to find yourself in a world where there are virtually no rules whatsoever as we’re taken through a musical kaleidoscope where it feels anything can happen if you … Continue reading Dhidalah – Threshold
I’ve always enjoyed it when certain labels and/or groups shine a light onto the music scene of places that we normally don’t think to look at. It’s never really often that I sit here and wonder what the experimental scene … Continue reading Unexplained Sounds Group – Anthology of Persian Experimental Music
It’s not too terribly often that I find myself really swayed by folk metal despite it being one of my favorite styles given how grand and expansive it can be in even some its simplest moments. Plenty of acts have … Continue reading Atavicus – Di Eroica Stirpe
