Any sort of fantasy world has always left me no less than enamored by the larger-than-life events that are just the sort of thing that are true products of imagination. Folk metal has always been a great embodiment of that, … Continue reading Knighthood – To the Road
A style that has truly had my attention but I haven’t gotten around to really diving into is the unforgiving, dark world of funeral doom. It’s such an uncompromising style that leaves no room for a breath of salvation whether … Continue reading Ennui – End of the Circle
There’s no shortage of Luciferian themes in the world of black metal, but I feel it’s not often enough that a band can take that concept and then proceed to actually make it sound great. Sure, you could sit there … Continue reading Son ov Leviathan – Vi Veri Vniversum Vivus Vici
Forgetting about a band because of one reason or another is something that we’re all guilty of, and I’m not a personal fan. I remember checking out the first bit of material that The Shiva Hypothesis put three years ago … Continue reading The Shiva Hypothesis – Ouroboros Stirs
Melodic death metal has always been a fun style for me given the obvious points of how there’s the intensity that death metal brings to the table whilst having a solid form to it that enables things like anthems to … Continue reading Earthgrave – First Snow of the Final Winter
I’m not exactly what you’d call an expert in the weird world of progressive metal, but I know for a fact that of all the bands that exist in the death metal quadrant of that style Obscura is one that … Continue reading Obscura – Diluvium
The wide world of death metal is one with many turns and valleys the likes of which most bands tend to pick a lane and stick to it. Yet, there are always some acts that like to jump from one … Continue reading Godless Enthropia – Tetracyclic Dominion
A few years ago, I came across an Italian band that brought the worlds of death and folk metal together in ways that I never dared to imagine: Ade. Sure, many people think Ex Deo when that description is thrown … Continue reading Akhenaten – Golden Serpent God
Metal, especially of the death and black varieties, have been ridiculed by many as nothing but no less than absolute evil. And sometimes, they’re correct! But for those of us that revel in the usual Cannibal Corpse or Darkthrone, we … Continue reading Khanus – Flammarion
Sweden has long been a flagship country for all of death metal throughout the decades, that much is certain. Yet, the preservation of traditional Swedish death is something that not many are willing to take up, but some decide to … Continue reading Crawl – Rituals
