A sense of hopelessness and despair is something that permeates many of the different themes that are explored throughout the vast underground network of metal music, yet that are, obviously, a few veins that are more adept at bringing those … Continue reading Rites of Regress – Dust
Twenty-five years is quite a bit of time for anything, including being a band. That’s a long time for your sound to grow and evolve into different directions that you never could have expected when you first started out with … Continue reading Ufomammut – Hidden
Even as we see pagan elements weaving their ways into much of our media, it’s not terribly often that we’re given something that can come even close to being called ritualistic or even shamanistic when it comes to much of … Continue reading Sunnata – Chasing Shadows
Where the boundaries of wild and wonderful begin to blur oftentimes do daring and dangerous come into the fold. That can apply to many things with metal music certainly being one of them as we delve through the depths of … Continue reading Mountain Shadow – s/t
For all the different forms that doom metal can take, there’s always something to be said for when it knows when to pull back. Almost channeling the more classic vein of the sound, there’s a certain charm to it all … Continue reading Druidess – Hermits & Mandrakes
Oftentimes do we see plenty of acts come around trying to bring some sense of atmosphere to metal with there always being varying levels of success even when we’re dealing within the veins that tend to have more luck in … Continue reading Leaving – Liminal
For all that the Japanese metal scene has strived to become over the decades, there is at least one name that has rightfully towered over them all through sheer craftsmanship and overwhelming intensity: Coffins. It’s been over two decades since … Continue reading Coffins – Sinister Oath
To sift through all that the modern landscape of doom metal has to offer is to wade through an immense ocean of talent, power, heaviness, and atmosphere with all of those components changing from one band to the next. There … Continue reading Daytripper – Book I: The Trip
Any gap of time between releases can just as easily signal great things for a band as much as it can herald the end. Seven years is quite a long time by all accounts, but life can easily get in … Continue reading Altar of Betelgeuze – Echoes
We’ve seen thousands of different bands rise to prominence over the years with all sorts of approaches and attempts carefully crafted to show us what is still possible in the vast spectrum of metal. By all accounts, the results vary … Continue reading Acid Mammoth – Supersonic Megafauna Collision
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