Just when you think you’ve seen what feels like all there is to see out of any given sound, you’re thrown one massive hell of a curveball. Such is how I felt tonight with death metal given how the avenues … Continue reading Qrixkuor – Zoetrope
When we’re dealing with a scene as jam-packed and thriving as black metal, it really does feel as though you have to become truly exceptional or be known as a deep find in the dense underground in order to make … Continue reading Moonlight Sorcery – Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars
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
When a landmark band loses a member, it’s always a time for transitioning and some form of loss since both the bands and listeners have lost a key part of what made that band so fascinating for that period where … Continue reading Structure – s/t
There is always a time and place for massive, grandiose works that leave us in awe of what’s been created as we’re faced with something that can only be considered the very epitome of artistic expression and music pushed to … Continue reading Ashen Tomb – s/t
At some point, it stands to reason that the more a band puts out in a relatively short amount of time will result in less than satisfactory creations as time goes on. It’s something that has befouled many, many names … Continue reading Eaters of the Soil – Eaters of the Soil EP III
With how revered and exalted the very idea of black metal has become out of the realm of Norway, it’s almost impossible nowadays for any new act to come around and manage to live up to the high standards that … Continue reading Mork – Den Svevende Festning
The very prospect of creating a sound that’s as uncompromising, unyielding, and all-powerful with depths that seem truly unending is something that a small corner of doom metal and its contemporaries are constantly striving for, but it’s because such a … Continue reading Lightless – Descent to Insignificance
For the most part, I think it’s safe to say that black metal is a vicious sound that doesn’t usually offer much in the way of color, emotions, or any form of bliss whatsoever so long as you’re keeping even … Continue reading Icosandria – s/t
The very pits of the underground where the rawest and unrefined of acts constantly find themselves swirling around is not a place for any of us who need any sort of production value or polish to our metal, for it … Continue reading Sangre Negra – Bruma Primigenia
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