Often enough do we see black metal tap into the darker aspects of what metal has long been capable of (especially given that’s just the basis for a large swathe of black metal), but it’s only on occasion do we … Continue reading Incipient Chaos – s/t
At some point, sooner or later, a band comes around that just blows the minds of those who hear with greatness all but destined for the act in question. The list of appropriate names is sure to go on and … Continue reading Pallbearer – Mind Burns Alive
Some names simply seem destined for greatness no matter what. Every style across the entire spectrum of all that music has to offer has a particularly potent group that always delivers when the chips are down, and the people are … Continue reading High on Fire – Cometh the Storm
At any given time, each style has a select list of rising names that are making quite a stir for one reason or another with their names always on the lips of many along with any new album they put … Continue reading Gatecreeper – Dark Superstition
It’s always fascinating to bear witness to the evolution of any band no matter how big or small they may be. When a band is able to take their sound and morph it into something that is immensely different than … Continue reading Fellwarden – Legend
Well and truly, there are more than enough corners of death metal that need to be explored even as we find ourselves in an age of unfettered progressiveness that has seen the genre taken to new heights and lengths heretofore … Continue reading Diskord / Atvm – Bipolarities
Littered is the underground with aspiring acts that have yet to see much of the light of day if any at all. As such, we are given an absolute ocean of bands out there that the vast majority of us … Continue reading Mitternacht – Blasphemous Warfare
By all accounts, we live in a day and age where all things in psychedelic rock music is flourishing more than ever before. Looking in every direction we can see all sorts of glory coming from the desert and planes … Continue reading High Desert Queen – Palm Reader
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
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