Installing melody into your black metal is far from an original concept and hasn’t been for decades now, but there are some bands that can mix it all too well with their brand of ferocity to make for a concoction … Continue reading Blaze of Perdition – The Harrowing of Hearts
Of all the different styles that I’ve listened to since starting these reviews, it has easily been grind that I’ve had the most difficulty getting into with some success with barely a handful of acts here and there that have … Continue reading Medium – s/t
Creating post-black metal can be a really tricky thing to pull off because the musicians are always torn between siding on the post-metal side, the black metal side, or trying to balance the two in a way that can please … Continue reading Lesath – Sacred Ashes
If the entirety of the world of psychedelic rock, desert rock, or whatever else you want to call this would shut down for the entire rest of the year and we were only left with the first full-length album from … Continue reading Big Scenic Nowhere – Vision Beyond Horizon
The very bottom of the underground of death metal is very much like a rotting log in the forest. It looks like it could fall apart at any second, but there are thousands of little insects keeping it strong, sapping … Continue reading Necrochaos – Crawling Through Cadavers
A good few songs are sometimes all a band needs in order to show us that they’re far from anything to be ignored. Even just one song at the right time can show a band’s worth, and by the rule … Continue reading LeatherFrank – Dark Forest
Should I dig into some melodic black metal, it is absolutely paramount that it does more in order to become a truly noteworthy record of its kind. There’s nothing wrong with some straightforward melodic black metal, but a band that … Continue reading Voidfire – Ogień Pustki
In order to create some world-class death metal, you really need to know what you’re doing right from the beginning in order to craft something that can easily be called as such. You can’t just stumble upon making something like … Continue reading Hyperborea – Umbra
This year already promised great things with the likes of Big Scenic Nowhere coming out at the end of this month, but there is one other event that we should all stop to appreciate in all of its magnificence: the … Continue reading Lowrider – Refractions
The idea of acoustic black metal is certainly a unique one to me that I’ve never heard of before, but it’s something that can be quite a difficult thing to not only explain but also execute. Calling it acoustic would … Continue reading Lurker of Chalice – Tellurian Slaked Furnace
