Japan, and much less Tokyo, is far from a place that I’d look for good metal when we have the actual rest of the world to sift through simply because we don’t often hear a lot about Japanese material in … Continue reading Mortal Incarnation – Lunar Radiant Dawn
The world of ambient and its contemporary styles is something that has had my attention for the last while with no signs of me not wanting to stop diving into its reaches for one reason for another. During this time, … Continue reading Big Cypress Swamp – Occult Realm
It’s no secret if you know anything about me that Transcending Obscurity Records is, without doubt, my favorite record label by far. They were one of the labels that I became interested very early on when I started doing reviews … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2020
There’s nothing quite like a capable black metal act that can dish out some damned good riffs but still remain vicious enough to even be called scathing as the work goes on. With cover art that immediately caught my eye, … Continue reading Svartgren – Divlja Vatra
It’s ever so slowly that the world of post-metal that I find myself delving more into as the years go on, and it’s the more time that I put into the style that I’m really starting to see just how … Continue reading Metide – Solution
It’s been since the last release from Elder that I was curious when the next piece of exciting instrumental rock of any sort would cross my path, and, thankfully, it didn’t take long. Psychedelia tends to work all too well … Continue reading Praÿ – s/t
There is something to be definitely said about the bands that inhabit the vast realm of atmospheric black metal and actually come out of creating a new work that stands out greatly amongst the crowd in all respects. It could … Continue reading Unreqvited – Mosaic II: la déteste et la détresse
Second full-lengths are excellent opportunities for just about any band or artist on the planet simply because it shows us that they can very well do so much more than just throw down something that’s halfway decent in any scenario. … Continue reading Acid Mammoth – Under Acid Hoof
Every now and then we get an album that shakes things up a bit in terms of both formula and overall execution. Black metal tends to be the realm where this happens more often than not, but it’s today that … Continue reading Exulansis – Sequestered Sympathy
The vast majority of the time when I listen to some progressive metal it is far from an easy listen that I can just fall back into. There’s always so much going on that it can become damn near impossible … Continue reading Cloudkicker – Unending
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