One of the many allures of metal for many of us who listen to it is how fucking epic the music can become, and some people take both the sound and the setting to epic places with folk metal. Hell, … Continue reading Antti Martikainen – Northern Steel
The sixties were fucking weird, man. Sure, I wasn’t alive to recount the first-hand experience but I feel like it’s pretty unanimous to say that decade had more than its fair share of oddities that’s enough to make for one … Continue reading Jess and the Ancient Ones – The Horse and Other Weird Tales
Typically, I’m not one to really get into reissues or re-releases. But, like with many things, there are plenty of exceptions to most every rule, and today I’ve found mine when it comes to reviewing reissues, and that has much … Continue reading Mare Cognitum – The Sea Which Has Become Known
Millions upon millions of bands go for a very emotional driving force that allows their music to hit their mark. That allows for the bands in question to make an album centered around a single emotion to make an upbeat … Continue reading Hamferð – Támsins Likam
We all have days when at the end we just need to sit down and unwind to something that can simply make us chill the fuck out. The glorious realm of post-rock has long been a refuge of mine, but … Continue reading Manet – Devour
Australia has always been a place that I’ve associated with having a very rich metal scene that’s constantly impressing me. It’s not only rich in talent but also in diversity as you can find dozens of bands for each potential … Continue reading Hawkmoth – Godless Summit
Long has the desert been a source of fixation for me. I’m not quite sure what it is but there’s an odd sense of calm that the dry landscape that I’m always enthralled by, and when that place meets metal … Continue reading Lord Buffalo – s/t
For the past eleven years, there has been a force of Swedish death metal that has still of yet to gain a deserved massive following but has become one of the most prolific bands of the Swedish underground. Feared has … Continue reading Feared – Svart
For decades, thrash metal has been widely known to be a viciously fast source of riffs and madness that brings forth fire even in its quietest moments. Many bands have tried but so many have failed to capture the genre … Continue reading Warbound – Walk Towards Extinction
Out in the void that metal can tend to inhabit lies a zone that not many know about and even fewer dare to venture towards. It’s one that’s perpetually black and one that always seems to continue growing and the … Continue reading Nortt – Endeligt
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