In my experience, there are fewer things that go well with doom quite like a good level of fuzz added to the mix because not only does it bring an interesting dynamic stylistically it also allows the listener to hear … Continue reading Cities of Mars – Temporal Rifts
For about the past year the one country that has yet to disappoint me is the nation of India when it comes to not only quality metal but also an abundance of new bands that undoubtedly carry the spirit of … Continue reading Hostilian – Monolith
This year has been a straight up god send for metal heads who have been wanting high-quality releases from all the sorts of metal groups, but one style that seems to be not getting a lot of coverage this year … Continue reading Ensiferum – Two Paths
There are a collection of bands out there that simply defy classification and labelling with their music, and that’s how they manage to achieve much more than other groups who worry too much about staying within the boundaries of their … Continue reading Botanist – Collective: The Shape of He to Come
I’m more than okay with new bands coming out of the woodwork from all over the world to try their hands at a style that has been done thousands of times prior, but the desire to create more is too … Continue reading Sheidim – Infamata
Music is always constantly changing. I feel that’s a painfully obvious fact that many won’t accept while at the same time we get people with incredible talent coming together to continually push the boundaries even further, and that goes double … Continue reading Dreadnought – A Wake In Sacred Waves
As one of the bands that made one of my absolute favorite records from last year as well as being an underground staple for all of death metal, Fetid Zombie is more entertaining than ever, and after “Epicedia” I wondered … Continue reading Fetid Zombie / Svierg – Once Still Cosmos
When I was a budding metal head, Manowar was one of the bands that I absolutely worshipped as they were my first example of true heavy metal taken to glorious heights that I never knew existed. They helped me get … Continue reading Battle Raider – s/t
The process of being experimental can lead to a lot of shit when you’re a metal band doing whatever you will. Black metal is the perfect vessel for experimentation as already dozens and dozens of styles have spawned for the … Continue reading Nyss – Princesse Terre (Three Studies of Life and Death)
For years I’ve been incredibly picky with my folk metal more than any other kind of metal I listen to. In order to please me as a piece of the style, you gotta truly go balls to the walls and … Continue reading Crimfall – Amain
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