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Xerxes the Dark – Tower of Silence

February 8, 2019 Vinterd

 Sometimes when I come home from work and wash the day off, I could give a fuck about whatever I’m listening to as the need to wind down tackles all so I find any album on my little to-do list … Continue reading Xerxes the Dark – Tower of Silence

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Saor – Forgotten Paths

February 6, 2019 Vinterd

 To understand the importance of the name of Saor is to know the name of an act whose wild success in the underground has been the stuff to make the Scottish act a modern phenomenon that takes metal to previously … Continue reading Saor – Forgotten Paths

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Merzbow – Venereology

February 2, 2019 Vinterd

 Anyone who looks even slightly deep into the modern world of music knows that the spirit of creativity is stronger than ever and the diversity between styles is on an unprecedented level. The realms of ambient music and especially noise … Continue reading Merzbow – Venereology

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Panopticon – The Crescendo of Dusk

January 29, 2019 Vinterd

 There are a few times when a certain act will release any sort of material be it a simple single or an ambitious double album and what feels like the whole fanbase of the style will shake with excitement in … Continue reading Panopticon – The Crescendo of Dusk

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Illimitable Dolor / Promethean Misery – Split

January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 Vinterd

 Much like my recent coverage of the split album between Chaoshorde and Satan’s Acolyte’s, I want to reiterate just how much I love a good, proper split between two bands of similar style that don’t only just work on their … Continue reading Illimitable Dolor / Promethean Misery – Split

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Drofnosura – Voidfever

January 24, 2019 Vinterd

 Every now and then, we get something that’s fucking weird. I don’t mean something that’s a mild oddity or an album that just barely sits apart from the rest of the style. I mean something that’s its own fucking entity … Continue reading Drofnosura – Voidfever

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Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude

January 19, 2019 Vinterd

 There are many themes and ideas that have gone into the incredibly vast realm of black metal over the years as everything from the concept of nature to the very echoes of the soul have been poured into the genre … Continue reading Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude

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Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2019

January 17, 2019 Vinterd

 It’s every new year that many of us come back together pretty soon after coming together at the end of the last year to announce our favorites of the previous months that we all now talk about what we have … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2019

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Veldes – Flameless

January 13, 2019 Vinterd

 With every year that goes by with doing these reviews, there are very few things that are almost if not very certain. It’s each new year that I’m sure to get a fuck ton of awesomeness from new and old … Continue reading Veldes – Flameless

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Insonus – The Will To Nothingness

January 11, 2019 Vinterd

 The average metal fan on Bandcamp could tell you that saying there are a few atmospheric black metal acts out there would be a complete and total understatement, and trawling through them all to find something worth its own salt … Continue reading Insonus – The Will To Nothingness

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