Stagnation is a threat to many of the old bastions of metal music with only the finest names able to show us what can really still be done in styles that can be considered long-dead. Repetition in the wrong capacity … Continue reading Hāg – Over Stormskapte Fjell
Slowly but surely, we’re seeing different cultures getting some real reach in the metal underground. Myth has always played a big role in what many have brought to the table for metal music, but it’s always fascinating to see bands … Continue reading Ershetu – Yomi
Allowing things to unfold before your eyes can be a viciously rewarding experience given more than a little bit of luck in finding an entity that can bring such an event about. To find such an organic band that is … Continue reading Wormwood – The Star
Black metal really is a fascinating subject. For all that can be done within its confines, there are still throngs of passionate fans that still cling to the olden ways, not easily convinced to allow the march of new sounds … Continue reading Svartalfar – Carinthia Obscura – Die Lieder der brennenden Nacht
It can be hard for any band to stand out in a style like folk metal with there being all sorts of different ways you can go about it with only the finest able to bring about a sound that … Continue reading Soltur – Víðarrsága
Already is it a task to stand out in the dense underground where competition is always at a fever pitch as bands try to get noticed doing one thing or another, but it’s a different feat altogether to make such … Continue reading Árstíðir Lífsins – Aldrlok
While there are throngs upon throngs of bands out there that are doing their damnedest to bring their finest material to the table, there are, of course, those that demonstrate a proficiency and tact that only a mere fraction of … Continue reading Panzerfaust – The Suns of Perdition IV: To Shadow Zion
Few and far between can be the quality bands in black metal that seek to accomplish something more and ascend to heights that only the finest are able to ascertain. When one does come around, however, one can only hope … Continue reading Chaos Invocation – Wherever We Roam…
For all that atmospheric black metal can be in the best of circumstances, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that it has become distinctly overcrowded and oversaturated even in an age of the underground where that can be argued … Continue reading Wolvencrown – Celestial Lands
For all that can still be accomplished in the realms where black and death metal cross over, it can oftentimes feel as though there aren’t enough bands out there really tapping into the potential chaos that we all know such … Continue reading Cosmic Putrefaction – Emerald Fires Atop the Farewell Mountains
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