There is nothing that quite gets the blood pumping like a little bit of a fantasy infusion into the things that we love. Like anything good, though, it’s not terribly often that we’re given an offering of such throughout the … Continue reading Valfreya – Dawn of Reckoning
After having done these reviews for ten years now, there have been plenty of bands that I keep finding myself coming back to time after time. While it’s the somewhat larger names like Cattle Decapitation, Inter Arma, or Cannibal Corpse … Continue reading Ende – L’aube des Anathèmes
For all that black metal has long been capable of, a strong melodic factor is always something that we see the sound return to sooner or later with it being quite constant that there’s some new act out there, however … Continue reading Kvaen – The Formless Fires
When you find yourself immersed in the density of the metal underground, it doesn’t take much in the current landscape to eventually branch out. Whether you’re still in the same sonic neighborhood or challenging yourself to trying a completely fresh … Continue reading Occulta Veritas – Irreducible Fear of the Sublime
Ever does a particular style have a golden standard that varies from one approach to the next with the right notions taken ensuring that, at some point or another, there’s a specific sound that many in the scene flock towards … Continue reading Mýrdal – Helvíti
Where things begin to become murky and the very bounds of reality seem to matter less increasingly by the minute, that tends to be where we find the bands that are never afraid to push the envelope. It’s in that … Continue reading Defacement – Duality
For some bands, excellence seems to come almost as easy as breathing. In the depths of the underground, some are truly able to rise above adversity and any challenges that may come from being a newer name in the scheme … Continue reading Oubliette – Eternity Whispers
When we come into the depths of all that extreme metal is capable of, the notions of evil material are certainly themes that come up time after time even if there are plenty of corners throughout the underground that have … Continue reading Upon the Altar – Descendants of Evil
For all that has become accomplished throughout the possibilities of black metal, it can oftentimes feel as though we’re surrounded by acts that are retreading the same ground ad nauseum. There’s still magnificence to be had in this well-worn paths, … Continue reading Todesstoss – Das Liebweh-Dekret
A rising name in the worlds of black metal is far from a rare sight anymore given the widespread that one can make simply by making the right moves on a platform like Bandcamp, but to come across one that’s … Continue reading Vimur – The Timeless Everpresent
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