At even the more accessible regions of extreme metal, it takes a certain level of madness to really lose yourself in its power without letting it overtake you. Yet, those that aren’t afraid to wholly surrender to the chaos have … Continue reading Acausal Intrusion – Seeping Evocation
Whereas just the other day I found myself steeped in the wild craziness of the furthest fringes of black metal with the likes of Arkheth, it’s now that we pull back into something much easier for us to wrap our … Continue reading Voak – Verdrangung
The very depths of the underground make for an unseemly beast that only the mad seek to dive into with the hopes of finding something more obscene and grotesque than anything else that’s come before it. For such excavators, the … Continue reading Coscradh – Nahanagan Stadial
Recently, the Native American representation in the world of black metal has been on a meteoric rise, and it’s in every way that it offers a fresh and fascinating new lens for black metal to look through despite how dense … Continue reading Blackbraid – Blackbraid I
Every single one of us has a select list of albums that we’re looking forward to at any given point. For me, there are some real constants thanks to the likes of Eremit, Itnuveth, Ende, The Re-Stoned, and loads of … Continue reading Arkheth – Clarity Came with a Cool Summer’s Breeze
Following the track record of what the city typically dishes out in terms of metal bands, anything other than melodic death metal that finds its way coming out of Gothenburg, Sweden is something that is already peculiar in a way … Continue reading Demolyn – Tales of Demolyn
Over the years, the very landscape of black metal has become an unpredictable beast the likes of which no one can ever truly predict with bands regularly coming out of the woodwork to either exactly meet expectations or defy them … Continue reading Firtan – Marter
When we look at the very state of what progressive black metal brings to the table in its current climate, it’s both fascinating and underwhelming. Fascinating because it truly expands upon what’s possible within the wide realm of black metal … Continue reading Tomarum – Ash in Realms of Stone Icons
The very prospect of a worthwhile split is always something that is demanding of attention, much like any exciting body of work. It’s already a sight to see one band put together a fascinating performance, but to see two or … Continue reading Angrrsth / Czort – W Czelusc
At some point, when you find yourself lost in the grand glorious chaos that is the underground of metal you lose all sense of direction, never to know where you’ll end up with whatever entity you encounter next anybody’s guess. … Continue reading Embarla Firgasto – Temporal Capsule
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