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Feral Light – Psychic Contortions

April 2, 2022March 27, 2022 Vinterd

While I have always been a fan of straight-forward black metal, there is nothing that can compare to when it’s met with a group that manages to twist the sound into something else that cannot be denied in any form … Continue reading Feral Light – Psychic Contortions

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Truchlo Strzygi – Gwiezdny Demon

March 31, 2022March 26, 2022 Vinterd

The worlds of punk and black metal are distinctly different realms at a glance, but it’s in the right hands that, like many things, they can be brought together to be made into a sound that cannot be considered anything … Continue reading Truchlo Strzygi – Gwiezdny Demon

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Breaths / Dimwind – Seasons

March 28, 2022March 19, 2022 Vinterd

It should go without saying that if we were to look towards the news or even a simple walk outside of our doors will show us that the world in truly in a state of turmoil the likes of which … Continue reading Breaths / Dimwind – Seasons

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Sisyphean – Colours of Faith

March 27, 2022March 19, 2022 Vinterd

When it comes to a style that manages to scratch every itch you may have while managing to accomplish so much more, there truly is nothing in our modern soundscape like a black metal band that manages to both fulfill … Continue reading Sisyphean – Colours of Faith

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Zos – The Whole of the Body I Call ZOS

March 25, 2022March 18, 2022 Vinterd

The very outer skirts of extreme metal have always been realms that I cannot help but find endlessly fascinating. To see a style that already borders on the very edges of what many would consider beyond the very conception of … Continue reading Zos – The Whole of the Body I Call ZOS

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Falls of Rauros – Key to a Vanishing Future

March 21, 2022March 19, 2022 Vinterd

Out of the throngs of acts that black metal has seen the rise of since the turn of the century, there surely is a list that many would consider essential as we move forward in figuring out who the very … Continue reading Falls of Rauros – Key to a Vanishing Future

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Thos Ælla – Sempiternal Mobocracies

March 19, 2022March 12, 2022 Vinterd

The very fringes of all that metal is capable of has long been the exact kind of desolate reaches that many of us have been striving to reach for a long time now. It’s a truly rare spectacle to see … Continue reading Thos Ælla – Sempiternal Mobocracies

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Krvl – Kravaal

March 12, 2022February 27, 2022 Vinterd

Of the prevailing issues that have plagued many debuts for several years now one of the worst certifiably has to be the band in question sounding all but flat in their vision despite passion often being a driving force for … Continue reading Krvl – Kravaal

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Sinniht – Profane Geometry

March 11, 2022February 27, 2022 Vinterd

Every now and then, the underground throws a real curveball our way that’s all but a true task to decipher. Yet, some bands simply defy explanation and are simply a vicious entity that’s not to be denied nor ignored for … Continue reading Sinniht – Profane Geometry

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Krallice – Crystalline Exhaustion

March 10, 2022February 27, 2022 Vinterd

Depending on who you ask, the peak of black metal can come in virtually any form from any of the numerous styles that dot the soundscape and its vast spectrum, but it’s every so often that we’re able to witness … Continue reading Krallice – Crystalline Exhaustion

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