At this point in me doing these reviews, if you know me then you know Ende and I couldn’t be any happier about my associations with the band up to this point. A true driving force in the taste for … Continue reading Ende – Liturgies Funéraires – Cérémonie pour une Congrégation Mourante
It can be too often that something as simple and small as a change in pacing and speed can make for an absolutely wild difference in any given performance. It’s a big part of what’s made metal such a versatile … Continue reading Tugt – Ved Lysets Ophør
I’ve been sitting here for far too long trying to figure out how to even start this damned review. It gets to a point every now and then that I feel all but compelled to let this mess at a … Continue reading Et Moriemur – Tamashii No Yama
The sheer diversity in the very sound of any given style in the vast spectrum of metal is always the sort of thing that continuously impresses me on a daily basis and will likely never cease doing so. In particular, … Continue reading Noircure – Kyrie
The uttermost reaches of what can be considered extreme is constantly being tested. Whether it’s be playfully poked at by a new band or rigorously besieged by seasoned veterans who seek to expand the borders of what’s popular, there will … Continue reading Invultation – Unconquerable Death
Slowly but surely, the world of metal is starting to see some real representation from the lesser-known regions of the world. South America, in particular, has long been a world of interest to someone like me as even though there’s … Continue reading Ysyry Mollvün – s/t
For as long as black metal is around, I cannot help but feel like there will always be a large swathe of bands that come to the style that will hearken back to the classic days of the style for … Continue reading Vastatum – Mercurial States of Revelation
While I tend to deal more in releases that have the backing of at least a little studio magic in the form of EPs or full-length albums, there’s something about the particular magic of a well-done demo that I simply … Continue reading Moluchtas – Telos Terminus
When dealing with such a style like atmospheric black metal, the feeling of drowning in an absolute ocean of potentially interesting acts becomes all but endless with how overcrowded the scene can effortlessly be tagged as but it is still … Continue reading A Pale December – Death Panacea
The darkest reaches of the floor of the metal underground is the exact sort of material that many of us venture into when we simply don’t want a pleasurable experience. A little bit like how the Cenobites of the Hellraiser franchise seek … Continue reading Chaos Perversion – Petrified Against the Emanation
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