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Smohalla – Ruina Draconis

September 12, 2025September 7, 2025 Vinterd

Innovation has long been a driving force throughout the underground, but it’s not always the key to success. Oftentimes, acts bite off more than what they can chew as ambition can easily overshadow one’s capacity to bring such a vision … Continue reading Smohalla – Ruina Draconis

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Wstręt – Subhuman Eschatology

September 9, 2025September 7, 2025 Vinterd

It can be quite difficult to make your impact known in an underground where only the strongest can truly thrive, but all you need to survive is passion and a little bit of know-how. Such a thing can take many … Continue reading Wstręt – Subhuman Eschatology

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Rye – Знание

September 7, 2025September 5, 2025 Vinterd

Time can be an exceedingly tricky thing. It can be just as harmful to the soul and body just as it can be a boon to our skills and our growth in all things. It’s often enough that we see … Continue reading Rye – Знание

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Angrrsth – Złudnia

August 30, 2025August 29, 2025 Vinterd

In the vastness of the underground, there isn’t much that’s certain. Out of everything, however, there’s one thing that is: rising talent attracts attention for all the right reasons. We’re lucky enough to be absolutely inundated by loads of fresh … Continue reading Angrrsth – Złudnia

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Acephalic Void – We Chose Death

August 27, 2025August 24, 2025 Vinterd

The expansion of black and death metal over the decades is no surprise. As one of the epitomes of what it means to take metal to some of its most extreme reaches, there are always bands trying their hand at … Continue reading Acephalic Void – We Chose Death

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Tine – A Winter Horrorscape

August 20, 2025August 16, 2025 Vinterd

Growth has been a constant theme in my listening habits lately, and I have no reason to complain. To watch an act grow into something more, whatever form that may take, is a privilege the likes of which one can … Continue reading Tine – A Winter Horrorscape

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Blackbraid – Blackbraid III

August 18, 2025August 15, 2025 Vinterd

We could sit here all day and all night arguing the semantics of the strict definitions of what a specific genre should and what it brings to the table, and I feel quite confident that we wouldn’t really make much … Continue reading Blackbraid – Blackbraid III

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Eskapism – Skresnava

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 Vinterd

I think it’s safe to say that it would be a vicious understatement to claim that the world of atmospheric black metal has long been intertwined with the many different spirits of nature and all that they have to offer. … Continue reading Eskapism – Skresnava

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Hasard – Abgnose

August 12, 2025August 2, 2025 Vinterd

 There are some entities out there in the vastness of the underground that simply cannot be kept in one spot for too long. Whether it’s because of their ambition, talent, vision, creativity, or some combination of them all, there are … Continue reading Hasard – Abgnose

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Nexion – Sundrung

August 10, 2025August 9, 2025 Vinterd

I like to talk a lot about evolution a lot here as I feel like it’s the driving force that separates the bands that are kind of just doing their own thing from the artists that are seeking something more … Continue reading Nexion – Sundrung

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