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Burial – Inner Gateways To The Slumbering Equilibrium At The Center Of Cosmos

October 12, 2021September 28, 2021 Vinterd

The real essence of the immensely dense, dripping world of death/doom is something that so many of us can only ever hope to see in such crushing capacity that we have no choice but to fall into everything that the … Continue reading Burial – Inner Gateways To The Slumbering Equilibrium At The Center Of Cosmos

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Vahrzaw – The Trembling Voices of Conquered Men

October 10, 2021October 1, 2021 Vinterd

When we get an entry that spans both of the endlessly vicious worlds that are death and black metal, it’s more often than not that we’re greeted with a sonic assault that feels complex yet no less than barbaric even … Continue reading Vahrzaw – The Trembling Voices of Conquered Men

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Outre-Tombe – Abysse Mortifére

October 7, 2021September 23, 2021 Vinterd

“Old school” is a term that gets thrown around a whole lot in the world of metal, especially when we take into consideration extreme metal and the reverence that is all but pervasive when we consider the high reverence many … Continue reading Outre-Tombe – Abysse Mortifére

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Chasmdweller – Flesh Crusade

October 5, 2021September 15, 2021 Vinterd

There are plenty of constants that I find myself crawling back to over time when doing these reviews, and I don’t think I could ask for anything better. To have a list of names that I can always return to … Continue reading Chasmdweller – Flesh Crusade

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Cutterred Flesh – Sharing is Caring

October 3, 2021September 15, 2021 Vinterd

It’s not terribly often that I can come into the world of brutal death metal and find myself coming out on the other side with a record of any choice and being undeniably satisfied with what I have emerged with. … Continue reading Cutterred Flesh – Sharing is Caring

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Husmanskost – Sykkelstjæling

September 30, 2021September 26, 2021 Vinterd

It seems to me that when people talk about a band changing their sound or trying new things that it’s always the biggest examples that people go for which are oftentimes featuring the wildest changes. Whether it’s something like Enslaved … Continue reading Husmanskost – Sykkelstjæling

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Rivers of Nihil – The Work

September 25, 2021September 13, 2021 Vinterd

If we were to consider newer bands that have come around since after the turn of the century, the very name of Rivers of Nihil is appropriately one that causes a good deal of a stir across virtually every corner … Continue reading Rivers of Nihil – The Work

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Concrete – Ethereal Atrocities

September 23, 2021September 12, 2021 Vinterd

There’s a reason why death metal in its purest form is still alive and very much well in our modern times of innovation and experimentation across every corner of the vast realm that metal has to call its own, and … Continue reading Concrete – Ethereal Atrocities

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Malgöth – Glory Through Savagery

September 22, 2021September 12, 2021 Vinterd

When metal goes into its more extreme forms, we can always expect it to take that all the way without hesitation to create an aural onslaught that is no less than oppressive in even the smallest moments should we get … Continue reading Malgöth – Glory Through Savagery

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Esoctrilihum – Urionhsol (Seven Demons)

September 20, 2021September 7, 2021 Vinterd

If there were to be any single act from the entirety of the global underground network of metal that I could not get enough of, I don’t think it would be to anyone’s surprise that I’d pick Esoctrilihum as one … Continue reading Esoctrilihum – Urionhsol (Seven Demons)

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