Anyone who knows anything about me and my listening habits knows that there are a few constants that I always find myself adhering to when it comes to my listening habits whether it be subconsciously or very on purpose, as … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2022
It’s always fascinating to watch a band right from the nastiest boards of the rotten, seething floor of the underground of death metal to become their own entity that is by no means anything to mess with in any form … Continue reading Night Hag – Phantasmal Scourge
The very landscape of all that can be filed under evocative doom that takes more than a few cues from the realms of black metal has expanded exponentially in recent years with throngs of acts coming out of the woodwork … Continue reading Mizmor – Wit’s End
The many different iterations of death-doom have led to what can easily be called some of the most evocative releases that metal has seen in some of its heaviest forms, but anyone who even has only ever dipped their toe … Continue reading Druid Lord – Relics of the Dead
There truly doesn’t seem to be any limit with any style so long as it’s put in hands that are just as ambitious as they are capable, and such events are even more pronounced in the styles that don’t get … Continue reading Hemelbestormer – Collide & Merge
While it can be a fascinating sight to see a band bring forth a sound that is highly specialized in a single style taken to a great extent, it’s my firm belief that it’s more impressive to see a band … Continue reading Restless Spirit – Blood of the Old Gods
Ever since the emergence of metal at large on Bandcamp, there has been a definitive list of acts that always manage to put out new material that not only commands respect from the moment they come into the scene but … Continue reading Spaceslug – Memorial
While black metal remains as one of the great bastions for innovation in all that metal can be despite how narrow-minded far too many can be when regarding the style, but it’s without even straying far from those classic core … Continue reading Hell’s Coronation – Silver Knife Mysticism
It’s been a long-standing tradition at this point that the tried and true magic of sludge and doom metal brought together can provide us with material that isn’t some of the heaviest that we’ve ever come across, but it can … Continue reading Drune – s/t
If you ask me, it’s almost painful how often bands pick only a single lane to stay in when it comes to crafting a new album. There is nothing wrong with honing your craft in order to become all but … Continue reading Bog Wizard – Miasmic Purple Smoke
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