Like many people, I’m absolutely enamored by the allure of ancient Chinese culture as it’s simply a larger than life style that has so many great things always happening from the architecture to the menagerie of legends. Metal has never … Continue reading Enchantenka – 根河
Tolkien has long been a source of inspiration for many bands, and while plenty tried to embody his work way before Summoning came along the band easily had the most unique and impressive execution out of all bands before them. … Continue reading Summoning – With Doom We Come
The realm of blackgaze is a very peculiar one as it’s a very specific sound across just about every single band that ventures within its borders. It’s not often that I’ve seen bands try to do different spins on the … Continue reading Vvilderness – Devour the Sun
Like many people, I’ve always been enthralled by tales and legends of times long past where knights in armor were commonplace and epic battles that were decided on sword and steel took place often. Obviously, those don’t really happen nowadays … Continue reading Blencathra – These Bones Became the Roots of the Forest…
One of the many allures of metal for many of us who listen to it is how fucking epic the music can become, and some people take both the sound and the setting to epic places with folk metal. Hell, … Continue reading Antti Martikainen – Northern Steel
Long has the desert been a source of fixation for me. I’m not quite sure what it is but there’s an odd sense of calm that the dry landscape that I’m always enthralled by, and when that place meets metal … Continue reading Lord Buffalo – s/t
The mystical realm of folk metal has always been something that has intrigued me, yet very few bands can properly capture its spirit in ways that can truly hypnotize me. There are a good number of bands that never cease … Continue reading Elvenking – Secrets of the Magick Grimoire
Variety truly is the spice of life. As someone who is constantly going out of my way to hear all sorts of new music, sometimes I need a break from all the chaos. Sometimes I need to find something … Continue reading Lüüp – Canticles of the Holy Scythe
The Middle East is a place of great turmoil, yet even amongst all that the awesomeness of metal still prevails! We’ve been treated to more recent acts like Azoom and Al-Namrood in the expanse of death and black metal, but … Continue reading Interview with Arallu!
Easily, my favorite thing about the massive underground of metal is the amount of talent that there is spread throughout it, and finding a good band that not that many others know of feels like a real treasure find. That’s … Continue reading Itnuveth – Tales and Legends of Wolves
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