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Vinnum Sabbathi – Intersatelital

June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 Vinterd

Despite what some may think, greatness often comes in small doses with the adage “less is more” a big part in bringing such creations to light in such a form that feels as captivating as they are fulfilling. It can … Continue reading Vinnum Sabbathi – Intersatelital

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Crystal Spiders – Metanoia

May 17, 2025May 14, 2025 Vinterd

Given the current state of all things heavy in rock music, I think it’s safe to say that the genre is in good hands for the foreseeable future given all that we have coming out now promising greatness in the … Continue reading Crystal Spiders – Metanoia

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Kal-El – Astral Voyager Vol. 1

April 21, 2025April 12, 2025 Vinterd

Time is oftentimes the deciding factor for many. It’s what makes a name something that people look back on fondly or something that defines what a given genre can be. Is it the only factor in how a band is … Continue reading Kal-El – Astral Voyager Vol. 1

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Hexecutor – …Where Spirit Withers in its Flesh Constraint

April 16, 2025April 5, 2025 Vinterd

And here I was just the other day thinking that it would be some time before I came before another work of thrash metal in 2025 that was actually worth its own salt in some form or another. Fortunately for … Continue reading Hexecutor – …Where Spirit Withers in its Flesh Constraint

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Torpedo Torpedo – Arrows of Time

March 17, 2025March 14, 2025 Vinterd

To be aware of the modern state of all things heavy is to be intimately aware of the psychedelic reaches. Where the laws of reality bend and become twisted by the very will of the musicians in question, we are … Continue reading Torpedo Torpedo – Arrows of Time

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Dragon Skull – Chaos Fire Vengeance

March 15, 2025March 9, 2025 Vinterd

Even as we find ourselves in an underground realm where anything feels possible, it can be all too easy to feel like a given sound isn’t nearly as active as it should be for one reason or another. Heavy metal, … Continue reading Dragon Skull – Chaos Fire Vengeance

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Rainbows are Free – Silver and Gold

March 13, 2025March 9, 2025 Vinterd

Given the sheer state of what the sound has become, we find ourselves in a time where there are loads of icons throughout the whole of heavy psych. The list seems to grow magnificently every year as the sound is … Continue reading Rainbows are Free – Silver and Gold

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Nite – Cult of the Serpent Sun

March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 Vinterd

There are some styles out there that are not given nearly enough representation despite the latent potential that’s to be found within every given inch of the sound. As one of them, blackened heavy metal is something that has always … Continue reading Nite – Cult of the Serpent Sun

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Time Rift – In Flight

February 10, 2025February 5, 2025 Vinterd

Great is the desire for many of us to heed the ways of the old school for all that it still has to teach us even if it has been years since people are more willing than not to believe … Continue reading Time Rift – In Flight

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High Warden – Astral Iron

January 14, 2025January 3, 2025 Vinterd

Heavy metal is one of those sounds that’s constantly pushing itself forward while simultaneously in a state of perpetual content with what the sound can be as it was decades ago it was mastered with little to no innovation dared … Continue reading High Warden – Astral Iron

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