It is more than natural for any given band to want to expand their sound in one form or another, but then the question always remains: where do you take it? The more straightforward act seeks to become more proficient … Continue reading From the Ages – III
It’s not terribly often that we get a band of certifiable legends come together and make music together. Even rarer do we see them release material at a solid rate. All the more rare still is to see a bustling … Continue reading Yawning Balch – Volume Three
Despite the vast expanses that can be accomplished without a guiding voice leading the way, it can sometimes feel as though metal can be afraid to take the listener on an instrumental trip that can still show us what the … Continue reading Borehead – Vita Est Morte Est Vita
The instrumental space in the underground is not for the uncommitted. If you’re going to try and deliver something with no voice, you need to make damn sure that you can deliver a performance that really delivers on virtually every … Continue reading Distant Dream – End of the World We Know
It’s important to remember where you came from, but it’s more often than not that bands seek to stake their own claim in territories of their own as they continue to grow and evolve their sound as time goes on. … Continue reading Heavy Trip – Liquid Planet
When you dig through the underground long enough, it’s only a matter of time before you come across something that is certifiably different than much of what else is out there. Of course, that doesn’t make such a find interesting … Continue reading Black Aleph – Apsides
All too often do we see plenty of bands come around to bring their own style of glory and splendor to a realm like psychedelic rock, but only the finest and most avid purveyors of the craft are able … Continue reading Sunguine – All Time High
Endless and constantly shifting are the boundaries of psychedelic rock. In a sound where anything can seem possible, it can sometimes be the case that bands come around and take a bigger bite than what they can swallow with their … Continue reading Delving – All Paths Diverge
It was for years that I felt as though it wasn’t nearly often enough that the possibilities of sludge metal had gone largely unheralded outside of a few key exceptions. Now, I know that the best sludge is the kind … Continue reading Oldd Wvrms – Abysséphale
In the modern digital age that we find ourselves in, it is all but effortless for bands to find themselves mixing styles and genres together intentionally and unintentionally to create efforts that can just as easily be fresh as they … Continue reading Glacier – A Distant, Violent Shudder
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