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Fimbul Winter – What Once Was

November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 Vinterd

Capitalizing off past experience and growing to become more, Fimbul Winter puts forth an interesting display of power with its debut EP. Continue reading Fimbul Winter – What Once Was

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One of Nine – Dawn of the Iron Shadow

November 8, 2025November 8, 2025 Vinterd

There are just some things in the world that work almost too well. Metal has no shortage of matching themes, approaches, styles, concepts, etc. that are able to come together in a single package and deliver on such a consistent … Continue reading One of Nine – Dawn of the Iron Shadow

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Orbit Culture – Death Above Life

October 9, 2025October 5, 2025 Vinterd

Some things just make sense. Even as the vast spectrum of metal finds itself insanely capable of a whole hell of a lot, we continuously find ourselves before names that are pushing the boundaries of what they and the sound … Continue reading Orbit Culture – Death Above Life

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Miasmata – Subterrania

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 Vinterd

Given the amorphous nature that plenty styles in extreme metal can adopt, it’s no surprise that we’re still able to find plenty of bands and artists doing their own thing. Whether it’s in the pursuit of trying new sounds for … Continue reading Miasmata – Subterrania

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Allegaeon – The Ossuary Lens

April 1, 2025March 23, 2025 Vinterd

If we were to take into consideration the number of bands out there that have made their impact upon the ever-growing landscape of technical death metal, it would quite the lengthy list. The genre has seen tons of different names … Continue reading Allegaeon – The Ossuary Lens

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Granitader – Schlachtenklang

March 14, 2025March 8, 2025 Vinterd

Despite how dense and sprawling the genre can be, there is the plain truth of oversaturation to be had when dealing with something like black metal. There’s just so much out there that it can oftentimes feel as though there’s … Continue reading Granitader – Schlachtenklang

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Eonian – Born From Ice

February 15, 2025February 9, 2025 Vinterd

I make my preferences no secret. It’s in the realms of extreme metal that my tastes tend to wander when I’m dealing with the wide spectrum of metal, but I know damn well that there’s so much potential to be … Continue reading Eonian – Born From Ice

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Winds of Winter – Dark Chameleon Dimers

December 30, 2024December 21, 2024 Vinterd

As the year comes to a close, many of us who do reviews are typically done with what the closing year has to offer with many calling it before the end of November, but there is always something to find … Continue reading Winds of Winter – Dark Chameleon Dimers

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Aeon of Awareness – The Embracing Light of Rarohenga

December 26, 2024December 14, 2024 Vinterd

For a little while a few years ago, melodic death metal had quite a boom that spawned just as many pretenders as it did quality acts that knew what they were doing. There were just so many of them! At … Continue reading Aeon of Awareness – The Embracing Light of Rarohenga

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Wormwood – The Star

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024 Vinterd

Allowing things to unfold before your eyes can be a viciously rewarding experience given more than a little bit of luck in finding an entity that can bring such an event about. To find such an organic band that is … Continue reading Wormwood – The Star

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