In today’s extremely layered and complex soundscape, it’s not hard to listen to any number of bands and hear the strings of influence from many great acts of the past and present come through into the sound of fresh acts … Continue reading Callus – A Breath of Flesh Air
One of the most sacred concoctions in all of black metal for me absolutely has to be whenever the style drifts into the mystical realm of folk metal for it’s in those fantastical worlds that we get some of the … Continue reading Alda – A Distant Fire
Many sections of doom and rock music have found their homes in the desert for all that the sands and scorched rock can offer the style with all sorts of sonic territory being covered by both styles, but it’s always … Continue reading Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth
Far too often when I venture into the world of deathcore, I find a disappointing amount of imagination and, oddly enough, power. Power means absolutely nothing if you don’t have the skill to back it up with the consequence being … Continue reading Bleeding Malice – Thy Kingdom Come
It doesn’t take much to realize that the online black metal scene has truly come to a unique point such that it’s a near-infinite expanse that houses just as many quality works that blow the mind as many uninteresting copycats. … Continue reading Iskandr – Vergezicht
We could sit here for hours and have a near-endless debate on the current state of heavy metal with all that it brings to the table and how rooted the style has been in its original sound for decades with … Continue reading Portrait – At One With None
The influence of Lovecraft cannot be understated. Bar select performances out of the dark realms of ambient and noise, metal is perhaps on the best styles that can really encapsulate the madness and overwhelming density of Lovecraftian lore with all … Continue reading Bizarre – Invocation Codex
A debut is always hard to deliver on any sort of capacity with the slate being seductively clean which allows you to do whatever you want, but it can easily be the determining point for listeners if they feel they … Continue reading Pillars of Cacophony – Parerga
As one of the most expansive and densely populated sections of black metal in our modern digital age, it can often feel intimidating to dive into the deeply layered world that is atmospheric black metal. But, like all styles, there … Continue reading Unreqvited – Beautiful Ghosts
It’s not unoften by any stretch to say that humor really has found a proper home in the over-reaching world of stoner metal along with its typical partner in crime that is doom, but it’s far harder to execute properly … Continue reading Shi – Basement Wizard
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