Seeing a big underground name return in any capacity is always a momentous occasion no matter the style. I’ll admit that after their massive string of releases, not seeing anything from Mesarthim after a year was a bit curious especially … Continue reading Mesarthim – The Degenerate Era
Time can be just as grueling as it can be rewarding. To see an album that you’ve been looking forward be delayed for whatever reason is always a shame, but it’s in the world of music that us peons must … Continue reading Great Cold Emptiness – Death Gifted a Bouquet
Between all the many different styles that metal has created and touted over the years, it’s easily the creation known as grind and all of its spawns that I’ve had the most troubling becoming accustomed to in my time of … Continue reading Pig Destroyer – The Octagonal Stairway
History has always been a big thing in the world of metal with all different kinds of acts from all different kinds of styles showcasing many different stories from across time in their works. Whether it’s something big like WWII … Continue reading Ildskær – Den Rædsomste Nat
Doom and sludge metal have become an inseparable pair in the most recent decades of the evolution of both acts, and they’ve given us many, many quality releases that much of the scene has eaten up like homemade ice cream. … Continue reading Alkymist – Sanctuary
The curious thing about death metal is that it’s a very diverse style in an already spectacularly diverse sound that is metal as a whole, but when it comes to any single piece of death metal there’s only a relative … Continue reading Cult of Lilith – Mara
The bewildering underground of black metal is something that has been thriving well before the marvel of Bandcamp was even a glimmer in the eyes of its founders, and it’s still something that’s going on strong to this very moment. … Continue reading Onirik – The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity
When I had first listened to the debut album from Towards Atlantis Lights just a few years ago, I was determined that the next thing I was going to hear from any of the band members was going to be … Continue reading Aphonic Threnody – The Great Hatred
It’s the great vast majority of the time that whenever I go to listen to any given album, it’s done via either request, a referral from a friend with likewise taste, or my own research. But just occasionally, I can … Continue reading Valdrin – Effigy of Nightmares
We could sit here all day and try to settle upon a select group of bands that we could quantify as “the most brutal” based on any fucking number of factors. But, I truly do believe that there is one … Continue reading Primitive Man – Immersion
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