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Moon of the Wind / No Point in Living – Child:of:Illness

August 8, 2025July 27, 2025 Vinterd

A cold and calculated performance is one of the many things that extreme metal has excelled at over the years with all sorts of different iterations on the concept being done by bands seeking to further all that the underground … Continue reading Moon of the Wind / No Point in Living – Child:of:Illness

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In Mourning – The Immortal

August 7, 2025July 27, 2025 Vinterd

At some point, a band simply has to try something else in some form or another lest their sound begin to become stale and uninteresting. It can be in even the smallest ways that such a change can make for … Continue reading In Mourning – The Immortal

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Esoctrilihum – Ghostigmatah – Spiritual Rites of the Psychopomp Abxulöm

August 6, 2025July 26, 2025 Vinterd

For all intents and purposes, there are just some creations out there that words can hardly do justice for. We’re lucky enough to live in a time where there’s loads of talent to be had out in the vast underground … Continue reading Esoctrilihum – Ghostigmatah – Spiritual Rites of the Psychopomp Abxulöm

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Hemelbestormer – The Radiant Veil

August 5, 2025July 27, 2025 Vinterd

There’s something about having a sense of scale that can really set a work apart from not just the competition as a whole but set it apart from what has come before from the same band. It’s the kind of … Continue reading Hemelbestormer – The Radiant Veil

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Kamra – Unending Confluence

August 4, 2025July 25, 2025 Vinterd

There isn’t much that can’t be said about all that can be done in extreme metal as we know it in its modern form. For all of its old school leanings and bold innovation that are constantly contrasting each other … Continue reading Kamra – Unending Confluence

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Enragement – Extinguish All Existence

August 3, 2025July 26, 2025 Vinterd

I have always been a firm believer in that there’s always a time and a place for all sorts of innovation and flashy techniques in a style that’s as teeming with possibility like what we see with the likes of … Continue reading Enragement – Extinguish All Existence

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Witch Hound – Mountain Knows

August 2, 2025July 24, 2025 Vinterd

Fresh talent is always something that has kept the underground moving forward. Whether it comes in the form of an envelope-pushing act or one that seeks the perpetuate the greatness of what’s come before in straightforward reverence via imitation, it … Continue reading Witch Hound – Mountain Knows

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Gràtfall – Thanatopsis

July 31, 2025July 19, 2025 Vinterd

I think it’s safe to say that we’ve seen black metal given the atmospheric treatment time after time over the years with there always being more talent around the corner to throw their names into the mix to show us … Continue reading Gràtfall – Thanatopsis

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Inhuman Condition – Mind Trap

July 30, 2025July 18, 2025 Vinterd

It should go without saying that the current state of death metal is something to be marveled at for any number of reasons. Whether it be in the form of the raw talent that the scene now has to offer, … Continue reading Inhuman Condition – Mind Trap

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Methammer – Downfall

July 29, 2025July 18, 2025 Vinterd

For all the many different avenues that are gloriously available throughout the vast spectrum of all that metal music has to offer, it’s surprisingly the instrumental reaches that we don’t get enough material from often enough. It’s one of those … Continue reading Methammer – Downfall

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