It’s been in the past year, give it or take a few months, that I’ve found myself seemingly swamped by the likes of death/doom and all that the style has to offer nowadays, and I’m very okay with the fact … Continue reading Monumentum Damnati – In the Tomb of a Forgotten King
How do I even approach this album after looking forward to it for practically two years now? I vividly remember just a few months after Tchornobog’s impact learning that the mastermind behind it all had changed his funeral doom act’s … Continue reading Drown – Subaqueous
Possibly, my favorite thing about doom is just how thick it can easily be or become at the drop of a hat because why the fuck not? It’s absolutely awesome when it’s done right and something that can really catch … Continue reading Planet of the Dead – Fear of a Dead Planet
The sheer amount of progressive acts out there that actually try to push the boundaries of their respective styles is not small whatsoever by any means, but it’s a mere fraction of those that actually pull it off in such … Continue reading Intronaut – Fluid Existential Inversions
The general nastiness of death metal is something that the style has been known for decades at this point, and it’s a pre-requisite for any band of the style more than anything. But, that doesn’t mean it’s done well by … Continue reading Xpus – In Umbra Mortis Sedent
To stand out in any crowd that’s constantly overflowing with new material, you need to do something that makes you stand out from that crowd. Some bands try to do something crazy in order to shine like a flashlight in … Continue reading Neaera – s/t
Whenever we think of anything related to black metal, we tend to think of something extreme with an icy edge to it all that could drain the very light out of the universe if it so desired, and something along … Continue reading Oratory – IV
The very concept of instrumental metal is one that’s about as original as instrumental rock, but it’s quite more difficult to pull off more so than it’s rock counterpart simply because while heaviness on its own is something that can … Continue reading Dragunov – Arkhipov
Fusing together black metal and punk is a very novel one even if it’s been done numerous times whether it be by a legendary name like Darkthrone, newcomers like Devil Master, or incredibly obscure acts that I’ve not a single … Continue reading Raspberry Bulbs – Before the Age of Mirrors
It’s most of the time that I find myself listening to the extreme ends of speed when it comes to metal I enjoy the most whether it be something blisteringly fast or amazingly slow, and it’s not often whatsoever that … Continue reading Murder Castle – The Black Widow
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