It’s in every style that has ever been made that there are a select few people that have had their hands all over their respective style’s history. Whether their work was instrumental in bringing to style to reality or simply … Continue reading Rogga Johansson – Entrance to the Otherwhere
The occasional split can be a way for someone like me to get more than one band at a time, effectively doubling the rate of new acts that I’ve heard. Usually, splits are done between two bands who bring some … Continue reading à Répit / Inféren / Malauriu / Vultur – Teschi Ossa Morte
Many times it feels as though there are some legends of throughout the history of heavy metal that simply don’t get enough credit, and, fortunately, they’re offered new opportunities time and again to show off their musical greatness to new … Continue reading Arch / Matheos – Winter Ethereal
It was somewhere in my very first days with doom metal that I heard an album that brought an atmospheric approach to doom metal the likes of which I hadn’t heard before, and it took many more months and a … Continue reading Leechfeast – Village Creep
There have been many times that the world of metal has tackled all sorts of themes considering religion from embracing it to denying it a place in the world. I, personally, am not one to get behind any religious message … Continue reading Plague Weaver – s/t
It’s not uncommon by any means to see a band bring together the worlds of death and doom metal to create for us yet more examples of overwhelming heaviness that manages to come across as devilishly delicious and such. And … Continue reading Hex – God Has No Name
Being able to approach a style and keep its roots intact while you take the branches via twisting their forms in order to create something that is still that same style at its core but still, ultimately, something very different. … Continue reading Epectase – Astres
A lot fo the technical takes on death metal that we see in the current climate of the style tend to allow the instruments to do the talking a good chunk of the time while the vocals still play a … Continue reading Abnormality – Sociopathic Constructs
The world of doom metal to me is very much like the world of black metal in that the sheer diversity in sound is truly something to behold and get lost in. Classic acts like Crowbar and new phenomenons like … Continue reading Lotek Cruiser – s/t
There have been many times that I’ve investigated into the underground realms that death metal tends to inhabit, and it feels sometimes that there are many acts that make the style feel just as sprawling as well as stale at … Continue reading At Home In Hell – Self Identified Deity
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