reviews for albums that I consider metal
With every band that brings something even relatively new to the table that becomes big comes a fair number of bands wanting to get in on that hot new craze. What style other than pirate metal would be perfect for … Continue reading Rumahoy – The Triumph of Piracy
Ever since I heard my favorite album of all time, Inter Arma’s “The Cavern”, I have been on a very loose search to find albums similar to that: a 45-minute long song that’s as well crafted as it is epic. … Continue reading Bloodmoon – Supervoid Trinity
Something that has become a cult phenomenon in the global black metal scene in recent years is the creation of cosmic black metal in all of its infinite mystery. It’s bands like Mare Cognitum and Spectral Lore that brought the … Continue reading Lumnos – Ancient Shadows of Saturn
I’ve always been a big fan of experimentation when it comes to blending different genres together as I firmly believe it leads to amazing new horizons for not only metal but music in general. Folk metal hasn’t been a thing … Continue reading Unshine – Astrala
Ever since the 90s, there has been a slow but definite increase of stoner acts that have come out of the woodwork from all across the globe. Be it in a pure form, mixed with grunge rock, or combined with … Continue reading The Blacktones – The Day We Shut Down the Sun
It’s very clear that a band’s first steps as an act can show a lot about what the band is about to get themselves into as well as what we can expect to see in the future should they stay … Continue reading Scolos – Infinite Recursion
Windhand has long been a driving force of modern doom metal and immediately upon inspection is it easy to see why as their fuzzy riffs fill ever listener with a gloomy cacophony that is all but delicious. The Virginia natives … Continue reading Windhand / Satan’s Satyrs – Split
There are some bands out there that have truly defined the metal scene in places like Bandcamp where it’s bands like Saor and Mesarthim that reign supreme whenever they put out even one song. Among such ranks is the act … Continue reading Harakiri for the Sky – Arson
Many people have long regarded heavy metal as the cheesiest of all the metal styles (outside glam metal, naturally), and while that has varying degrees of truth to it I’ve always still had a profound love for the classic feel … Continue reading Biter – The Eyes of the Biter
Embodying your influences in something that throngs of bands have done ever since music was a thing from cover bands to emulating one orchestral score based on another. Metal is far from a stranger to it, and I’ve always found … Continue reading Isgärde – Eowlandsvintr
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