The life of a viking as we know it in the world of metal is more than any one style can encompass properly most of the time. Sure, bands like Amon Amarth have managed to confine vikings to a single … Continue reading Battlesoul – Sunward and Starward
A lot of times that I bring India’s metal scene into the spotlight it’s to bring the country’s innovation and rich amount of diversity as well as the sheer amount of quality bands that it has within its borders. Black … Continue reading Stark Denial – Covenant of Black
Folk metal has long been a genre that I’ve been very entranced by, but it’s also one of those styles that I find very difficult to find excellence out of simply because I like my folk metal to go above … Continue reading Battle Tales – The Ire of the Condemned
There are many, many bands that have graced the unholy territory of black metal from names like Darkthrone, Dark Funeral, and Mayhem being household names for any fan of the genre simply because of their greatness and contribution to the … Continue reading Abigor – Höllenzwang (Chronicles of Perdition)
For the longest time, I’ve always revered Greece as a place that as a terrific metal scene albeit one that’s still building itself up, and the number of exceptional bands that have come from within its borders is proof enough … Continue reading Nigredo – Flesh Torn – Spirit Pierced
New Mexico isn’t exactly someplace that I’d be looking at for quality death metal, but I’ve found it amongst the desert-like landscape before from places across the globe such as Iran before, so why not go there to check it … Continue reading Damien – Volume Two
Symphonic metal has always been one of those styles that I’ve been on the fence about with loads of bands making great cases for the style and plenty others fumbling at every turn. I’ve always been meaning to get more … Continue reading Caedeous – Domini Tenebrarum
The classic sound of death metal is one that has always persisted throughout the many different iterations of the genre, and it’s led to many, many fantastic albums no matter how you look at it. There’s a seemingly infinite number … Continue reading Cist – The Frozen Casket
It’s very easy to become stuck in the past. With metal, loads of people refuse to look to anything past a certain period be it because they love the classic material so much that it can’t be topped in their … Continue reading Funeral Winds – Sinister Creed
Much like traditional heavy metal, one of my favorite things about death metal as a whole is how it’s remained relatively unchanged for well over twenty years at this point despite millions of attempts. It’s a great thing that has … Continue reading Genocide Pact – Order of Torment
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