Not often enough do we see a band capitalize on what it means to be a sludgy yet atmospheric creation that takes into account much of what both sounds can become when placed in the right hands. Sure, we are … Continue reading Obscure Sphinx – Emovere
The instrumental space in the underground is not for the uncommitted. If you’re going to try and deliver something with no voice, you need to make damn sure that you can deliver a performance that really delivers on virtually every … Continue reading Distant Dream – End of the World We Know
If we’re going to take into consideration all the black metal acts that have come around in the last ten years and brought about great change within their catalog, we could sit here for days going from one band to … Continue reading Unreqvited – Pathway to the Moon
It would be a great underestimate to say that emotion plays a big part in what black metal has always been. Whether it’s rage towards the world as we know it, sorrow for the isolation that is existence, the destruction … Continue reading Isleptonthemoon – Only the Stars Know of My Misfortune
When you dig through the underground long enough, it’s only a matter of time before you come across something that is certifiably different than much of what else is out there. Of course, that doesn’t make such a find interesting … Continue reading Black Aleph – Apsides
Much can change in what feels like no time at all. There are bands out there that manage to go years with a sound that remains virtually unchanged for one reason or another with the results predictably varying for every … Continue reading Codespeaker – Scavenger
It’s far from a rare sight nowadays to see black metal take a turn toward sonic territory that’s atmospheric and sometimes filled with light as it’s been a bit of a movement throughout certain corners of the underground as bands … Continue reading Together to the Stars – The Fragile Silence
In the modern digital age that we find ourselves in, it is all but effortless for bands to find themselves mixing styles and genres together intentionally and unintentionally to create efforts that can just as easily be fresh as they … Continue reading Glacier – A Distant, Violent Shudder
When you spend enough time in the underground, you begin to realize that even though there are countries that are more active and reliable than others across the world when it comes to delivering quality metal like America, England, Germany, … Continue reading Partholón – The Ocean Pours In
Often enough have the many different realms of doom metal received a psychedelic gloss in recent times with there being several acts coming out of the woodwork to show us what can still be done with the concept, but it’s … Continue reading Ainu – s/t
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