The idea of an album being an experience is one that has waned in recent time, and I find that to be a damn shame. I’ve always reveled when a band or artist takes it upon themselves to create an … Continue reading The Ocean Collective – Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
The very simple task of broadening one’s musical horizons is something that I live for when it comes to metal. Trying to new things and hearing new styles is something that really helps me fall asleep at night then to … Continue reading Chaos Over Cosmos – The Unknown Voyage
There’s always the weird and ever-expanding world of progressive metal to turn to whenever you simply want the energy and ridiculousness of your metal turned up to an absolute eleven right off the bat. The style is always creating crazy … Continue reading MetaVoid – Heliosophist
Being an instrumental act can really broaden the horizons that someone could possibly encapsulate even though sometimes it’s seen as limiting because there aren’t any vocals to help drive the music. But that’s far from the case if you’re an … Continue reading God – God III – Holy Spirit
The word “experimental” is an incredibly dangerous one in the world of music. Simply because it can lead to quite literally anything that pops into the mind of the artist, and given the wide variety and territories that metal covers, … Continue reading Potmos Hetoimos – Vox Medusae
Jazz has long been something that I’ve only really been able to appreciate in very small doses. I just simply can’t get into the style as a whole, but seeing its influences peppered throughout metal here and there definitely makes … Continue reading Project: Wormhole – Time Beings
Each of us has a band that everyone else seems to like, yet we never got into for one reason or another. It’s always a more popular band even if the act is still undoubtedly underground, and for me the … Continue reading Khôrada – Salt
If you ask me, the world of progressive metal has become somewhat stale for an incredibly casual fan like myself. Simply, it’s because the style feels so… manufactured at this point. Sure, we get some enticing pieces every now and … Continue reading Redemption – Long Night’s Journey into Day
I’m not exactly what you’d call an expert in the weird world of progressive metal, but I know for a fact that of all the bands that exist in the death metal quadrant of that style Obscura is one that … Continue reading Obscura – Diluvium
The world of doom metal/rock soaking in psychedelia is a wave of flavor that has been going for decades at this point in varying degrees of potency depending on the band. Recently, acts like Neurosis and Elder have fueled the … Continue reading Ancestors – Suspended in Reflections
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