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Creatvre – Toujours Humain

July 16, 2025July 12, 2025 Vinterd

More often than not, imagination in the thing that prevents many from getting a solid grasp upon greatness. Where genre boundaries fall away and all that’s left is your own sense of daring and drive to bring such a unique … Continue reading Creatvre – Toujours Humain

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Haxprocess – Beyond What Eyes Can See

May 27, 2025May 26, 2025 Vinterd

Continuously, death metal is something that astounds and enthralls listeners for what is has been, what it is, and what it can still be. Long have we witnessed this push and pull for the very soul of what the style … Continue reading Haxprocess – Beyond What Eyes Can See

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Fallujah – Xenotaph

May 15, 2025May 13, 2025 Vinterd

I would argue that the world of progressive metal, especially that of the death metal variety, is in an odd position with there always being some new talent coming out of the woodwork to offer some new vision of what … Continue reading Fallujah – Xenotaph

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Floating – Hesitating Lights

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 Vinterd

Different and beyond much of what many expect out of even the fringes of death metal, Floating carves out a path for themselves. Continue reading Floating – Hesitating Lights

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Ikitan – Shaping the Chaos

May 3, 2025May 3, 2025 Vinterd

Endlessly fascinating it is to witness just how far someone can take their craft. No matter what sound we’re dealing with or what time period we find ourselves in, there are always a good number of bands out there in … Continue reading Ikitan – Shaping the Chaos

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Nothing – The Self Repair Manifesto

April 9, 2025March 29, 2025 Vinterd

To set yourself apart such that you stand out quite a bit from the crowd is an exceedingly hard thing to do. Given the sheer breadth and depth that the underground has to offer, it can seem downright insurmountable to … Continue reading Nothing – The Self Repair Manifesto

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Gigafauna – Eye to Windward

April 5, 2025April 2, 2025 Vinterd

Evolution is something that many of us love to talk about, yet it is a tricky thing that is extremely hard to accomplish even for the most talented of musicians. It’s the sort of accomplishment that sets the truly talented … Continue reading Gigafauna – Eye to Windward

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Sykofant – Red Sun

March 19, 2025March 15, 2025 Vinterd

As we find ourselves amidst an age of innovation where it seems to be that bands new and old are seeking to carve out new corners of their respective sounds, it remains a substantial constant that it doesn’t oftentimes feel … Continue reading Sykofant – Red Sun

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Sarmat – Upgrade

March 4, 2025February 26, 2025 Vinterd

The very fringes of what metal can still become is something where truly anything feels possible. As long as an act has an imagination and the capacity to bring it to life, it can oftentimes be the case that there … Continue reading Sarmat – Upgrade

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Vokonis – Transitions

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 Vinterd

Growth is something that is simply mandatory for any band looking to make their mark. Whether that mark is upon its listeners or the genre at large, it takes something exceptional to deliver one performance after another that defies typical … Continue reading Vokonis – Transitions

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