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Hybrid Nightmares – Woeful Inertia

April 27, 2024April 20, 2024 Vinterd

Australia has never has any doubt when it comes to the sheer quality of its metal scene taken for all that it is, but too often does it not get the credit it deserves as often as more well-known bastions … Continue reading Hybrid Nightmares – Woeful Inertia

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Chapel of Disease – Echoes of Light

February 28, 2024February 23, 2024 Vinterd

A band that dares to challenge itself and its own medium is something that, fortunately, we’ve seen plenty instances of in recent times. Even so, it’s not always terribly often to bear witness to acts that are actually able to … Continue reading Chapel of Disease – Echoes of Light

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Mountain Caller – Chronicle II: Hypergenesis

February 5, 2024January 28, 2024 Vinterd

In every given style no matter which it may be, there’s no way to deny that there are a few select names that stand out. It’s as you focus your searches even more upon the more niche styles that you … Continue reading Mountain Caller – Chronicle II: Hypergenesis

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Job for a Cowboy – Moon Healer

February 2, 2024January 24, 2024 Vinterd

Without so much as a doubt, Job for a Cowboy has to be hailed as one of the most influential bands of our time especially when it comes to much of the new talent that has been coming out of … Continue reading Job for a Cowboy – Moon Healer

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Lord Dying – Clandestine Transcendence

February 1, 2024January 24, 2024 Vinterd

To push the envelope of your sound and actually succeed is to truly set yourself apart from the vast majority of your contemporaries. It’s something that so many throughout the underground have been striving to achieve ever since the dawn … Continue reading Lord Dying – Clandestine Transcendence

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Obsidian Tide – The Grand Crescendo

January 12, 2024January 3, 2024 Vinterd

It always seems to be at the start of every new year that I am bombarded with material from the previous year that is simply peak. An odd phenomenon that I really need to do some research into for verification, … Continue reading Obsidian Tide – The Grand Crescendo

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Sgàile – Traverse the Bealach

January 3, 2024December 24, 2023 Vinterd

When it’s done right, there is nothing that can compare to a proper work of progressive metal for all that it can be. Yet, despite such grand potential, exceptional works of the sound are very much so few and far … Continue reading Sgàile – Traverse the Bealach

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Cyrax – Novo Deus

December 27, 2023December 16, 2023 Vinterd

Experimentation is something that you can only find in either the fringes of what is possible in metal or within the innermost depth of the progressive reaches where only the most astute and dedicated are to be found where they … Continue reading Cyrax – Novo Deus

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Mind Control – Elements

December 18, 2023December 21, 2023 Vinterd

In a world where every style of metal is being pulled in every imaginable direction, the word “progressive” almost loses its meaning if you’re not paying attention. That can particularly be the case in the realms of death metal where … Continue reading Mind Control – Elements

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Eternal Storm – A Giant Bound to Fall

December 16, 2023November 11, 2023 Vinterd

At any given time, there are a few dozen rising names in any particular vein throughout the vast underground that are more than worth taking a look into for what they’ve accomplished in the past. Be it black, death, doom, … Continue reading Eternal Storm – A Giant Bound to Fall

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