Some names simply seem destined for greatness no matter what. Every style across the entire spectrum of all that music has to offer has a particularly potent group that always delivers when the chips are down, and the people are … Continue reading High on Fire – Cometh the Storm
Twenty-five years is quite a bit of time for anything, including being a band. That’s a long time for your sound to grow and evolve into different directions that you never could have expected when you first started out with … Continue reading Ufomammut – Hidden
For all that is possible within the realms of sludge metal, it can oftentimes feel as though there aren’t that many new names cropping up out there that are able to tap into that very potential. An inherently intense sound … Continue reading Ten Ton Slug – Colossal Oppressor
Over time, it’s only inevitable that any band’s sound evolves. Otherwise, things tend to become quite stale with the same ground being travelled ad nauseum with incredibly few able to make that work in any significant capacity. Nearly two decades … Continue reading Black Tusk – The Way Forward
There’s are multiple reasons why many fawn over bands like Neurosis, YOB, Pallbearer, and others that walk those same lines, and it’s due to in no small part being better at the craft than practically everybody else. Very few other … Continue reading Subterraen – In the Aftermath of Blight
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
A dense creation that offers immense power as well as contrast to offer a multi-dimensional experience is something that metal can easily hide, but the exceptional acts are never able to be truly hidden for long. It’s particularly in the … Continue reading We Follow the Earth – Extinct
By all accounts, I think it’s safe to say that in many of its forms sludge metal is a beast whose power is not to be taken lightly, underestimated, or any of the sort lest it consume you in an … Continue reading The Oldest House – A Worm Through Time
On occasion when we see a split album come into being, it can be all too easy that the bands in question put forth material that are little more than B-sides or rarity tracks for the acts to bring out … Continue reading Ommnus / My Pitbull Lucifer – split
Raw, unfettered devastation is something that many acts throughout the vast underground of the global metal scene have sought to deliver for decades now. As is the case in many scenarios with a clear vision in mind, only true disciples … Continue reading Crust – Dissolution
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