I will never understand it when I see people make the claim that any style of today is in any sort of downward slope or coming off a peak that won’t be topped for a long time. How can one … Continue reading Desert Wave – Deafening Silence
It’s endlessly fascinating to me to witness less common ideas come to my attention as even a small difference can make for an eye-opening experience that makes you wonder just how there aren’t more bands out there delivering such a … Continue reading Mare Infinitum – Cryosleep
While the realm of black metal is undeniably vast, certain pockets of the style still find themselves surprisingly lacking in some form or another for no particular reason, I don’t think, other than pure happenstance. One would normally expect straightforward … Continue reading Frozen Dawn – The Decline of the Enlightened Gods
As you lie on the bubbling floor of the underground in the world of death metal, it can really be anyone’s guess as to which of those writhing masses would rise up to become beasts that demand to be reckoned … Continue reading Conjureth – The Parasitic Chambers
And here I thought that I was given my fill of melodic black metal for some time now after experiencing the new Moonlight Sorcery and Inherits the Void in just the past week alone, but the universe had one more … Continue reading Golgata – Ur Eld Och Aska
Even as time moves forward and more eyes are turned to the style, funeral doom metal still presents itself as nigh on impenetrable in the eyes of many with it still being up to long-solidified names to keep its excellence … Continue reading The Howling Void – Into Darkness Ever More Profound
The old school will never truly die, I’m convinced of it. For better or for worse, depending on your viewpoint, that’s a thing that I think many others would agree upon simply due to how strongly the sound is being … Continue reading Lethal Outcome – Excessive Mortality
There’s never any shortage of bands trying to bring melody to black metal, but those that are able to bring it forth in any meaningful form without the final result coming across as boring, flat, or even outright uninteresting are … Continue reading Inherits the Void – The Impending Fall of the Stars
Slowly but surely, the Irish metal scene is becoming something that we cannot deny. It may be small and far from a big player in the grand scheme of the underground, but there is clear power and talent around every … Continue reading Sonus Mortis – Collapse the Mountain
When we’re dealing with a scene as jam-packed and thriving as black metal, it really does feel as though you have to become truly exceptional or be known as a deep find in the dense underground in order to make … Continue reading Moonlight Sorcery – Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars
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