It can often feel as though the very humble levels of the doom underground can lead to only one of two paths: (1) mind-blowing talent that’s destined for a meteoric rise, or (2) creations that never climbed the ladder of … Continue reading Endonomos – s/t
At even the more accessible regions of extreme metal, it takes a certain level of madness to really lose yourself in its power without letting it overtake you. Yet, those that aren’t afraid to wholly surrender to the chaos have … Continue reading Acausal Intrusion – Seeping Evocation
The very boundaries of progressive metal are not to be quantified by the simple limitations of the human mind, for its territory is truly ever-expanding. Every month brings us at least one new effort that pushes those boundaries somewhere further … Continue reading Epoch of Chirality – Nucleosynthesis
The very classic sound of metal itself finds itself in a special place as being something that simply cannot die. The reverence that is held for that very sound is something that continues to influence legions of acts new and … Continue reading Elk Witch – Beyond the Mountain
Whereas just the other day I found myself steeped in the wild craziness of the furthest fringes of black metal with the likes of Arkheth, it’s now that we pull back into something much easier for us to wrap our … Continue reading Voak – Verdrangung
At some point when it comes to splits, it can get pretty crowded pretty quickly. Two bands are typically the go-to in order to make for an effective split that has more than enough to offer in ways of substance … Continue reading Electric Moon / Kungens Män / ElonMusk / Kanaan – International Space Station (Vol. 1)
More often than not, the very injection and usage of atmosphere and dissonance in the realms of extreme metal tend to reside under the banners of black and doom metal with throngs of names out there offering proof of concept … Continue reading Devenial Verdict – Ash Blind
The very prospect of creating a sound that’s as uncompromising, unyielding, and all-powerful with depths that seem truly unending is something that a small corner of doom metal and its contemporaries are constantly striving for, but it’s because such a … Continue reading Lightless – Descent to Insignificance
To come across quality heavy metal in today’s climate is to find a true time machine. The true core of the sound has remained relatively unchanged in the decades since its invention and the brief period of fine-tuning before it … Continue reading Hell Fire – Reckoning
The very depths of the underground make for an unseemly beast that only the mad seek to dive into with the hopes of finding something more obscene and grotesque than anything else that’s come before it. For such excavators, the … Continue reading Coscradh – Nahanagan Stadial
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