The influencing bands that created the perfect environment for technical death metal to become the absolute beast of a style that it is today can be narrowed down pretty easily albeit splitting hairs at some point. While the infancy of … Continue reading First Fragment – Gloire Éternelle
Ever since the emergence of metal at large on Bandcamp, there has been a definitive list of acts that always manage to put out new material that not only commands respect from the moment they come into the scene but … Continue reading Spaceslug – Memorial
When it comes to the very vibrant scene of technical death metal that we find ourselves in after years of bands coming out of seemingly nowhere to show us their crazy prowess in technicalities that can be applied to such … Continue reading Allegaeon – Damnum
It’s become more common in recent years to see individual musicians cross stylistic lines for one reason or another whether it be to try something new, experiment with a different sound on their own terms, or simply seek what they … Continue reading Lifelost – Punitive Damnation
Any album or band that manages to rise above the limitations of the style at hand and become much more than a standard run-of-the-mill creation with a sound that’s even slightly dynamic that manages to really hold the attention of … Continue reading Destillat – Under Black Horizons
The very existence of symphonic metal is something that I can’t help but appreciate since it taps into a glorious section of metal that was always destined to be at one point or another no matter what happened, but it’s … Continue reading Immaterium – The Primal Evil
When many of us think of black metal, our brains immediately wretch to the wooded, frosty mountains of Scandinavia with all that they’ve done for the style since its very inception to the deepest recesses of what the style has … Continue reading Skarntyde – Flukt fra Menneskelighten
When we consider all that the psychedelic regions of rock have done for our listening habits no matter what our preferred genre may be, it makes the mind wonder just what else those sounds are capable of creating without continuously … Continue reading Big Scenic Nowhere – The Long Morrow
The very concept of raw power is something that is to be found throughout metal for one reason or another to varying degrees depending on what style we’re working with, but it’s in the blended territory of death/black metal that … Continue reading Tenebral Rift – Umbra
I think it’s safe to say that whenever we see a new split come around it comes in the form of two, sometimes more, bands of similar sound that decided to put together material for a singular release for one … Continue reading Phalanx Inferno / Melek-Tha – Order of Eternal Indifference
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