Is it something about the Irish or is their doom metal getting better? From Soothsayer to The Grief, the Irish doom scene has been seeming to get better with each passing year with it feeling like every new album that … Continue reading Corr Mhóna – Abhainn
Last year, it was with the reissue of their debut EP that Medium made some waves throughout the scene. Mind you, those waves weren’t nearly big enough, if you ask me, but those of us who heard it know that … Continue reading Medium – Habitat
Whenever I see a musician who is deeply rooted in one style branch out to try something different whether it be within an already established band or creating a new one, I tend to stroke my beard slightly in interest. … Continue reading Devastating Light – I Have Already Failed You
To blend together many different styles in order to craft a sound that you can really call your own is to really test your chops as a musician in my eyes for if you can accomplish that then you have … Continue reading Maw – s/t
I don’t know about you, but it’s when black metal steps out of its typical boundaries to find new territory to call its own whether it’s territory we’ve been to before with a different band or a new name that … Continue reading Gexerott – Hallucinetic Violet Ignition
Of all the styles that I’ve come across that have the most obvious potential but we never really see it executed in a way that the more extreme ends of metal can really eat up, symphonic metal is easily the … Continue reading Osiris – Meanders A Soul…
True heaviness is something that cannot be denied for when it’s done right, it is truly something else entirely to behold. Doom is one of the best vessels to bring such a vicious intensity to our ears with its classic … Continue reading Ommnus – A Single Green Light
It tends to be that black metal focuses more on the atmospheric and lo-fi veins of its many branching sounds, and while that’s far from a bad thing we all know that there is so much more to black metal … Continue reading Angrrsth – Donikąd
We could sit here for hours and talk about bands that released some sort of material many years ago, threw in the towel, only to come back in recent times with renewed spirits and a fresh drive to create some … Continue reading Evocator – Chronicles of Pestilence
Last year, it was with the magnificent pairing of Lord Buffalo and Palehorse/Palerider that Desert Records released the first of their “Legends of the Desert” split series. By far, it was one of the most engaging collaborations of its kind … Continue reading Legends of the Desert: Volume 2 – The Penitent Man & Cortége
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