Riffs, man. With an attitude to match, there’s nothing quite like a deadly riff. That very philosophy has permeated every level of doom metal and, especially, desert/stoner rock with that union being the very thing that draws many of us … Continue reading Indus Valley Kings – s/t
The unbreakable union of fuzz and heaviness in the world of rock is something that cannot be understated for its influence has been just a few levels short of revolutionary with throngs of bands still coming out today bringing it … Continue reading Heavy Trip – s/t
I think it’s safe to say that when I first heard Dvne seven years ago with their EP of “Aurora Majesty”, there wasn’t much for me to expect how far they’d go in such a short amount of time. After … Continue reading Dvne – Etemen Ænka
It’s in recent years that my affinity for power metal has dwindled as I dove deeper into the more extreme sides of metal in order to explore what they had to offer, but there’s nothing that could ever replace that … Continue reading Kings Winter – Edge of Existence
Truly, there’s nothing quite like some quality heavy rock to just lean back into. There are several sounds throughout the entire world of music that we can just turn on and forget about life, but there’s a special power to … Continue reading From the Ages – I
It’s in the odd but spectacularly raw world in between many spaces of metal that the sound of crust reigns that I feel we don’t give attention to often enough. The sound is one that I haven’t explored in some … Continue reading Svdestada – Azabache
Given the very name of the sound, progressive metal is constantly pushing the boundaries of what metal can be in many of its modern forms with there being plenty of bands that think they can do it well when it … Continue reading Cyrax – Experiences
It’s not terribly uncommon to come across quality black metal and tack the word “striking” onto it, but there are truly few bands out there that are able to meet such a description without a doubt to be had that … Continue reading Ferriterium – Calvaire
By all accounts, some albums just shouldn’t work as well as they do. It is both hilarious and puzzling at the same time to me that there can be a whole culture in doom related to anything related to weed … Continue reading Spliffripper – s/t
Whenever I take into consideration mixing progressive elements into different styles of metal, black metal is oddly one of the areas I think of the least even though it’s one of those styles that sees some of the most self-experimentation … Continue reading Cicada The Burrower – Corpseflower
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