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Esox – Watery Grave

May 21, 2025May 19, 2025 Vinterd

It practically goes without saying that the world of atmospheric black metal is overflowing with names that don’t really bring anything new, or outright interesting in many scenarios, to the table with the unfortunate fate of many becoming lost in … Continue reading Esox – Watery Grave

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Disembodiment – Spiral Crypts

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 Vinterd

There’s nothing that can ever truly come close to touching upon death metal that has a real sense of nastiness without sacrificing everything else in achieving that level of truly feral horror. Unfortunately, though, it can oftentimes be quite some … Continue reading Disembodiment – Spiral Crypts

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Vauruva – Mar da Deriva

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 Vinterd

When talent finds a way forward, it’s not easily stopped. It’s the sort of thing that modern greatness is made out of with many artists that qualify as such littering the base of the underground that offers listeners a constant … Continue reading Vauruva – Mar da Deriva

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Reburied – Flesh Mourning

May 18, 2025April 26, 2025 Vinterd

I vividly remember learning when the one-of-a-kind funeral doom act of Un came to an end. It was devastating! In the light of such news, I could only hope that at least some of its members would come back around … Continue reading Reburied – Flesh Mourning

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Crystal Spiders – Metanoia

May 17, 2025May 14, 2025 Vinterd

Given the current state of all things heavy in rock music, I think it’s safe to say that the genre is in good hands for the foreseeable future given all that we have coming out now promising greatness in the … Continue reading Crystal Spiders – Metanoia

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Wretched Blessing – Psychic Barriers to Entry

May 16, 2025May 17, 2025 Vinterd

Ingenuity, passion, and ambition can make for a combination the likes of which anyone can do just about anything with. When we take those qualities and thrust them into the writhing madness of the underground, it’s only a matter of … Continue reading Wretched Blessing – Psychic Barriers to Entry

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Fallujah – Xenotaph

May 15, 2025May 13, 2025 Vinterd

I would argue that the world of progressive metal, especially that of the death metal variety, is in an odd position with there always being some new talent coming out of the woodwork to offer some new vision of what … Continue reading Fallujah – Xenotaph

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Iku-Turso – Wolfheart

May 14, 2025May 7, 2025 Vinterd

If something isn’t broke, why try to fix it? That’s a mindset that many have in regard to what black metal has been in recent times with the sound a wonderful array of approaches and concepts brought forth to diversify … Continue reading Iku-Turso – Wolfheart

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Goya – In the Dawn of November

May 13, 2025 Vinterd

You can’t keep a good band down for too long. Even if there are years of relative silence, it’s only a matter of time before talent comes back together to offer us some new form of excellence in such a … Continue reading Goya – In the Dawn of November

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Alukta – Merok

May 12, 2025May 7, 2025 Vinterd

While we find ourselves in an underground that always seems welcome to tread much of the same territory continuously with as many pleasant experiences as there are lackluster ones, there is always room for a creation that really goes against … Continue reading Alukta – Merok

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