When I was a budding metal head, Manowar was one of the bands that I absolutely worshipped as they were my first example of true heavy metal taken to glorious heights that I never knew existed. They helped me get … Continue reading Battle Raider – s/t
The process of being experimental can lead to a lot of shit when you’re a metal band doing whatever you will. Black metal is the perfect vessel for experimentation as already dozens and dozens of styles have spawned for the … Continue reading Nyss – Princesse Terre (Three Studies of Life and Death)
For years I’ve been incredibly picky with my folk metal more than any other kind of metal I listen to. In order to please me as a piece of the style, you gotta truly go balls to the walls and … Continue reading Crimfall – Amain
To create an experience is nothing new to music and certainly not to metal, but should you want an experience of a particularly heavy caliber that can still be so much more than just heavy, doom metal tends to have … Continue reading Promethean Misery – Bloodlet
The Finnish black metal scene is no less than absolutely immense given the country’s massive reputation for being a straight up breeding ground for the genre. Recent years continue to prove that fact with class acts such as Mork and … Continue reading Verge – The Process of Self-Becoming
My recent delvings into the realm of metal have been bountiful in the simplest of terms, but one style that I realized I don’t check out enough is thrash metal, and I was feeling some blackened thrash specifically so that’s … Continue reading Affliktor – s/t
The idea of creating an atmosphere for your music so fucking thick that you could cut it with a knife is a concept that has been around for a very long time with thousands upon thousands of bands trying their … Continue reading Cloakroom – Time Well
Long days can truly take their toll on the mind and body. After it all, we all have our ways to wind down and move on whether it be preparing an easy to make a meal in the microwave, reading … Continue reading The Last Sighs of the Wind – We Are Trees
To see a band that’s been going for literally twenty years is an incredible thing for me, especially when that isn’t well known by any means. That means group goes on simply because they enjoy doing it and they want … Continue reading Soulrest – In Spite
The current sound of heavy metal is still quite rich as it was back in the old days when groups like Iron Maiden, Manowar, and Grave Digger were staples of genre much like they still are today, but at the … Continue reading Portrait – Burn the World
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