Time Rift – In Flight
Great is the desire for many of us to heed the ways of the old school for all that it still has to teach us even if it has been years since people are more willing than not to believe … Continue reading Time Rift – In Flight
Ritual Ascension – Profanation of the Adamic Convenant
Darkness has long been a key theme in many works of extreme metal ever since the sound first came about, but there is nothing that can compare to when a band fully submerges itself in that madness and comes out … Continue reading Ritual Ascension – Profanation of the Adamic Convenant
Naxatras – V
Time is the ultimate deciding factor to bands that are worthy of being called truly great. It’s an achievement to put forth a good record or even a handful, but it’s another thing entirely to continuously defy expectations as the … Continue reading Naxatras – V
Ade – Supplicium
Few and far between are bands that are able to take into consideration the realms of death and folk metal, and, honestly, that’s probably for the best. It’s oftentimes the best and most interesting sounds that are sparsely populated for … Continue reading Ade – Supplicium
Ocultum – Buena Muerte
Oftentimes, the best thing one can do is simply stay the course. After all, if something isn’t broke, why try to fix it? It’s a concept that many throughout the underground struggle to come to terms with for one reason … Continue reading Ocultum – Buena Muerte
Sleep Paralysis – s/t
Long has there been a relationship between extreme metal music and mental illness with the results of such a relationship still able to be witnessed even to today. It’s the sort of intertwined destiny that has always allowed the tormented … Continue reading Sleep Paralysis – s/t
Sunrot – Passages
Not often enough do we see a band really embrace the phase that they find themselves in as they travel from one release to another. It’s only every now and then that we see such acts come about and give … Continue reading Sunrot – Passages
Venomous Echoes – Dysmor
Every so often, we’re given an album that knows not how to stay within the confines of reality as we know. It’s in the more experimental reaches of the sound that such sights become more commonplace even if they are … Continue reading Venomous Echoes – Dysmor
The Great Old Ones – Kadath
It doesn’t take a genius to realize that Lovecraft has long had a hand in metal music even if his influence hasn’t been as great as someone like Tolkien. The sheer potential that one can have just by implementing some … Continue reading The Great Old Ones – Kadath
Toughness – Black Respite of Oblivion
Truly, there is nothing that can ever quite compare to singular death metal that knows precisely what it wants to be from the very first step taken. A vision of what depravity of the flesh and spirit can be in … Continue reading Toughness – Black Respite of Oblivion
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