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Dreaming Death – Sinister Minister

January 1, 2025December 25, 2024 Vinterd

For the longest time, the old school has had a death grip upon the underground in such a form that is simply intense in damn near every given form. We’ve seen legions upon legions of acts come around trying to … Continue reading Dreaming Death – Sinister Minister

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Blackstaff – The Storyteller

December 31, 2024December 21, 2024 Vinterd

While it’s always a treat to see a name come out of nothingness and immediately prove itself as a name that can throw down excellence right out of the gate, such instances are oftentimes few and far between. It tends … Continue reading Blackstaff – The Storyteller

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Winds of Winter – Dark Chameleon Dimers

December 30, 2024December 21, 2024 Vinterd

As the year comes to a close, many of us who do reviews are typically done with what the closing year has to offer with many calling it before the end of November, but there is always something to find … Continue reading Winds of Winter – Dark Chameleon Dimers

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Morpholith – Dystopian Distributions of Mass Produced Narcotics

December 29, 2024December 21, 2024 Vinterd

Always has it been the case that those who dare are oftentimes those that succeed. A little bit can go a long way in the right hands with that still absolutely being an obvious truth in the current state of … Continue reading Morpholith – Dystopian Distributions of Mass Produced Narcotics

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Crown of Madness – Memories Fragmented

December 28, 2024December 15, 2024 Vinterd

It’s far from any sort of secret nowadays that there is loads of excellence in the world of death metal. While there are always an abundance of names out there that can bring something to the table, it’s only a … Continue reading Crown of Madness – Memories Fragmented

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Novarupta – Astral Sands

December 27, 2024December 20, 2024 Vinterd

Whereas the great vast majority of bands out in the underground sort of just go for whatever they can usually get their hands on, there are few things that can compare to a band with real focus in order to … Continue reading Novarupta – Astral Sands

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Aeon of Awareness – The Embracing Light of Rarohenga

December 26, 2024December 14, 2024 Vinterd

For a little while a few years ago, melodic death metal had quite a boom that spawned just as many pretenders as it did quality acts that knew what they were doing. There were just so many of them! At … Continue reading Aeon of Awareness – The Embracing Light of Rarohenga

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Distant Dream – End of the World We Know

December 25, 2024December 15, 2024 Vinterd

The instrumental space in the underground is not for the uncommitted. If you’re going to try and deliver something with no voice, you need to make damn sure that you can deliver a performance that really delivers on virtually every … Continue reading Distant Dream – End of the World We Know

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Synaptic – Enter the Void

December 24, 2024December 15, 2024 Vinterd

A simple look upon what technical death metal has achieved in just the last few years, and it should be extremely obvious that there’s still so much to be done in a sound as dynamic and overwhelming as this. As … Continue reading Synaptic – Enter the Void

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Desert Collider – Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity

December 23, 2024December 13, 2024 Vinterd

To comb through the underground is to constantly come into contact with bands new and unknown. It’s a search through burgeoning talent with time being the only thing that can offer any sort of assurance that one can hope for … Continue reading Desert Collider – Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity

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