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High on Fire – Cometh the Storm

May 16, 2024May 13, 2024 Vinterd

Some names simply seem destined for greatness no matter what. Every style across the entire spectrum of all that music has to offer has a particularly potent group that always delivers when the chips are down, and the people are … Continue reading High on Fire – Cometh the Storm

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Gatecreeper – Dark Superstition

May 15, 2024May 8, 2024 Vinterd

At any given time, each style has a select list of rising names that are making quite a stir for one reason or another with their names always on the lips of many along with any new album they put … Continue reading Gatecreeper – Dark Superstition

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Fellwarden – Legend

May 14, 2024May 8, 2024 Vinterd

It’s always fascinating to bear witness to the evolution of any band no matter how big or small they may be. When a band is able to take their sound and morph it into something that is immensely different than … Continue reading Fellwarden – Legend

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Diskord / Atvm – Bipolarities

May 13, 2024May 7, 2024 Vinterd

Well and truly, there are more than enough corners of death metal that need to be explored even as we find ourselves in an age of unfettered progressiveness that has seen the genre taken to new heights and lengths heretofore … Continue reading Diskord / Atvm – Bipolarities

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Mitternacht – Blasphemous Warfare

May 12, 2024May 4, 2024 Vinterd

Littered is the underground with aspiring acts that have yet to see much of the light of day if any at all. As such, we are given an absolute ocean of bands out there that the vast majority of us … Continue reading Mitternacht – Blasphemous Warfare

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High Desert Queen – Palm Reader

May 11, 2024May 7, 2024 Vinterd

By all accounts, we live in a day and age where all things in psychedelic rock music is flourishing more than ever before. Looking in every direction we can see all sorts of glory coming from the desert and planes … Continue reading High Desert Queen – Palm Reader

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Rites of Regress – Dust

May 10, 2024May 4, 2024 Vinterd

A sense of hopelessness and despair is something that permeates many of the different themes that are explored throughout the vast underground network of metal music, yet that are, obviously, a few veins that are more adept at bringing those … Continue reading Rites of Regress – Dust

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Ufomammut – Hidden

May 9, 2024May 4, 2024 Vinterd

Twenty-five years is quite a bit of time for anything, including being a band. That’s a long time for your sound to grow and evolve into different directions that you never could have expected when you first started out with … Continue reading Ufomammut – Hidden

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Thanatotherion – Alienation Manifesto

May 8, 2024May 4, 2024 Vinterd

The threat of cosmic annihilation is something that the underground has been intimately familiar with for years now. There are many instances throughout each genre that offers a different take on what it means to have death come from beyond … Continue reading Thanatotherion – Alienation Manifesto

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Writhen Hilt – Ancient Sword Cult

May 7, 2024May 4, 2024 Vinterd

For all intents and purposes, there are many out there that have been questioning the future of heavy metal for what’s likely been decades now. They call into question the quality and spirit of those that are rising to offering … Continue reading Writhen Hilt – Ancient Sword Cult

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