A lot of people tend to go for doom for the heaviness, and while that’s something that I constantly come back for time and again it’s the recurring use of psychedelia that draws me back more than anything. It all … Continue reading Monte Luna – s/t
There aren’t many cases of punk where I can really gravitate towards an album while agreeing with it completely and not feeling there’s more to be desired. More times than not, the punk molds with thrash to become a tasteful … Continue reading Vil Murra – Grandes Exitos
France is far from a country that is new to the world of metal as a whole with several notable acts coming from within its borders in recent years, namely Gojira. Yet, with the black metal act of Ende easily … Continue reading Geisterfels – La névrose de la pierre
Whenever I’m listening to black metal that’s even slightly reminiscent of the old school I’m always wary of it simply because many bands either go way too far or don’t try hard enough to really nail that feeling. Yet, there … Continue reading Metamorphosis – The Secret Art
One of the styles that undoubtedly helped me get into metal in the first place is ironically on that I don’t visit very often nowadays: metalcore. It’s a highly scrutinized style amongst the metal community, but like everything, it has its … Continue reading Structural Repairs – We Choose Violence
The world of dark ambiance is very much like that of metal to anyone who isn’t familiar with what the respective genre has in store. It has many twists and turns, loads of subtle touches that masters can use to … Continue reading Moloch Conspiracy – The Burned Temple
Ever since the 90s, there has been a slow but definite increase of stoner acts that have come out of the woodwork from all across the globe. Be it in a pure form, mixed with grunge rock, or combined with … Continue reading The Blacktones – The Day We Shut Down the Sun
Many people have long regarded heavy metal as the cheesiest of all the metal styles (outside glam metal, naturally), and while that has varying degrees of truth to it I’ve always still had a profound love for the classic feel … Continue reading Biter – The Eyes of the Biter
The plight of every new band in the world of metal can be viewed as many different things culminating in an absolute mountain of annoyances and headaches to overcome in order to get your music to the people. Death metal … Continue reading Humanity’s End – Between Life and Death
After hearing so much new metal in the last few years for me, I’ve naturally noticed some trends with some being more preferred than others for one reason or another. One that I noticed is how a lot of smaller bands … Continue reading Gürschach – Dark Matter
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