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Windhand / Satan’s Satyrs – Split

February 3, 2018February 4, 2018 Vinterd

 Windhand has long been a driving force of modern doom metal and immediately upon inspection is it easy to see why as their fuzzy riffs fill ever listener with a gloomy cacophony that is all but delicious. The Virginia natives … Continue reading Windhand / Satan’s Satyrs – Split

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Harakiri for the Sky – Arson

February 2, 2018February 3, 2018 Vinterd

 There are some bands out there that have truly defined the metal scene in places like Bandcamp where it’s bands like Saor and Mesarthim that reign supreme whenever they put out even one song. Among such ranks is the act … Continue reading Harakiri for the Sky – Arson

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Isgärde – Eowlandsvintr

January 31, 2018February 1, 2018 Vinterd

 Embodying your influences in something that throngs of bands have done ever since music was a thing from cover bands to emulating one orchestral score based on another. Metal is far from a stranger to it, and I’ve always found … Continue reading Isgärde – Eowlandsvintr

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Battlesoul – Sunward and Starward

January 30, 2018January 31, 2018 Vinterd

 The life of a viking as we know it in the world of metal is more than any one style can encompass properly most of the time. Sure, bands like Amon Amarth have managed to confine vikings to a single … Continue reading Battlesoul – Sunward and Starward

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Stark Denial – Covenant of Black

January 29, 2018January 30, 2018 Vinterd

 A lot of times that I bring India’s metal scene into the spotlight it’s to bring the country’s innovation and rich amount of diversity as well as the sheer amount of quality bands that it has within its borders. Black … Continue reading Stark Denial – Covenant of Black

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Battle Tales – The Ire of the Condemned

January 28, 2018January 29, 2018 Vinterd

 Folk metal has long been a genre that I’ve been very entranced by, but it’s also one of those styles that I find very difficult to find excellence out of simply because I like my folk metal to go above … Continue reading Battle Tales – The Ire of the Condemned

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Abigor – Höllenzwang (Chronicles of Perdition)

January 27, 2018January 28, 2018 Vinterd

 There are many, many bands that have graced the unholy territory of black metal from names like Darkthrone, Dark Funeral, and Mayhem being household names for any fan of the genre simply because of their greatness and contribution to the … Continue reading Abigor – Höllenzwang (Chronicles of Perdition)

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Black Space Riders – Amoretum Vol. 1

January 26, 2018December 7, 2020 Vinterd

 The world is a place that always seems to be getting worse and worse as time goes on between war, death, corruption, famine, disease, and so many other things making the planet seem like a very bleak place. How could … Continue reading Black Space Riders – Amoretum Vol. 1

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Nigredo – Flesh Torn – Spirit Pierced

January 25, 2018January 26, 2018 Vinterd

 For the longest time, I’ve always revered Greece as a place that as a terrific metal scene albeit one that’s still building itself up, and the number of exceptional bands that have come from within its borders is proof enough … Continue reading Nigredo – Flesh Torn – Spirit Pierced

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Damien – Volume Two

January 24, 2018January 25, 2018 Vinterd

 New Mexico isn’t exactly someplace that I’d be looking at for quality death metal, but I’ve found it amongst the desert-like landscape before from places across the globe such as Iran before, so why not go there to check it … Continue reading Damien – Volume Two

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