The vast majority of the time when I go to investigate and eventually listen to some psychedelic rock, I typically stay where things are still quite tame in comparison to the obvious deep end of the style as that’s something … Continue reading Space Coke – L’Appel du Vide
There are unique flavors that the worlds of death and doom metal are able to bring out independently, and obviously, that can be said about every single genre on the planet. But whenever death and doom come together it creates … Continue reading Vanha – Melancholia
The humble beginnings of any act are the sort of thing that I feel we’re all pretty hit or miss with as it’s, of course, when the band in question is still new so their style may not be fully … Continue reading Catalysis – s/t
Every single one of us has a band or even several that we always keep a close eye on no matter what, and the moment we see new material we instantly leap on it! For me, one of those bands … Continue reading The Re-Stoned – Ram’s Head
The sheer amount of international representation of metal throughout the entire world is something that will never cease to amaze me. When I first got into the style, I never once dared to think the genre had expanded to what … Continue reading Cóndor – El Valle del Cóndor
Music has been hailed as an art for what seems to be ever since its inception, and it’s something that continues to transform into a seemingly infinite amount of shapes and forms as well as know. And while it’s theatre … Continue reading A Forest of Stars – Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes
The influence of society and our many different cultures are the exact sort of thing that music has become entangled with as we’ve all heard hundreds of songs tackling societal issues, invoking the spirit of a culture, or both. Above … Continue reading Zhaoze – Birds Contending
I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again: there is no other single style that can capture the ever-changing spirit of nature better than atmospheric black metal. We’ve gotten an absolute array of acts that have blown … Continue reading Elderwind – The Colder The Night
If you’re familiar with my taste in metal, you’ve seen me go on and on forever about how I simply ooze over acts that accomplish the Herculean task of taking multiple different styles to create an amalgamation that’s simultaneously mesmerizing … Continue reading Chapel of Disease – …And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye
The realm of post-rock is something that goes really well with anything that requires looking inwards to accomplish, and the actions of mankind are something that really makes some of us wonder about the impact we’ve left on the surrounding … Continue reading Ocean Districts – Doomtowns
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