There’s an odd thing that I’ve noticed almost whenever a band with a substantial following puts out something new that’s different in some way be it arguably minor to major: a very paradoxical set of circumstances result in the fans … Continue reading Fallujah – Undying Light
The vast number of times ethnic influence has been found amongst music is something truly staggering in its own right, but it’s with the worlds of folk and such other genres where the inclusion of different cultures always makes for … Continue reading Tamerlan – Infinigrammaton
After five years of doing reviews, I’ve learned the mostly useless skill of being able to tell when a band is making music for pure fun versus a band making music to get plays or money of some sort. There’s … Continue reading Gracious Sinner – Ex Nihilo
Sitting down to listen to technical death metal is something that’s quite easy while difficult at the same time if you’re someone like me who has had a fair amount of experience with the style, but the speed and many … Continue reading Equipoise – Demiurgus
Nowadays, it feels like the reverence of the era of classic doom is more potent than ever as we’ve gotten absolutely throngs of acts that have sought to recreate that sound as we’ve seen the styles of heavy psych, proto-doom, … Continue reading Obsidian Sea – Strangers
I’ve come across a lot of instances where people tend to not enjoy modern heavy metal acts because they find those acts to be “cheesy” in their lyrical theme or seem stale to them as they’re not doing anything dynamic … Continue reading Battle Beast – No More Hollywood Endings
There are many times that I’ve listened to folk metal that doesn’t have any folk instruments and I just feel as though the music in question is missing some paramount to it becoming truly good, but everything has an exception … Continue reading Týr – Hel
There have been and always will be many ways to approach music, and, clearly, that’s a mentality that plagues many bands nowadays as they ponder as to how to create a new experience that they can feel proud of performing … Continue reading Sollar – Translucent
Being able to see different bands come from all over and try new things is the exact sort of thing that keeps metal interesting for people like me as we get everything from black metal to progressive metal constantly evolving … Continue reading Aephanemer – Prokopton
Sitting down and listening to punk has always been a bit of an odd thing for me because I feel two things make for a great record of the genre: (1) that feel of a band just rocking the fuck … Continue reading Devil Master – Satan Spits on Children of Light
Head-Banger Reviews 