Is there something about Russia and folk metal that I’ve just been out of the loop with for years now? There really seems to be a solid concentration of folk metal acts within the Russian borders that it’s impossible not … Continue reading Woodscream – Варево
The seeming infinite reaches of the underground black metal world is something that’s as much of a boon as it is difficult in my experience. One on hand, so much innovation, talent, and intensity that graces every release in some … Continue reading Leeches – A Plague in the Heart of Light
Drone is absolutely something that I need more of in my life. Whether it comes in the form of ambiance or metal it doesn’t matter since both have come bountiful forms like HLER and Mizmor, respectively. But, what would happen … Continue reading Brontosaurus – Excavation
To attain a proper garage feel in your music is a hard thing to come by nowadays with it just not feeling like it’s in fashions as much as it used to be, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to … Continue reading 2thebone – Bless
Heavy metal tends to be one of those styles that can easily be a real coin toss when it comes to the overall quality of whatever material you find yourself listening to. It feels like it could just as easily … Continue reading Divine Weep – The Omega Man
While there are many people that tend to think about thrash whenever they think of Brazil, there are plenty of other bands that need mentioning whenever you want to talk about Brazilian metal. And you can’t talk about anything else … Continue reading Jupiterian – Protosapien
Have you ever heard a split before and felt that the two bands in question where a perfect match in every way, shape, and form to the point where they should always fucking be on tour together? It simply doesn’t … Continue reading Wraith / Bastardizer – Speed Armageddon
Most of the time that I encounter melodic death metal, it tends to be in the form of something really heavy but still incredibly accessible like what we’ve been getting from Amon Amarth lately but in varying degrees of heaviness … Continue reading Slaying of Death – Spiritual Orphans
It can easily seem like many of the different styles of metal are constantly copying themselves without much variation in the sound despite the obvious contrary, but very few seem guilty of that more than that of metalcore. The unjustly … Continue reading Tiberius – A Peaceful Annihilation
It feels like it’s been far longer than just six years since the last time we got new material from Falconer, and yet, somehow, it feels like no time at all. Such a weird thing but, nonetheless, the news of … Continue reading Falconer – From a Dying Ember
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