To consider any band that’s tackled the dreary and fashionable world of gothic doom, you simply cannot go a few feet in the modern soundscape without at least mentioning the very name of A Pale Horse Named Death. There are … Continue reading A Pale Horse Named Death – Infernum In Terra
There truly is no shortage of greatness when it comes to horror media and all that it has inspired to grace our ears, eyes, and everything else in spades to offer us macabre morsels that are fascinating to say in … Continue reading Heads for the Dead – Slash’n’Roll
In today’s extremely layered and complex soundscape, it’s not hard to listen to any number of bands and hear the strings of influence from many great acts of the past and present come through into the sound of fresh acts … Continue reading Callus – A Breath of Flesh Air
One of the most sacred concoctions in all of black metal for me absolutely has to be whenever the style drifts into the mystical realm of folk metal for it’s in those fantastical worlds that we get some of the … Continue reading Alda – A Distant Fire
Many sections of doom and rock music have found their homes in the desert for all that the sands and scorched rock can offer the style with all sorts of sonic territory being covered by both styles, but it’s always … Continue reading Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth
Far too often when I venture into the world of deathcore, I find a disappointing amount of imagination and, oddly enough, power. Power means absolutely nothing if you don’t have the skill to back it up with the consequence being … Continue reading Bleeding Malice – Thy Kingdom Come
Despite having a clear stigma surrounding the style in the eyes of many, I don’t think I’ll get over just how interesting the wide world of stoner rock can be for all that it can deliver. The sound is just … Continue reading Planet of the 8s – Lagrange Point Vol I
It doesn’t take much to realize that the online black metal scene has truly come to a unique point such that it’s a near-infinite expanse that houses just as many quality works that blow the mind as many uninteresting copycats. … Continue reading Iskandr – Vergezicht
We could sit here for hours and have a near-endless debate on the current state of heavy metal with all that it brings to the table and how rooted the style has been in its original sound for decades with … Continue reading Portrait – At One With None
The influence of Lovecraft cannot be understated. Bar select performances out of the dark realms of ambient and noise, metal is perhaps on the best styles that can really encapsulate the madness and overwhelming density of Lovecraftian lore with all … Continue reading Bizarre – Invocation Codex
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