The definition of a real sludge metal experience varies from one person to another with everyone having their own circumstances that have to be met in order to achieve something that demands to be heard. For me, it changes all … Continue reading Seum – Winterized
Each style has its own selection of elite acts that seem to rarely do wrong in the long run when we look at their past performances and discography as a whole. In the areas where black and folk metal intersects, … Continue reading Windfaerer – Breaths of Elder Dawns
It’s always nice to have a list of bands that you can rely on to deliver new material virtually every year with every proceeding work seeming to be better than the last in some form or another, and I’m fortunate … Continue reading Chaos Over Cosmos – The Silver Lining Between the Stars
With the burst in the number of new acts that have made their way into the vast underground in just the last decade alone, it can be effortless to lose bands amongst the unending woodwork as well as skip over … Continue reading Wraith – Undo the Chains
There’s something special about the worlds of doom, sludge, and psychedelia that when brought together in proper fashion make for some of the most staggering works that metal gets at any given time. From YOB to Neurosis to Inter Arma, … Continue reading Year of No Light – Consolamentum
If we were to pull back and look at the latest additions to the global soundscape of modern death metal in the last fifteen years, we’d see an absolute plethora of names coming out of the woodwork that in some … Continue reading Alustrium – A Monument to Silence
I’m typically not someone who finds interest in depressive material, but it’s every now and then that I do come across some works that stand out just far too much for me to ignore. When it does happen, I feel … Continue reading Saxtorph – When Depression Devastates the Dreams
It was last year when I came back to Osi and the Jupiter for their EP titled “Appalachia”, and it was by far one of the most enchanting experiences of its kind that I still have heard. Having recently moved … Continue reading Osi and the Jupiter – Stave
Looking at the world of heavy psych at large, the name of the style itself comes into play right out of the gate with it being home to some of the heaviest psychedelic acts that have graced our ears … Continue reading Stonekind – Spirit of the Void
To take into consideration all the death metal that could be considered as “technical” would be to deal with a large swathe of all that it can encapsulate, and it would be significantly understated if we were to say that … Continue reading Replicant – Malignant Reality
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