To see black metal become fused with many different styles in such a way that makes for a performance that cannot be considered anything other than striking isn’t as uncommon as one may suspect, but to see it done in … Continue reading Dödsrit – Mortal Coil
When we talk about the elite names out of what has become the modern state of death/doom metal, there are some names that just naturally come to us. Mournful Congregation, Clouds, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost; the list goes on! … Continue reading The Slow Death – Siege
Psychedelia has long been one of my favorite aspects of rock music with how much it’s able to be shaped into many different forms whether it’s something that completely bends the mind or a minor addition that’s not much … Continue reading The Swamp Creatures – Sequence
With the void that Agalloch left with their departure, many people were looking for a band to fill those shoes despite how magnificently big they may be. But, like with many things, people want things they already have with what … Continue reading Kauan – Ice Fleet
What, exactly, is it about Australia? The continent has been no less than bountiful when it comes to churning out numerous acts of immense quality of all styles, metal included, and it has yet to show any signs of slowing … Continue reading Crypt Crawler – Future Usurper
Simplicity can oftentimes be the best vehicle to take the listener on a journey that carries the most impact even if it is one that’s strikingly familiar in many different aspects whether it be with the style or the approach. … Continue reading Skognatt – Rain Eternal
Of all of the styles that have exploded in recent years, it’s in the massively unforgiving but infinitely intrinsic world of technical death metal that we get music the likes of which we truly cannot find anywhere else with the … Continue reading Fractal Universe – The Impassable Horizon
There aren’t very many styles of metal that I tend to have a high bar for since I tend to be very accepting of a lot of what all bands bring forth no matter how experienced or not they are, … Continue reading Pagansarv – Kaarnakarva
Given how truly meditative doom metal can be in many instances, it’s a wonder to me that we don’t see more extreme interpretations of that more often. Such an idea can easily lead to a concoction that can be as … Continue reading Amenra – De Doorn
Of all the rising bands that have come around in the last few years to surprise us with performances that are as dense as they are stunningly beautiful, Sojourner absolutely has to be one of the first bands mentioned in … Continue reading Sojourner – Perennial
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