Things always get interesting when we get albums that start the blur the lines of categorization. I don’t mean the bands that are openly poking fun at how ridiculous it has gotten in recent years, but, rather, the bands that … Continue reading Inferno – Paradeigma (Phosphenes of Aphotic Eternity)
The raw heaviness factor is something that the world of death/doom can sometimes be too affiliated with since there is so much more to that style that can be done to gorgeous effect, but when the right band comes around … Continue reading θoʊθ – Ruins of Gubla
When Drown released “Subaqueous” last year, I feel it’s safe to say that it didn’t nearly get the attention that it deserved even when compared to its brother and sister bands made by the same guy. Tchornobog, Aureole, and Krukh … Continue reading Drown – Утоплення
The name that always leaps out to me when we take into consideration the massive wave of atmospheric black metal in the last number of years has always been Panopticon. At every turn, the name has become synonymous with many … Continue reading Panopticon – …And Again Into The Light
A band coming into their own is a situation that always must be celebrated if you ask me. There are very few things more satisfying with music than when you stick with the band and they slowly, or quickly sometimes, … Continue reading Oryx – Lamenting A Dead World
It’s not terribly often that we find ourselves categorizing the many forms of black metal as “artistic expressions”. We tend to associate the style with simpler ideals like catharsis, internal suffering, religious blasphemy, or anything else with a flair of … Continue reading Odraza – Acedia
It wasn’t long ago whatsoever that I reintroduced myself to the world of symphonic metal after having barely any interaction with the style in years with the occasional Fleshgod Apocalypse or Carach Angren song here or there being my experience … Continue reading Eonian – The Nomad
On occasion, we get some albums that begin to change our views of what a particular style can be. Death metal has no shortage of acts like that over the years from anywhere with bands like Howls of Ebb and … Continue reading Hadit – With Ardour and Joy Through the Incommensurable Path
To have an atmosphere is not always to have quality. That’s a concept that far too many bands have struggled with for one reason or another with many thinking that a thick atmosphere leads to a worthwhile experience, but it … Continue reading Zorya – Primeval
There’s nothing quite like the first piece of material from an ear-catching, promising death metal band. The style has long been able to be classified as over-saturated for many different reasons, but it hasn’t been at any point that we … Continue reading Mortuary Spawn – Spawned From the Mortuary
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