There are some out there who have the very foolish belief that the straight style known as heavy metal is far too easy to create with you really just needing to take some rhythms performed with a mild heaviness to … Continue reading Profaned – Surreal Existence
If you’re going to even think about talking about the modern state of Finnish death metal, especially when it comes to rising names, you cannot go far without at the very least taking into consideration Sadistik Forest. They’ve been a … Continue reading Sadistik Forest – Obscure Old Remains
Psychedelia. That word alone should be more than enough to grasp the attention of many, but while the lands of psychedelia has a population that is growing by the week, next level talent isn’t easy to come by. But, when … Continue reading Holy Monitor – Southern Lights
Riffs, man. With an attitude to match, there’s nothing quite like a deadly riff. That very philosophy has permeated every level of doom metal and, especially, desert/stoner rock with that union being the very thing that draws many of us … Continue reading Indus Valley Kings – s/t
The unbreakable union of fuzz and heaviness in the world of rock is something that cannot be understated for its influence has been just a few levels short of revolutionary with throngs of bands still coming out today bringing it … Continue reading Heavy Trip – s/t
I think it’s safe to say that when I first heard Dvne seven years ago with their EP of “Aurora Majesty”, there wasn’t much for me to expect how far they’d go in such a short amount of time. After … Continue reading Dvne – Etemen Ænka
It’s in recent years that my affinity for power metal has dwindled as I dove deeper into the more extreme sides of metal in order to explore what they had to offer, but there’s nothing that could ever replace that … Continue reading Kings Winter – Edge of Existence
Truly, there’s nothing quite like some quality heavy rock to just lean back into. There are several sounds throughout the entire world of music that we can just turn on and forget about life, but there’s a special power to … Continue reading From the Ages – I
It’s in the odd but spectacularly raw world in between many spaces of metal that the sound of crust reigns that I feel we don’t give attention to often enough. The sound is one that I haven’t explored in some … Continue reading Svdestada – Azabache
It’s not terribly uncommon to come across quality black metal and tack the word “striking” onto it, but there are truly few bands out there that are able to meet such a description without a doubt to be had that … Continue reading Ferriterium – Calvaire
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