Any time I sit down to listen to anything tagged with “pagan”, mostly pagan black metal, it always feels like it’s hit or miss when it comes to the overall enjoyment of the record at hand since it can often … Continue reading Helgrind – Return to Motherland
Infusing your work with comedy is always a tricky thing by nature since humor is absolutely a subjective thing since it may work for you but not someone else, and it’s a damn hard task to pull it off when … Continue reading Empire Bathtub – 2 Looney 2 Moons
Bringing any sort of psychedelia into the world of black metal is an undertaking like extremely few others since it’s extremely difficult to bring those kinds of flavors into a style that is ferocious and constantly on the offensive the … Continue reading Spire – Temple of Khronos
It’s not terribly often by any standards that we can come across an album, instrumental or not, and feel like it can actually be the soundtrack to a film. Whether it’s the entire body of music for a short film, … Continue reading Cortége – Chasing Daylight
In today’s modern climate that we as metalheads find ourselves in, it’s by no means uncommon to think that many modern bands are doing their best to sound as old school as possible whether intentionally or not. It often feels … Continue reading Völniir – All Hope Abandon
When it comes to talking about folk metal in its modern form, I find it inexcusable not to mention Korpiklaani. They may not be the band that revolutionized the style or pushing it to the boundaries of all that it … Continue reading Korpiklaani – Jylhä
Easily, my greatest flaw with doing reviews and seeking what album to listen to is that I rely far too much on the cover art before I even hear a single note, sometimes deciding not to listen to an effort … Continue reading Breaths – Lined in Silver
My relationship with the exceedingly dark realm of death/doom has only been getting exponentially better over the last few years with a glorious streak presenting itself to me month after month much to my delight. It’s a trend that … Continue reading Cryptic Brood / Night Hag – Swollen With Rancid Phlegm
It’s a unique pleasure to see a worthy band make the transition into something far more than another band of whatever renown from whatever big or small label would take under any normal circumstances. The revered name of Cult of … Continue reading Cult of Luna – The Raging River
If you ask me, there isn’t enough history in metal nowadays. Sure, we’ve seen a small surge of sorts from the many different styles from bands like 1914 and Minenwerfer (just to name two) coming out of the woodwork to … Continue reading Ildskær – Paa Dækket Kalder de Døde
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