While I tend not to care whether or not a band partakes in one, gimmicks are always a tricky business. It can effortlessly be the deciding factor between people investigating the material in interest or dismissing the work before even … Continue reading Cult of Sobek – Petsuchos
Already, we live in a time where psychedelic rock feels more organic and widespread than it has for some time with the advent of the digital underground, and I don’t think I’ll ever truly tire of its mysterious depths. From … Continue reading From the Ages – II
As one name that has remained a real constant virtually no matter where you turn in the world of technical death metal, it may come as a shock to some that it’s been seven years since we last heard from … Continue reading The Zenith Passage – Datalysium
It’s not often we get a name that’s able to embody the very definition of what it means to be a sensation, but when we’re met with a fitting event then there are few other things we can compare it … Continue reading Blackbraid – Blackbraid II
In the world of intensity and all things brutal, we truly do live in a time where we have the pick of the litter. More so than ever before, death metal and its contemporaries are more far-flung across the world … Continue reading Nightmarer – Deformity Adrift
Over the years, it goes without saying that we’ve all seen varying forms of darkness from styles that claim to do great things for everything related to it and the realms beyond death. Black metal tends to be the style … Continue reading Hell’s Coronation – Transgression of a Necromantical Darkness
Of all the different veins of extreme and dark metal that’s out there, the more ritualistic side of it all is something that I don’t think gets enough credit. You wouldn’t think that such a concept would work if you’ve … Continue reading Ch’ahom – Ts’ono’ot
Science fiction is something that has always had a place in metal, but, if you ask me, it deserves more recognition and widespread utilization given all that’s possible with it so long as it’s given the care and attention to … Continue reading Wyrgher – Panspermic Warlords
Of all the sounds that have sought to really dig its heels in and remain entrenched in the old school as much as possible, thrash metal certainly has to be one sound that immediately comes to mind. Plenty of other … Continue reading Corroder – Both Feet in the Grave
Out of the many bands throughout the history of black metal that have paved the way and led the scene to where it is today, it is still surprising to me to witness many classic names still out and about … Continue reading Tsjuder – Helvegr
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