For the longest time now, much of the metal landscape can be boiled down to “if it’s not broken, don’t try to fix it”. Many different corners of individual scenes live and die by that code while many others dare … Continue reading Carnal Tomb – Embalmed in Decay
All too often do we still hear people from all over the world try to claim that rock is dead or metal is dead or there’s nothing good past any arbitrary year or all the best albums are in the … Continue reading Satan’s Fall – Destination Destruction
Already, we’ve been spoiled lately with all things psychedelic in rock music. The last few years have been downright bountiful in every regard be it in the form of veteran acts returning to us with landmark albums that will shine … Continue reading Yawning Balch – Volume Two
Of all the styles out there in the sprawling spectrum of metal, not many are able to easily bring forward a melancholic sound that easily takes into account a macabre beauty right alongside unyielding intensity without overpowering the other either. … Continue reading Convocation – Now Dawn for the Caliginous Night
When we think of black metal taken into different directions, we really live in an age where that can mean so many different things whether we like it or not. The different avenues from which different bands travel down constantly … Continue reading Ophanim – Tämpelskläng
For the longest time, practically since its inception, black metal has long gone hand-in-hand with vibes of unfettered, unyielding evil that is all-consuming to a terrifying degree. Naturally, we’ve seen all sorts of bands bring it about on differing … Continue reading Cultum Interitum – Sacrum Funeral
The ancient texts of mostly forgotten lore have played important roles in the crafting of the world as we know it today with some aspects more commercially known while others continue to spend millennia mostly in the shadows of obscurity. … Continue reading Broken Pillars – Of Pillars and Primordial Myth
Every year, we’re given quite an array of albums that seek to take some sort of claim to renown in the vast underground with hundreds upon thousands of pieces competing and showing us all what they’re made of even if … Continue reading Sulphur Aeon – Seven Crowns and Seven Seals
Of all the different avenues that are to be travelled down in the sprawling landscape that black metal has carved out for itself over the decades, there’s always something to be said for those bands that go off and do … Continue reading Absque Cor – Na zawze cieniem…
Hundreds of thousands of times have we see new acts spring from the woodwork of the metal undergrowth to make their claim for glory be it to climb their way to the very top or to simply craft their own … Continue reading Banished Realm – Impious Rumination
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