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Kvelgeyst – Blut, Milch und Thränen

November 13, 2023November 11, 2023 Vinterd

Normally, in the many different realms of black metal we see a certain modicum of focus alongside a serious approach that isn’t fussing around for so much as a moment. Much like what we’re seeing in certain corners of death … Continue reading Kvelgeyst – Blut, Milch und Thränen

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Flesh of the Stars – The Glass Garden

November 11, 2023November 5, 2023 Vinterd

It’s always a great thing to watch a band progress their sound over time with many shifting genres and styles altogether over the course of albums and years to make for something that can’t be deemed anything less than a … Continue reading Flesh of the Stars – The Glass Garden

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Black Eucharist – Inn of the Vaticide

November 10, 2023October 27, 2023 Vinterd

By all means, black metal is home to the most blasphemous sites in all of the metal spectrum. After decades of carefully curating to bring that reality into being, it doesn’t take much to see that the status quo is … Continue reading Black Eucharist – Inn of the Vaticide

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The Re-Stoned – Spectrum

November 9, 2023November 5, 2023 Vinterd

For the almost ten years that I have been doing these reviews, I have had the immense pleasure of finding many different names across many of the different avenues that populate the vast underground scenes of metal and rock music … Continue reading The Re-Stoned – Spectrum

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Dominion of Suffering / Phobonoid – split

November 8, 2023November 2, 2023 Vinterd

Given the extremities which the many different styles of metal tend to inhabit, it’s not uncommon to see bands from the outer reaches come together in a demented union to show us what happens when their powers are combined with … Continue reading Dominion of Suffering / Phobonoid – split

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Aabode – Moist

November 7, 2023November 2, 2023 Vinterd

 Every so often, we’re given a piece that really knows how to get underneath the skin. A work that manages to subvert your expectations and unnerve you in such a way that makes you twist a little in your seat … Continue reading Aabode – Moist

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La Mer – Tetrahedra

November 6, 2023October 27, 2023 Vinterd

Something that I will always appreciate in the world of metal no matter how long I find myself in its trenches is the simple fact that one band can really come out of nowhere and surprise us, defy odds at … Continue reading La Mer – Tetrahedra

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Eretia – Quietud

November 5, 2023October 26, 2023 Vinterd

I have had the immense pleasure of losing myself in many of the sounds that grace the incredibly wide spectrums of rock and metal music over the years with more than a few of the contemporary styles certainly material that … Continue reading Eretia – Quietud

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Novere – Nothing Stays Hidden in Daylight

November 3, 2023October 27, 2023 Vinterd

Each style of metal has plenty of emotions to wield within their vast repertoires be it from unyielding rage to the deepest pits of sorrow that the soul will never crawl out of. Some of these veins are more intertwined … Continue reading Novere – Nothing Stays Hidden in Daylight

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Lucid Sins – Dancing in the Dark

November 2, 2023October 22, 2023 Vinterd

Without even a shred of exaggeration to be had, there is no school quite like the old school. That goes in particular for all things music as those long-travelled veins are held in high reverence no matter the style with … Continue reading Lucid Sins – Dancing in the Dark

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