It’s hard enough for any band to emerge out of nothingness and make any sort of impact in the underground upon their arrival. To add on top of that trying to make material that can really catch the attention of … Continue reading Stone of Duna – Moonsplitter
Given the right approach and circumstances, talent doesn’t stay in the underground for long. It’s the sort of scenario that happens maybe once for every thousand acts, if not ten thousand or more. Thus, when a name undergoes a meteoric … Continue reading Green Lung – This Heathen Land
For all that black metal has presented to us over the decades, self-reflection is something that we’ve seen to an extent that is more than worthy of further expansion. The more depressive reaches of the genre tend to be the … Continue reading Faidra – Militant : Penitent : Triumphant
It was only just earlier this year that the mysterious act of Ch’ahom barely poked its head out of the darkness with its partnership with Sentient Ruin Laboratories that produced a compilation of demos and an impressive one-track EP, “Ts’ono’ot”. … Continue reading Ch’ahom – Knots of Abhorrence
There are some entities that time just does not seem to affect. The underground is positively teeming with all sorts of acts out there that manage to accomplish many great things be they on a large scale or on a … Continue reading Iku-Turso – Ikuinen Kirous
This is one of those instances where the review feels practically unnecessary. Cannibal Corpse has long been a household name in the world of death metal for all the right reasons from their rise to infamy thanks to the frenzied … Continue reading Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific
Having really stretched its legs into the realm of science fiction more often in recent years, black metal has done quite well exploring the vast expanses of space with the topics and approaches to such a theme nothing short of … Continue reading Imperialist – Quantum
Of all the old schools from which the current shape of metal grew up, death metal’s has to be one of the most revered and intimidating for many reasons. The resurgence of that old school sound is unlike what many … Continue reading Abominated – Traumatic Putrefaction
For decades now, black metal has been synonymous with the very concept of what it means to be unrelenting in its assaults upon the very notion of good in the universe. The style has seen many deviations, sure, but black … Continue reading V.E.I.N. – Blood Oaths
All too easy is to talk a big game without having the capacity to follow through on such a proclamation. That is something that many bands throughout the vast underground of metal fall into without even realizing it with thrash … Continue reading Terminalist – The Crisis as Condition
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