It is only once in a while that we’re presented with an experience that can really be considered transformative. A work that manages to not just surpass expectations but enhance your understanding of what’s still possible in any given genre … Continue reading Big Scenic Nowhere – The Waydown
Every so often, black metal sees a select few bands rise out of the underground to really gain favor from listeners and become real bastions of quality. In recent times, we’ve seen the likes of Mesarthim, Lamp of Murmuur, Panopticon, … Continue reading Dwarrowdelf – The Fallen Leaves
In any given year, decade, century, or whatever frame of time you feel like using, there are always a set of performances that people were particularly fond of with a subsidy of them truly standing the test of time. When … Continue reading Spectral Voice – Sparagmos
By all accounts, I think it’s safe to say that in many of its forms sludge metal is a beast whose power is not to be taken lightly, underestimated, or any of the sort lest it consume you in an … Continue reading The Oldest House – A Worm Through Time
At any given point in time, there is a select few out there in the sprawling world of technical death metal that are making waves or, at the very least, rising from nothingness with everything to prove in a sound … Continue reading Abyssius – s/t
As it stands, black metal is a creation that is almost always something to behold with all that it’s capable of and able to bring to the table with its wide scope, but it’s when we witness an act mutate … Continue reading Boarhammer – II: Chemognosis – A Shortcut to Mushrooms
In every given style throughout the vast spectrum of metal, there is always a few reaches within those territories that aren’t travelled to often. Whether it be simply due to a lack of interest in giving such sounds more presence … Continue reading Unsouling – Vampiric Spiritual Drain
When it’s done right, there is nothing that can compare to a proper work of progressive metal for all that it can be. Yet, despite such grand potential, exceptional works of the sound are very much so few and far … Continue reading Sgàile – Traverse the Bealach
Despite how it can be ever so easy to maintain focus on big bands or, at least, established acts in the vast expanse that is the underground, the true life and blood of it all comes from those that rise … Continue reading Fathomless Ritual – Hymns for the Lesser Gods
For years now, folk metal has been one of my favorite sounds in the entire spectrum of metal even though I find myself almost infuriatingly picky with it in many instances. If you’re going to put yourself in a sound … Continue reading Albion – Lakesongs of Elbid
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