Even as we find ourselves in a time where innovative new acts can feel like the hot new flavors, there’s nothing that can compare to an old bastion of excellence that has yet to topple and refuses to show signs … Continue reading Grand Magus – Sunraven
Growth is something that is simply mandatory for any band looking to make their mark. Whether that mark is upon its listeners or the genre at large, it takes something exceptional to deliver one performance after another that defies typical … Continue reading Vokonis – Transitions
Allowing things to unfold before your eyes can be a viciously rewarding experience given more than a little bit of luck in finding an entity that can bring such an event about. To find such an organic band that is … Continue reading Wormwood – The Star
While there are so many different avenues that one can take in death metal, it’s not terribly often that we find ourselves before an act that manages to meander from one style to the next and be able to pull … Continue reading Soulskinner – Glorified by the Light
Black metal really is a fascinating subject. For all that can be done within its confines, there are still throngs of passionate fans that still cling to the olden ways, not easily convinced to allow the march of new sounds … Continue reading Svartalfar – Carinthia Obscura – Die Lieder der brennenden Nacht
It can be hard for any band to stand out in a style like folk metal with there being all sorts of different ways you can go about it with only the finest able to bring about a sound that … Continue reading Soltur – Víðarrsága
There are incredibly few things out there that can ever truly compare to a real slab of unrelenting, carnivorous darkness. That’s something that we’ve seen done to tremendous effect in the more extreme reaches of metal, but it’s even there … Continue reading Nekus – Death Apophenia
Ever since I first got into metal, the sheer diversity of it all is one of the greatest things that always intrigued me, and that still very much stands to this day. Even when talking about a specific style in … Continue reading Witchpit – Forever Spoken
There are a great many “rules” loosely found throughout the underground whose importance varies from one listener to another, but there is one that reigns above them all that has lasted for decades and shows no sign of losing relevance … Continue reading Sentient Horror – In Service of the Dead
While there’s always tons of potential out there in any stoner related when it comes to the metal and rock side of things, it can sometimes feel as though, for one reason or another be it oversaturation or poor luck, … Continue reading 10,000 Years – All Quiet on the Final Frontier
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