At the start of every year, it tends to be the case that people are looking to see which styles are already primed for excellence in some form or another as the search commences for a name that can really … Continue reading Malacath – Eternal Roar of the Thunder and Rain
There’s something about the outer fringes of the underground that have always fascinated me. Where ideas are not turned down and damn near anything is possible so long as someone has the will to bring it about in whatever form … Continue reading Discordant Meditation – Tragic Creature
It’s far from any sort of secret nowadays that there is loads of excellence in the world of death metal. While there are always an abundance of names out there that can bring something to the table, it’s only a … Continue reading Crown of Madness – Memories Fragmented
Whereas the great vast majority of bands out in the underground sort of just go for whatever they can usually get their hands on, there are few things that can compare to a band with real focus in order to … Continue reading Novarupta – Astral Sands
For a little while a few years ago, melodic death metal had quite a boom that spawned just as many pretenders as it did quality acts that knew what they were doing. There were just so many of them! At … Continue reading Aeon of Awareness – The Embracing Light of Rarohenga
A simple look upon what technical death metal has achieved in just the last few years, and it should be extremely obvious that there’s still so much to be done in a sound as dynamic and overwhelming as this. As … Continue reading Synaptic – Enter the Void
To comb through the underground is to constantly come into contact with bands new and unknown. It’s a search through burgeoning talent with time being the only thing that can offer any sort of assurance that one can hope for … Continue reading Desert Collider – Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity
Throughout the vast breadth of the underground, there’s always a slew of different acts out there that are undeniably on the rise. The style doesn’t matter as each one has quite an impressive list of newcomers and veterans making all … Continue reading Acid Magus – Scatterling Empire
If we’re going to take into consideration all the black metal acts that have come around in the last ten years and brought about great change within their catalog, we could sit here for days going from one band to … Continue reading Unreqvited – Pathway to the Moon
It’s no new feat for the underground to throw fresh names our way. With potential unbound, it’s always a gamble as to what bands are going to climb the ladder or find themselves festering on the base of the underground … Continue reading Obscureviolence – Refuting the Flesh
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