To stand out in the underground after being in the game for so long is an accomplishment that I feel isn’t given nearly enough credit for what it signals. It’s all well and good to demonstrate a tremendous understanding of … Continue reading Total Annihilation – Mountains of Madness
Every now and then, a genre is given a band is that nothing short of a true embodiment of what that sound can become in the right hands. It’s far from a commonplace occurrence with all manner of talent coming … Continue reading Olhava – Memorial
When you become an unapologetic embodiment of what can happen when the limits of your imagination and artistic creativity are met by the endless expanse of what your style can become in the right hands, anything becomes possible. We’ve seen … Continue reading Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows – Inexorable Opposites
Thirty years is a long time by all accounts. When it comes to music, thirty years can feel like many different lifetimes, but there are bands that manage to transcend that time and take us back to a time that … Continue reading Nordlys – Lichterglanz Finsternis
The saying “idle hands are the devil’s work” certainly has a time and place where it absolutely applies, but what about when busy hands are those that bring about devilry and madness of a truly dark sort? That’s a concept … Continue reading Wstręt – Enlightened Misanthropy
A disorienting debut that’s as causitc as it is malevolent, Dwellnought held nothing back in its big entry. Continue reading Dwellnought – Monolith of Ephemerality
Overcoming numerous line-up changes, it’s with their first album that Büddah allures and impresses. Continue reading Büddah – Amyotrophy
A new name is always something that should be looked forward to for the simple sake of truly anything being possible. Sometimes, we’re given names that remain perfectly within the confines of a genre and display a solid understanding of … Continue reading Ritual Arcana – s/t
Every new year tends to have a handful of tentpole releases that enable the year to ring in with a strong presence out of the underground, and it was already the case that we knew 2026 would be no different. … Continue reading Fuath – III
Whereas there’s still plenty of glory to be found in the more straightforward realms of rock, I’ve never been able to turn away from the showcasing of the ethereal and more nebulous sides of what the genre has long been … Continue reading Temptress – hear
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