As one of the original bands that showed me what all was possible from the world of funeral doom metal, this is a return that I have been anticipating for years now. It has been far too long since we … Continue reading Usnea – Bathed in Light
A quality split is something that comes in many different forms as it can be from many different bands that can effortlessly create a different concoction from all the rest by nothing more than pure happenstance and nothing else. It’s … Continue reading Solt / Obsidian Shrine – Consortium In Diaboli
Spirituality is something that many within the realms of black metal dare to try and bring to the table with very few able to get a real grasp on it in such a way that feels fully fleshed out, compelling, … Continue reading Cloak – Black Flame Eternal
There are just some albums out there that you simply cannot anticipate. No matter how long you’ve been around in the scene, what all you think you’ve seen, and all that you’ve heard, there will always be something that comes … Continue reading Persekutor – Snow Business
Already, I wasn’t expecting myself to be here given how little I find myself within the reaches of depressive black metal. Just the other day, I found myself before a work that I was damn near convinced was going to … Continue reading None – Inevitable
It tends to be the case that whenever I find myself in the depths of the more depressive reaches of black metal that the themes and quality can take a real nose dive if not even care is taken into … Continue reading Mother Augusta – Low Lights
Not enough do I find myself within the ancient and prolific reaches where black and folk metal intersect purely because it is one of those sounds that I find myself frustratingly picky with despite my best efforts to do otherwise. … Continue reading Burden of Ymir – Heorot
While we live in an age where every vein of the wider styles of metal have more than enough of a platform to really deliver on their own kinds of greatness, there will always be a few sounds that don’t … Continue reading Ashtar – Wandering Through Time
There are just some people who simply cannot be stopped. As the very underground grows exponentially by the decade, it is only natural that we have come to the point where there are select names throughout its vast expanse that … Continue reading Non Est Deus – Legacy
I’m not entirely sure what it is with the underground Russian scene, but it has been in the last few years that we’ve seen some truly exceptional acts come from that particular scene. From folk metal to that densest doom … Continue reading Varhara – Voidflower
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