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Tine – Mergae Maris Profundi

December 8, 2021November 25, 2021 Vinterd

When I was first setting out in my mission with this website to explore metal as I knew at a pace that feels both sluggish but immensely quick, I wasn’t first into the more extreme ends of what the style … Continue reading Tine – Mergae Maris Profundi

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Bednja – Ponosni U Smrti

December 6, 2021November 20, 2021 Vinterd

Catharsis is a large part of what metal has become in many of its corners rather than trying to implement a specific emotion or to simply devastate the listener for one reason or another, and it’s a concept that is … Continue reading Bednja – Ponosni U Smrti

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Vorga – Striving Toward Oblivion

December 4, 2021November 21, 2021 Vinterd

The stars offer truly endless inspiration. It’s been sometime now since the realm of black metal took its first steps into the cosmos with some of the most well-known acts in the whole of the underground finding their place performing … Continue reading Vorga – Striving Toward Oblivion

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Dakhma – Blessings of Amurdad

December 2, 2021November 20, 2021 Vinterd

There are very few things out there that can compare to when metal goes to some of its more extreme tendencies and take on themes of religious or even occult origins for when those very themes are also taken to … Continue reading Dakhma – Blessings of Amurdad

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Antucuran – La Maldicion del Gobernador Manqueante

November 29, 2021November 19, 2021 Vinterd

If you ask me, any sort of attempt to even try to bring together the worlds of black and folk metal is virtually always worthy of investigation simply because of the prospect of a successful attempt which, when one does … Continue reading Antucuran – La Maldicion del Gobernador Manqueante

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Itnuveth – Ananké

November 26, 2021November 13, 2021 Vinterd

I doubt I will ever tire of revisiting bands over the years as they continue to grow and refine their craft as I still explore the depths of what metal has to offer at my own pace, and it’s almost … Continue reading Itnuveth – Ananké

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Cân Bardd – Devoured By The Oak

November 17, 2021November 5, 2021 Vinterd

It almost always seems to be that when I make a hard, definitive statement where I say that something of anything is “locked-in” on any sort of level, the universe always finds a way to crack its knuckles and deliver … Continue reading Cân Bardd – Devoured By The Oak

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Cień – Redemption

November 13, 2021October 28, 2021 Vinterd

Passion is a huge factor in bringing your music to life as it can easily be the deciding element in any given work of music when it comes to the work feeling like a representation of all the souls poured … Continue reading Cień – Redemption

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Signs of the Dying Summer – Oto jest Pustka

November 11, 2021October 28, 2021 Vinterd

Of all the countries out of Europe that are churning out black metal the likes of which cannot be denied for one reason or another, Poland is certainly one that I find one of the most compelling not just because … Continue reading Signs of the Dying Summer – Oto jest Pustka

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1914 – Where Fear and Weapons Meet

November 4, 2021October 22, 2021 Vinterd

Of all the bands that have been slowly coming around over the years that have taken to the World Wars as constant sources of inspiration whether it be for entire albums or even just a song, one band among all … Continue reading 1914 – Where Fear and Weapons Meet

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