Each style has its own selection of elite acts that seem to rarely do wrong in the long run when we look at their past performances and discography as a whole. In the areas where black and folk metal intersects, … Continue reading Windfaerer – Breaths of Elder Dawns
With the burst in the number of new acts that have made their way into the vast underground in just the last decade alone, it can be effortless to lose bands amongst the unending woodwork as well as skip over … Continue reading Wraith – Undo the Chains
I’m typically not someone who finds interest in depressive material, but it’s every now and then that I do come across some works that stand out just far too much for me to ignore. When it does happen, I feel … Continue reading Saxtorph – When Depression Devastates the Dreams
The whole concept of instrumental black metal is one that I find criminally underused in the modern soundscape despite how much innovation the style is constantly bringing forth as a whole. There have been extremely few names that have dared … Continue reading The Nightly Disease – Delicate White Sound
The word “dissonant” seems to get tossed around a lot when considering what a lot of death and black metal manage to create when they’re brought together, but it’s not nearly often enough that it’s a fitting descriptor as far … Continue reading Concilium – Desecration
To see black metal become fused with many different styles in such a way that makes for a performance that cannot be considered anything other than striking isn’t as uncommon as one may suspect, but to see it done in … Continue reading Dödsrit – Mortal Coil
Simplicity can oftentimes be the best vehicle to take the listener on a journey that carries the most impact even if it is one that’s strikingly familiar in many different aspects whether it be with the style or the approach. … Continue reading Skognatt – Rain Eternal
There aren’t very many styles of metal that I tend to have a high bar for since I tend to be very accepting of a lot of what all bands bring forth no matter how experienced or not they are, … Continue reading Pagansarv – Kaarnakarva
Of all the rising bands that have come around in the last few years to surprise us with performances that are as dense as they are stunningly beautiful, Sojourner absolutely has to be one of the first bands mentioned in … Continue reading Sojourner – Perennial
War is far from a fresh topic to the world of metal much less music as a whole, but it’s simply one of those topics that never seems to overstay its welcome nor does it disappoint when it’s given to … Continue reading Sarmat – RS-28
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