In recent times, it ought to be made clear that the Asian metal underground has undergone quite a transformation practically from top to bottom. By all accounts, there are large swathes of the Asian scene that are largely unheralded for … Continue reading Invictus – Nocturnal Visions
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
There’s a particular magic about the different realms of death-doom that are hard to pin down. Given the sound’s many different forms and its illustrious history, there’s still plenty of glory to be carved out of what the genre still … Continue reading Trimarkisia – The Light Keeper
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
Overcoming numerous line-up changes, it’s with their first album that Büddah allures and impresses. Continue reading Büddah – Amyotrophy
After being entrenched in the underground for over a decade, I still cannot believe how malleable and twisting the world of metal can be. As long as you find yourself before a band that has the right kind of daring, … Continue reading Ligation – After Gods
Many times over the decades have we seen loads of different interpretations of what metal music can still become. Even as we find ourselves in an era where experimentation and outside-of-the-box thinking feel more rampant than ever before, there are … Continue reading Phasma – Purgatory
Voraciousness in death metal is far from a new invention much less anything that we can expect to see leave the style any time soon. It’s long been a core pillar of what the style has long been about, yet … Continue reading Burning Palace – Dark Matter
The festering floor of the underground is something that will never cease to amaze me. For every established name, there’s at least two others that thrive in the dark obscurity that the underground has to offer on its most base … Continue reading Hypoxic End – s/t
Even with all that death metal can still be in its more related and relatively accessible forms, there is just nothing that can compare to when we find ourselves before an entity that defies expectations and takes you to the … Continue reading Hermit Dreams – Desperate Anomies
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