It can often feel like the world of death/doom for all of its potential excellence and glory to be had within its deeply emotional themes can sound oddly monotone in the wrong hands. It takes true craftsmen to really weave … Continue reading Woe Unto Me – Spiral-Shaped Hopewreck
With all the many different sounds there are in the world, I really do believe that there aren’t nearly enough instances of death and folk metal coming together to deliver us a vicious experience the likes of which truly cannot … Continue reading Stormtide – A Throne of Hollow Fire
If you’re going to even think about talking about the modern state of Finnish death metal, especially when it comes to rising names, you cannot go far without at the very least taking into consideration Sadistik Forest. They’ve been a … Continue reading Sadistik Forest – Obscure Old Remains
It is the in-between realm of death/thrash metal that I feel needs more fleshing out. Oh sure, there are tons of bands within its borders and throngs more when you divide the two, but it’s in that merge area in … Continue reading The Crown – Royal Destroyer
An emotional core is far from a new concept when we take any form of doom metal into consideration, but there are few styles that are able to even hold a torch to the powerhouse of soul-touching heaviness that the … Continue reading Rise to the Sky – Let Men Drown With You
We could sit here all day and have a mostly civil conversation about the pros and cons between modern takes on death metal that aren’t afraid to do something fresh with a modern coat of shine and those that feel … Continue reading Orecus – The Obliterationist
When it comes to extreme metal bands taking influence from wars past, there really does not feel to be any shortage of acts that are able to do the concept injustice. From legends like Bolt Thrower to modern legends-in-the-making like … Continue reading Chainsword – Blightmarch
To come across any small band of any style that can really grab ahold of your attention and never once let go is to come across a boon like extremely few others. In death metal, that can become especially fortuitous … Continue reading Evulse – Pustulant Spawn
Experimentalism in metal has long been one of my absolute favorite things about the sound as a whole with the many halls and corridors that any given band can take the sound is oftentimes random and never repeated by any … Continue reading Plasmodium – Towers of Silence
There truly is no shortage of death metal out there that is absolutely wreathed in awesome power the likes of which cannot be found in any other style across the entirety of the world of music, and it’s even then … Continue reading Crypts of Despair – All Light Swallowed
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