The allure of the much darker side of metal has always been something that’s pulled me into some pretty disturbing places for the genre, and it’s also led me to plenty of awesome bands as well as some underwhelming ones … Continue reading Ljosazabojstwa – Sychodžańnie
The idea of metal being against religion is a topic that has stuck with the genre since its earliest days, and it continues to persist today. Some bands use it to simply give their music a topic because nothing else … Continue reading Dead Soul Alliance – Slaves To the Apocalypse
Simplicity is sometimes the best approach to a style for some people, and that can lead to two things: (1) a lazy sounding record that’s all but ridiculously boring or (2) a smashing piece that absolutely slays all who hear. … Continue reading Paganizer – Land of Weeping Souls
Every band has got to start somewhere before they can embark on their own grand journey as a group. Many start out simply cover classics from renowned bands that they love and enjoy. For the case of Spain’s Totengott, this … Continue reading Totengott – Doppelgänger
The great thing about splits is how they bring together bands of similar style, and that helps us as listeners find new acts if we happen to like one band featured on a split. It’s worked for me in the … Continue reading Nucleus / Macabra – Fragmented Self
With every new decade comes a new wave of bands that take over the scene almost completely. In the case of many genres, those artists run their course and unfortunately lose their accumulated fan base over time, yet that’s never … Continue reading Dying Fetus – Wrong One to Fuck With
Recently, I’ve been in sort of a drought. The kind where I haven’t encountered many good albums of a specific style. Death metal is what seems to be eluding me lately as I’ve heard very few truly solid records of … Continue reading Ashcloud – Kingdom of the Damned
As one of the legendary death metal bands that every fan of the genre should be able to name immediately off the top of their heads, Entrails has been a force that shouldn’t be trifled with since their inception back … Continue reading Entrails – World Inferno
Plenty of people out there would say that a death metal band throwing in melody would be a sellout, and I fucking hate those people because (a) they’re just being assholes and (b) that’s missing out on a vein of … Continue reading Time Walk – Beyond Eternity’s Grasp
Every single person has a specific style of music that they enjoy, but for whatever reason have never truly investigated. For me, it’s funeral doom. I’ve always been amazed at how something with such a slow tempo, crushing sound, and menacing … Continue reading Loss – Horizonless
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