The threat of cosmic annihilation is something that the underground has been intimately familiar with for years now. There are many instances throughout each genre that offers a different take on what it means to have death come from beyond … Continue reading Thanatotherion – Alienation Manifesto
For all intents and purposes, there are many out there that have been questioning the future of heavy metal for what’s likely been decades now. They call into question the quality and spirit of those that are rising to offering … Continue reading Writhen Hilt – Ancient Sword Cult
Already, there are plenty of styles out there in the vast spectrum of metal music that are designed to be immensely uncomfortable at times. It’s when things become experimental that we begin to dive into a truly demented and sometimes … Continue reading Malconfort – Humanism
Everybody has to start somewhere. That’s a simple truth that I think many forget about when dealing with all the numerous names that are constantly floating throughout the vast underground and all the talent that’s out there for us to … Continue reading Rot Fester – Condone and Condemn
When we look upon the whole of what can be done within the different realms of psychedelic rock, it can effortlessly seem as though the possibilities are truly endless – and they are! – even if there are many who … Continue reading Cloud People – Simulacra
Where the boundaries of wild and wonderful begin to blur oftentimes do daring and dangerous come into the fold. That can apply to many things with metal music certainly being one of them as we delve through the depths of … Continue reading Mountain Shadow – s/t
For all the different forms that doom metal can take, there’s always something to be said for when it knows when to pull back. Almost channeling the more classic vein of the sound, there’s a certain charm to it all … Continue reading Druidess – Hermits & Mandrakes
Deep and expansive is the underground in every respect. Where some may think there would be some semblance of limitation or a point where things become finite, the underground simply keeps on going virtually without end. That’s an intimidating aspect … Continue reading Skalf – Vallis Decia – le voci dei dispersi
It’s no secret that the very underworld of metal music is swirling pool of madness, intensity, and macabre beauty that can take many different forms depending on the situation and the vein that you find yourself in. Particularly, it’s where … Continue reading Nogothula – Telluric Sepsis
To sift through all that the modern landscape of doom metal has to offer is to wade through an immense ocean of talent, power, heaviness, and atmosphere with all of those components changing from one band to the next. There … Continue reading Daytripper – Book I: The Trip
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