The very landscapes of psych-rock have long been fantastically compelling. To get lost in their expanses has become all but effortless switch how refined, expansive, and magical the sound has become in what feels like such a short amount of … Continue reading Mount Desert – Fear the Heart
If you ask me, one of the most potent tools that any black metal act could possibly utilize in the crafting of their music is plain and simple melody. When it’s used right, it makes for a truly staggering performance … Continue reading Amaltheia – s/t
It’s a wonder what difference a mere year can make for any band should they find themselves in the favor of luck. When I had first discovered Hexerei just over a year ago thanks to a certain black metal promoting … Continue reading Hexerei – Ancient Evil Spirits
It can be too often that something as simple and small as a change in pacing and speed can make for an absolutely wild difference in any given performance. It’s a big part of what’s made metal such a versatile … Continue reading Tugt – Ved Lysets Ophør
The sheer diversity in the very sound of any given style in the vast spectrum of metal is always the sort of thing that continuously impresses me on a daily basis and will likely never cease doing so. In particular, … Continue reading Noircure – Kyrie
Slowly but surely, the world of metal is starting to see some real representation from the lesser-known regions of the world. South America, in particular, has long been a world of interest to someone like me as even though there’s … Continue reading Ysyry Mollvün – s/t
For as long as black metal is around, I cannot help but feel like there will always be a large swathe of bands that come to the style that will hearken back to the classic days of the style for … Continue reading Vastatum – Mercurial States of Revelation
Far too often do the more popular forms of death metal only come in terms of the singular. Sure, we see stylistic variations all over the place from the melodic to the progressive to the especially brutal, but it’s in … Continue reading Soulcarrion – Infernal Agony
The darkest reaches of the floor of the metal underground is the exact sort of material that many of us venture into when we simply don’t want a pleasurable experience. A little bit like how the Cenobites of the Hellraiser franchise seek … Continue reading Chaos Perversion – Petrified Against the Emanation
Whenever we talk about the longer forms of metal, it’s virtually always in the context of doom metal that our discussions always veer towards for obvious reasons, but it can be from almost any style that the form can take … Continue reading Velka – Purgatori Ignis Iudicium
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