There are some out there who have the very foolish belief that the straight style known as heavy metal is far too easy to create with you really just needing to take some rhythms performed with a mild heaviness to … Continue reading Profaned – Surreal Existence
Riffs, man. With an attitude to match, there’s nothing quite like a deadly riff. That very philosophy has permeated every level of doom metal and, especially, desert/stoner rock with that union being the very thing that draws many of us … Continue reading Indus Valley Kings – s/t
Truly, there’s nothing quite like some quality heavy rock to just lean back into. There are several sounds throughout the entire world of music that we can just turn on and forget about life, but there’s a special power to … Continue reading From the Ages – I
By all accounts, some albums just shouldn’t work as well as they do. It is both hilarious and puzzling at the same time to me that there can be a whole culture in doom related to anything related to weed … Continue reading Spliffripper – s/t
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
It really does feel like some musicians are simply filled with more talent and ambition than others. That’s not to say everyone else isn’t talented or lazy by any means, but there is absolutely a select group who always seem … Continue reading Miasmata – Unlight: Songs of Earth and Atrophy
Melody has long played an important part in all music whether it be an immense focus on it or its stark absence, and it often feels like it’s the latter of the two that seems to find its place in … Continue reading WinterMoonShade – s/t
In today’s modern climate that we as metalheads find ourselves in, it’s by no means uncommon to think that many modern bands are doing their best to sound as old school as possible whether intentionally or not. It often feels … Continue reading Völniir – All Hope Abandon
Easily, my greatest flaw with doing reviews and seeking what album to listen to is that I rely far too much on the cover art before I even hear a single note, sometimes deciding not to listen to an effort … Continue reading Breaths – Lined in Silver
The simple act of standing in an empty field and watching the sky darken as dusk slowly folds over into night isn’t much to go off of when from an emotional front, or so it would seem at the surface. … Continue reading Burial Clouds – Last Days of a Dying World
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