Unfettered darkness is what the seething floor of the underground was made for. There are tons of bands out there that seek to embody that very madness with their own approach to a sound whether or not it seeks to … Continue reading Putrid Vomit Christ – Perpetual Intercourse
Fantasy has always played a magnificent role in what the metal underground has pulled from for inspiration, and that proves to be no different for today’s landscape. Even as we find ourselves before bands that are going over the same … Continue reading Dead Sacraments – The Pale Temple and Others
Oftentimes, less is more. It’s a simple concept that can make or break an album when a band reaches too far and tries to accomplish too much, but when a band manages to come around that is actually able to … Continue reading For the Storms – Losing What’s Left of Us
When you dig through the underground long enough, it’s only a matter of time before you come across something that is certifiably different than much of what else is out there. Of course, that doesn’t make such a find interesting … Continue reading Black Aleph – Apsides
Growth is something that is simply mandatory for any band looking to make their mark. Whether that mark is upon its listeners or the genre at large, it takes something exceptional to deliver one performance after another that defies typical … Continue reading Vokonis – Transitions
There are incredibly few things out there that can ever truly compare to a real slab of unrelenting, carnivorous darkness. That’s something that we’ve seen done to tremendous effect in the more extreme reaches of metal, but it’s even there … Continue reading Nekus – Death Apophenia
While it’s a term that tends to be thrown around quite a bit, it’s not terribly often that we’re presented with material that actually qualifies as gothic and have it be something of quality in some form or another. As … Continue reading Remina – Erebus
Hands down, there are few sounds as iconic and constant when crossing genres in all of metal/ as that of death-doom. An absolutely versatile creation that can come in so many different forms without compromising the artistic vision whatever their … Continue reading Umbersun – Endless Winter Nights
There’s nothing that can compare to an absolute wall of sound. Whether it comes in the form of monolithic doom metal, a voraciously aggressive onslaught of death metal, or even an abstract pursuit of raw noise, it’s a concept that … Continue reading Pillar of Light – Caldera
Melancholy has always played a magnificent role in a vast swathe of what doom metal has become over the years, and there is still nothing that can top the sound when its done right with the proper amount of power, … Continue reading Invernoir – Aimin’ for Oblivion
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