Even as we find ourselves in a time where it feels like the very boundaries of metal music itself are being blurred on a regular basis, it cannot be understated how much people still loving looking back into the past … Continue reading Magmakammer – Before I Burn
To move forward as a cohesive unit as the years go on is to find yourself in a select minority throughout the underground. It tends to be that such acts can only move so fast with the time constraints that … Continue reading Eremit – Rise of the Ruan~angh
For all intents and purposes, death-doom metal is in a state that is as varied and unforgiving as the sound has ever been. There is truly something for every different breed of fan of the style with the more extreme … Continue reading Void Witch – Horripilating Presence
At some point when you reach a certain height in your particular corner of the underground, it becomes almost inevitable that you’ve ascertained mastery undeniable. We all know of a few acts out there that always seem to be firing … Continue reading Officium Triste – Hortus Venenum
To bear witness to the evolution of a band’s sound is a pleasure I will never tire of for all the potential greatness that’s perpetually latent throughout the underground always something that is simply tantalizing to gaze upon. For some, … Continue reading Totengott – Beyond the Veil
Somehow, someway, the bar keeps raising itself. If I am to keep finding myself before otherworldly pieces of excellent psychedelia that continuously show us just how bountiful 2024 has become for the concept, then I am going to have to … Continue reading Black Pyramid – The Paths of Time Are Vast
It’s on rare occasions that we’re given names that deliver excellence on a scale that leaves quite an impression on many who come across it. It’s even rarer, however, to find yourself before an act that manages to do it … Continue reading Rezn – Burden
Since starting these reviews, I’ve always been vocal about the simple pleasure and honor of being able to bare witness to the rise of many bands. Some of which have become underground sweethearts if not breaking through that barrier altogether … Continue reading Crypt Sermon – The Stygian Rose
A band that tries to find its own way is one that rides an extremely thin line. Depending on a great many factors, you can just as easily be met with the next best sensation out of the depths of … Continue reading Doubtsower – Nothing Reduced to Everything
Given the current climate of all things heaviness, it should almost certainly go without saying that we’re living in a true golden age for all things heavy. Whether it be in terms of psychedelia or overwhelming desolation that knows no … Continue reading Cowardice – Atavist
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