There are simply some albums out there that you need more time with. I have been doing these reviews for a good number of years now, but it is every now and then that I still find myself coming before … Continue reading Morag Tong – Grieve
Of all the styles out there in the sprawling spectrum of metal, not many are able to easily bring forward a melancholic sound that easily takes into account a macabre beauty right alongside unyielding intensity without overpowering the other either. … Continue reading Convocation – Now Dawn for the Caliginous Night
The ancient texts of mostly forgotten lore have played important roles in the crafting of the world as we know it today with some aspects more commercially known while others continue to spend millennia mostly in the shadows of obscurity. … Continue reading Broken Pillars – Of Pillars and Primordial Myth
Hundreds of thousands of times have we see new acts spring from the woodwork of the metal undergrowth to make their claim for glory be it to climb their way to the very top or to simply craft their own … Continue reading Banished Realm – Impious Rumination
It’s always a great thing to watch a band progress their sound over time with many shifting genres and styles altogether over the course of albums and years to make for something that can’t be deemed anything less than a … Continue reading Flesh of the Stars – The Glass Garden
Given the extremities which the many different styles of metal tend to inhabit, it’s not uncommon to see bands from the outer reaches come together in a demented union to show us what happens when their powers are combined with … Continue reading Dominion of Suffering / Phobonoid – split
As much as reviewers like myself love being able to pin any given album within a particular style to really help wrap our heads around the piece easier, there is always something fascinating to be had for the efforts that … Continue reading Sword of Dis – Melencolia
Given the right approach and circumstances, talent doesn’t stay in the underground for long. It’s the sort of scenario that happens maybe once for every thousand acts, if not ten thousand or more. Thus, when a name undergoes a meteoric … Continue reading Green Lung – This Heathen Land
There are plenty of moments when bands come together for a split release that we get what feels like an excuse to dish out material that doesn’t quite fit elsewhere be it as standalone singles or B-sides from albums that … Continue reading Night Hag / Burial – Utterances from Below
The twisting nastiness that is the realm of death-doom metal is quite an unpredictable one for all intents and purposes. While there are certainly reaches of the sound that are cleaner and much more approachable, it undoubtedly has corners that … Continue reading Dwelling Below – s/t
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