The saying “idle hands are the devil’s work” certainly has a time and place where it absolutely applies, but what about when busy hands are those that bring about devilry and madness of a truly dark sort? That’s a concept … Continue reading Wstręt – Enlightened Misanthropy
Voraciousness in death metal is far from a new invention much less anything that we can expect to see leave the style any time soon. It’s long been a core pillar of what the style has long been about, yet … Continue reading Burning Palace – Dark Matter
The festering floor of the underground is something that will never cease to amaze me. For every established name, there’s at least two others that thrive in the dark obscurity that the underground has to offer on its most base … Continue reading Hypoxic End – s/t
Mysticism and a fantastical edge are just some of the things that metal has long been striving for across many of its different styles, and there are few things that compare to when it’s executed damn well. Black metal, in … Continue reading Lunar Amulet – s/t
Currently, it seems to be the case that the world of metal is in a bit of an arms race. It can oftentimes feel as though bands are constantly competing against each other in an effort to see who can … Continue reading Thorndale – Spiritual Chains
Given the simple fact that it’s winter now for many of us, it only seems to make sense that now we’re seeing a bit of a surge when it comes to black metal with a mildly evocative edge. It was … Continue reading Womb of Error – We Will Never Be Okay Again
By this point, it ought to go without saying that death metal has become quite amorphous. Depending on who’s crafting it, the style can take on an entirely different form as there are many schools of thought and approaches at … Continue reading Mors Verum – Canvas
It ought to go without saying that grind is one of the most chaotic and unpredictable reaches of metal that we have to choose from. As such, there are loads of creations out there in the sound that are almost … Continue reading Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction
The first step is almost always the most important. Whether you’re beginning the process of writing a new album or getting your very first steps together as a band, it is ever so important to get things off to a … Continue reading Oceans of Ash – Smoke Dreams
Not every end has to be definitive. It is only the nature of time that things eventually come to an end in some form other another, but we tend to get the misconception that endings are very one-dimensional and rigid … Continue reading Sligm – Untethered Dimensions
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