It’s in the fringes and adjacent realms of metal that sometimes to most interesting acts can be found even if they can remain quite amorphous, hard to pin down, or even just outright weird by all intents and purposes. There’s … Continue reading Manos Six and the Muddy Devil – When Skies are Grey
As is the case for all of us, life can very easily heed any and all progress in the journey of any musician or band. It’s the bane of progress in many instances, but it is something that can offer … Continue reading Façade – Radiant
While raw heaviness is the name of the game in many areas of the metal underground, intensity and nastiness is oftentimes the path to success in many others. It’s something that has allowed many styles, especially death metal, to become … Continue reading Filth – Time to Rot
Despite what some may think, greatness often comes in small doses with the adage “less is more” a big part in bringing such creations to light in such a form that feels as captivating as they are fulfilling. It can … Continue reading Vinnum Sabbathi – Intersatelital
If something isn’t broke, why try to fix it? That’s a mindset that many have in regard to what black metal has been in recent times with the sound a wonderful array of approaches and concepts brought forth to diversify … Continue reading Iku-Turso – Wolfheart
Fortunate is the soul who can identify talent before it becomes something that commands respect and more than earns the right to be a need-to-know name. The underground is constantly littered with names that have real substance to offer in … Continue reading Valdrin – Apex Violator
Perpetually, there are legions of names throughout the underground that are rising to new heights. With all sorts of different avenues, styles, and approaches that any given band could take, there is no shortage of direction that a band could … Continue reading Serpent Corpse – Retaliate
For all that can be be done within its vast confines and for all intents and purposes, black metal is something that can be quite difficult to pin down in the right circumstances. It’s a sound that is still surprisingly … Continue reading Demolyn – Slay the Godhead
There are some things that just feel like they’re meant to be. In the world of modern metal, there are just so many possibilities that can come about from the smallest tweaking of a long-executed formula that can make for … Continue reading Samiarus – Reign Destroyer
It is more than natural for any given band to want to expand their sound in one form or another, but then the question always remains: where do you take it? The more straightforward act seeks to become more proficient … Continue reading From the Ages – III
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