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
A constant presence from a single person is something we’re slowly seeing more and more of throughout the vast underground. The sheer drive, creativity, and passion that one must have in order to achieve such a vision with consistent output … Continue reading Aglo – Fixate & Disgrace
As we find ourselves amidst an age of innovation where it seems to be that bands new and old are seeking to carve out new corners of their respective sounds, it remains a substantial constant that it doesn’t oftentimes feel … Continue reading Sykofant – Red Sun
It can oftentimes be the most literal approach that can bear the most delicious fruit, but it’s not always the most obvious solution. As we find ourselves in a state of the underground where there’s so much nuance and innovation, … Continue reading Dead Chasm – Spectral Tyranny
Despite how dense and sprawling the genre can be, there is the plain truth of oversaturation to be had when dealing with something like black metal. There’s just so much out there that it can oftentimes feel as though there’s … Continue reading Granitader – Schlachtenklang
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