A supremely intense listen is something that many strive for with many accomplishing that in spades, but few are able to back it up with real substance and finesse. To do so is to be viciously intimate with your sound … Continue reading Mammoth Grinder – Undying Spectral Resonance
It can be hard for any band to stand out in a style like folk metal with there being all sorts of different ways you can go about it with only the finest able to bring about a sound that … Continue reading Soltur – Víðarrsága
While it’s a term that tends to be thrown around quite a bit, it’s not terribly often that we’re presented with material that actually qualifies as gothic and have it be something of quality in some form or another. As … Continue reading Remina – Erebus
Not every band can move their sound forward in a big way in big leaps as we travel from one album to the next. Oftentimes, slow and steady is the key to success with small steps forward a sure path … Continue reading Drune – Hornn
Typically, death metal is an inside-of-the-box genre that absolutely has its crazier sides, but it can certainly be argued that even in the more progressive and technical reaches of the sound that the genre as attained a certain level of … Continue reading Deamonolith – The Monolithic Cult of Death
To have a real sense of malice is something that an extremely large portion of the metal underground is constantly striving to achieve with there constantly being a litany of fresh instances of success in that goal, but there are … Continue reading Persecutory – The Glorious Persecution
It’s all too obvious of a claim that every style has legions of rising names that are all worthy of attention with there always being far more in the underground than those that rise to the surface on a wide … Continue reading Shattered Hope – Memoir
Hands down, out of all the combinations to be found throughout the whole of the metal underground, it’s the raw union of death metal and sludge that are not given nearly enough credit. A simple approach in concept, we don’t … Continue reading Aglo – Control & Torture
It’s not terribly often that we’re met with a creation that feels as fresh as much as it is a genuinely good idea with plenty of basis and potential for expansion and success on a wide scale. The metal underground … Continue reading Dragoncorpse – The Fall of House Abbarath
It is simply not nearly often enough that folk metal is given a worthy representation of what it can become even after all these years, but rarely does something great come around in large quantity with this genre certainly … Continue reading Firemage – Ignis
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