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Witch Hound – Mountain Knows

August 2, 2025July 24, 2025 Vinterd

Fresh talent is always something that has kept the underground moving forward. Whether it comes in the form of an envelope-pushing act or one that seeks the perpetuate the greatness of what’s come before in straightforward reverence via imitation, it … Continue reading Witch Hound – Mountain Knows

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Fer de Lance – Fires on the Mountainside

July 13, 2025July 6, 2025 Vinterd

It’s often enough that we see plenty of works come around that try their hand at being “epic” in some form or another, yet it’s only on rare occasions that we are able to bear witness to a performance that … Continue reading Fer de Lance – Fires on the Mountainside

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Hexecutor – …Where Spirit Withers in its Flesh Constraint

April 16, 2025April 5, 2025 Vinterd

And here I was just the other day thinking that it would be some time before I came before another work of thrash metal in 2025 that was actually worth its own salt in some form or another. Fortunately for … Continue reading Hexecutor – …Where Spirit Withers in its Flesh Constraint

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Dragon Skull – Chaos Fire Vengeance

March 15, 2025March 9, 2025 Vinterd

Even as we find ourselves in an underground realm where anything feels possible, it can be all too easy to feel like a given sound isn’t nearly as active as it should be for one reason or another. Heavy metal, … Continue reading Dragon Skull – Chaos Fire Vengeance

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Nite – Cult of the Serpent Sun

March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 Vinterd

There are some styles out there that are not given nearly enough representation despite the latent potential that’s to be found within every given inch of the sound. As one of them, blackened heavy metal is something that has always … Continue reading Nite – Cult of the Serpent Sun

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Time Rift – In Flight

February 10, 2025February 5, 2025 Vinterd

Great is the desire for many of us to heed the ways of the old school for all that it still has to teach us even if it has been years since people are more willing than not to believe … Continue reading Time Rift – In Flight

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High Warden – Astral Iron

January 14, 2025January 3, 2025 Vinterd

Heavy metal is one of those sounds that’s constantly pushing itself forward while simultaneously in a state of perpetual content with what the sound can be as it was decades ago it was mastered with little to no innovation dared … Continue reading High Warden – Astral Iron

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Daedric Shryne – s/t

December 7, 2024November 30, 2024 Vinterd

At any given moment, we’re always ready for the next surprise to come leaping at us from out of nowhere. It doesn’t matter where it might come from in terms of style or who might be the one to put … Continue reading Daedric Shryne – s/t

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Grand Magus – Sunraven

October 31, 2024October 30, 2024 Vinterd

Even as we find ourselves in a time where innovative new acts can feel like the hot new flavors, there’s nothing that can compare to an old bastion of excellence that has yet to topple and refuses to show signs … Continue reading Grand Magus – Sunraven

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Majak – Restless Wicked

September 21, 2024 Vinterd

While it was only yesterday that I sat here making the claim that the union of death metal and sludge are amongst the seldom seen styles throughout the underground, there is certainly one combination that is even more so rarely … Continue reading Majak – Restless Wicked

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