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Blazon Rite – Wild Rites and Ancient Songs

August 4, 2023July 26, 2023 Vinterd

For years now, if not decades, the very question of heavy metal itself has been something that people love to focus on. The classic vein is something whose power and influence cannot be understated as it remains one of those … Continue reading Blazon Rite – Wild Rites and Ancient Songs

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Persekutor – Snow Business

June 3, 2023May 27, 2023 Vinterd

There are just some albums out there that you simply cannot anticipate. No matter how long you’ve been around in the scene, what all you think you’ve seen, and all that you’ve heard, there will always be something that comes … Continue reading Persekutor – Snow Business

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Gatekeeper – From Western Shores

March 31, 2023March 27, 2023 Vinterd

Depending on who you ask, the modern state of heavy metal itself is either in surprisingly good shape, doing adequate, or it’s in the worst state that the genre has ever found itself in. Many, if not most, of us … Continue reading Gatekeeper – From Western Shores

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Triumpher – Storming the Walls

March 29, 2023March 21, 2023 Vinterd

It is a diffcult thing in today’s current climate to find new metal out there in that classic vein where the ensuing material is a proper representation of what the style is able to bring to the table without being … Continue reading Triumpher – Storming the Walls

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Megaton Sword – Might & Power

March 2, 2023February 27, 2023 Vinterd

Have you ever heard of a band that, by all accounts, you know you would enjoy, but you never investigate for no particular reason? The list of bands that fit such a description for me is far too long with … Continue reading Megaton Sword – Might & Power

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Legendarium – Death’s Hand In Yours

October 27, 2022October 19, 2022 Vinterd

Some bands seem to work on a schedule that can very well be considered inhuman. It tends to be that many of us would expect any band to have years between efforts with maybe an EP in the gap or … Continue reading Legendarium – Death’s Hand In Yours

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Sumerlands – Dreamkiller

September 12, 2022September 9, 2022 Vinterd

Given the state that modern heavy metal finds itself in, it’s only viciously natural that people will find names to latch onto to not only rely on for quality but to walk into the future with such that they become … Continue reading Sumerlands – Dreamkiller

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Hell Fire – Reckoning

August 26, 2022August 19, 2022 Vinterd

To come across quality heavy metal in today’s climate is to find a true time machine. The true core of the sound has remained relatively unchanged in the decades since its invention and the brief period of fine-tuning before it … Continue reading Hell Fire – Reckoning

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Trial – Feed the Fire

August 12, 2022August 5, 2022 Vinterd

The very glory of straightforward heavy metal is not something that time can simply wither away. It’s the sort of music that once it was released upon the world was never going to leave, and it’s since its birth that … Continue reading Trial – Feed the Fire

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Satan – Earth Infernal

March 2, 2022February 19, 2022 Vinterd

Whenever we talk about bands from the classic days of heavy metal that are still going whether it be as they continue decades-long careers or returning from hiatuses that eventually led them back to crafting new material for us to … Continue reading Satan – Earth Infernal

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