Given the amorphous nature that plenty styles in extreme metal can adopt, it’s no surprise that we’re still able to find plenty of bands and artists doing their own thing. Whether it’s in the pursuit of trying new sounds for … Continue reading Miasmata – Subterrania
While I’m a big fan of bands that go all-in and seek to explore the extreme ends of what metal can become at its far-flung edges of its spectrum, there’s plenty of glory to be had in knowing when to … Continue reading Breath – Brahman
Eleven years is a hell of a long time. Anything can happen in that time frame, and I think it’s safe to say that any band that goes that long without any new material has its own future up in … Continue reading Wretched – Decay
Growth is not always a straightforward path. It has plenty of bends and turns, twisting down different avenues and sometimes even circling back on itself to rediscover a new way to move forward while ensuring that the past is given … Continue reading Carach Angren – The Cult of Kariba
It’s no surprise anymore to see just how far bands are able to take the very concept of heaviness. For all that can be accomplished within such a vast breadth of possibilities, there’s still so much to be said. As … Continue reading Abraham – Idsungwüssä
Where does one even begin when discussing talent that can be deemed truly representative of their style and craft? At some point, there are bands and names out there in the underground that rise to such heights that they become … Continue reading Hooded Menace – Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
They say that it is best to strike while the iron is hot, but what’s to be said for those that never let the iron become cold in the first place? The underground is absolutely littered with tons of names … Continue reading Veilburner – Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy
A decade is, by all accounts, a long time. So much can happen in that span of time that nothing is ever guaranteed especially when it comes to the concepts of change, action, and plans of any nature as things … Continue reading Deathwinds – …Towards Doom…
It should not come as a surprise anymore to see the combination of stoner and doom metal tendencies for a combined performance wreathed in smoke and dripping in fuzz. Such a concoction has been a natural combo for quite some … Continue reading Bogwife – From Ashes
In recent times, black metal has seen quite the schism. Constantly being pulled from one side to the next by those seeking to perpetuate the old school unto infinity and those taking the genre to new horizons, there is a … Continue reading Dark Watcher – The Law of Bone and Sinew
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