Ingenuity, passion, and ambition can make for a combination the likes of which anyone can do just about anything with. When we take those qualities and thrust them into the writhing madness of the underground, it’s only a matter of … Continue reading Wretched Blessing – Psychic Barriers to Entry
I would argue that the world of progressive metal, especially that of the death metal variety, is in an odd position with there always being some new talent coming out of the woodwork to offer some new vision of what … Continue reading Fallujah – Xenotaph
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
You can’t keep a good band down for too long. Even if there are years of relative silence, it’s only a matter of time before talent comes back together to offer us some new form of excellence in such a … Continue reading Goya – In the Dawn of November
While we find ourselves in an underground that always seems welcome to tread much of the same territory continuously with as many pleasant experiences as there are lackluster ones, there is always room for a creation that really goes against … Continue reading Alukta – Merok
Different and beyond much of what many expect out of even the fringes of death metal, Floating carves out a path for themselves. Continue reading Floating – Hesitating Lights
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
From the darkest reaches of what the underground can still become, anything is possible. Sights and experiences untold are but inches away should a band simply seize the opportunity and make something for themselves. It’s a difficult thing to ascertain … Continue reading Tetramorphe Impure – The Sunset of Being
The progression of the human species is something that is just as bewildering as it is terrifying to take into consideration for all that it has been accomplished in what has been described as a mere blink of an eye … Continue reading The Great Sea – Noble Art of Desolation
The sheer opportunity that any band faces in the vastness of the underground in simply overwhelming. For all that has been and can still be done, there’s undoubtedly loads to be accomplished so long as the right band comes along … Continue reading Cadaver Shrine – Into the Horrible Depths
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