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Womb of Error – We Will Never Be Okay Again

December 11, 2025December 6, 2025 Vinterd

Given the simple fact that it’s winter now for many of us, it only seems to make sense that now we’re seeing a bit of a surge when it comes to black metal with a mildly evocative edge. It was … Continue reading Womb of Error – We Will Never Be Okay Again

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Mors Verum – Canvas

December 10, 2025December 6, 2025 Vinterd

By this point, it ought to go without saying that death metal has become quite amorphous. Depending on who’s crafting it, the style can take on an entirely different form as there are many schools of thought and approaches at … Continue reading Mors Verum – Canvas

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Nordicwinter – Solitude

December 9, 2025December 6, 2025 Vinterd

It goes without saying that black metal has long been at home in the cold embrace of winter. A pairing that has always just made a lot of sense given everything that the two complement off each other, it’s no … Continue reading Nordicwinter – Solitude

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Sun of the Dying – A Throne of Ashes

December 8, 2025December 6, 2025 Vinterd

While it tends to be the more outwardly violent emotions that get the spotlight as far as metal is often concerned, it’s when the emotions are turned inward that I find metal to take on some of its most potent … Continue reading Sun of the Dying – A Throne of Ashes

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Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction

December 7, 2025December 6, 2025 Vinterd

It ought to go without saying that grind is one of the most chaotic and unpredictable reaches of metal that we have to choose from. As such, there are loads of creations out there in the sound that are almost … Continue reading Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction

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1914 – Viribus Unitis

December 6, 2025December 6, 2025 Vinterd

It would be an understatement to say that war and related tragedies are a topic that metal likes to touch upon on a pretty regular basis. We’ve seen throngs of bands of all genres tap into those themes, plenty of … Continue reading 1914 – Viribus Unitis

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Kauan – Wayhome

December 5, 2025November 30, 2025 Vinterd

Every once in a while, we’re given a work that is no less than transformative in nature. Music is something that has long been able to touch some typically unreachable part of the soul that we seal off for any … Continue reading Kauan – Wayhome

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Flesher – Gore on Gore

December 4, 2025November 30, 2025 Vinterd

Raw brutality and a straightforward vision of flying viscera is sometimes all you need to achieve success in the underground. Death metal is no stranger to all sorts of violence from the relatively mundane to mutilations that are of a … Continue reading Flesher – Gore on Gore

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Suffering Souls – Twilight Ripping Souls Apart

December 3, 2025November 29, 2025 Vinterd

The underground is a truly magical place. Wherever the imagination can take you in your search for new music that channels all sorts of what metal can be transmuted into, there’s almost certainly a band out there that has tapped … Continue reading Suffering Souls – Twilight Ripping Souls Apart

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Unchurch – s/t

December 2, 2025November 29, 2025 Vinterd

There are many things that are possible throughout the different realms of death metal, yet it can sometimes be the case that in keeping things simple that you can find yourself in the most successful of circumstances. We have seen … Continue reading Unchurch – s/t

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