Somehow, someway, the bar keeps raising itself. If I am to keep finding myself before otherworldly pieces of excellent psychedelia that continuously show us just how bountiful 2024 has become for the concept, then I am going to have to … Continue reading Black Pyramid – The Paths of Time Are Vast
Where things begin to become murky and the very bounds of reality seem to matter less increasingly by the minute, that tends to be where we find the bands that are never afraid to push the envelope. It’s in that … Continue reading Defacement – Duality
It’s on rare occasions that we’re given names that deliver excellence on a scale that leaves quite an impression on many who come across it. It’s even rarer, however, to find yourself before an act that manages to do it … Continue reading Rezn – Burden
When you spend enough time in the underground, you begin to realize that even though there are countries that are more active and reliable than others across the world when it comes to delivering quality metal like America, England, Germany, … Continue reading Partholón – The Ocean Pours In
For some bands, excellence seems to come almost as easy as breathing. In the depths of the underground, some are truly able to rise above adversity and any challenges that may come from being a newer name in the scheme … Continue reading Oubliette – Eternity Whispers
Since starting these reviews, I’ve always been vocal about the simple pleasure and honor of being able to bare witness to the rise of many bands. Some of which have become underground sweethearts if not breaking through that barrier altogether … Continue reading Crypt Sermon – The Stygian Rose
When you ask the modern dweller in the underground what happens when death metal is taken to its extremes, there are a few names that surely come to mind. In terms of the experimental and downright disturbing, Ulcerate should absolutely … Continue reading Ulcerate – Cutting the Throat of God
A band that tries to find its own way is one that rides an extremely thin line. Depending on a great many factors, you can just as easily be met with the next best sensation out of the depths of … Continue reading Doubtsower – Nothing Reduced to Everything
When we come into the depths of all that extreme metal is capable of, the notions of evil material are certainly themes that come up time after time even if there are plenty of corners throughout the underground that have … Continue reading Upon the Altar – Descendants of Evil
Given the current climate of all things heaviness, it should almost certainly go without saying that we’re living in a true golden age for all things heavy. Whether it be in terms of psychedelia or overwhelming desolation that knows no … Continue reading Cowardice – Atavist
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