In the modern digital age that we find ourselves in, it is all but effortless for bands to find themselves mixing styles and genres together intentionally and unintentionally to create efforts that can just as easily be fresh as they … Continue reading Glacier – A Distant, Violent Shudder
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
Often enough have the many different realms of doom metal received a psychedelic gloss in recent times with there being several acts coming out of the woodwork to show us what can still be done with the concept, but it’s … Continue reading Ainu – s/t
When we’re in the company of extreme metal, things tend to be dark and very aggressive in more ways than one. There’s nothing wrong with that as that has been the basis for an endless number of fantastic albums that … Continue reading Ba’al – Soft Eyes
There’s are multiple reasons why many fawn over bands like Neurosis, YOB, Pallbearer, and others that walk those same lines, and it’s due to in no small part being better at the craft than practically everybody else. Very few other … Continue reading Subterraen – In the Aftermath of Blight
I have been well beyond impressed with the representation that 2024 has already given us in many of the different styles across the underground with there seeming to be at least one or two albums in each broad vein to … Continue reading Vnder a Crvmbling Moon – II: Aging & Formless
In the shadows of the mountains do great things grow. Even the smallest details at the base of the titans can hold real magic and beauty in its own rights with such majesty easily extending to much of the music … Continue reading Shadowcloak – s/t
Even in terms of those who aren’t content with sitting still for too long, it typically takes a while for talent to come back around with new material with it usually taking a minimum of a few years before we … Continue reading Clouds Taste Satanic – 79 A.E.
A work that manages to be ambitious and effective is something that is almost always to be hailed. Destined for greatness are many of such acts with plenty, like Inter Arma, achieving wide acclaim for all of the right reasons … Continue reading The Mountain King – Apostasyn
For every year that we see throughout the vast expanse of the underground, there are always a few records that come around that are able to just defy virtually every expectation to deliver an experience that none of us could … Continue reading Deadly Carnage – Endless Blue
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