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Smohalla – Ruina Draconis

September 12, 2025September 7, 2025 Vinterd

Innovation has long been a driving force throughout the underground, but it’s not always the key to success. Oftentimes, acts bite off more than what they can chew as ambition can easily overshadow one’s capacity to bring such a vision … Continue reading Smohalla – Ruina Draconis

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Creatvre – Toujours Humain

July 16, 2025July 12, 2025 Vinterd

More often than not, imagination in the thing that prevents many from getting a solid grasp upon greatness. Where genre boundaries fall away and all that’s left is your own sense of daring and drive to bring such a unique … Continue reading Creatvre – Toujours Humain

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Sur Austru – Datura Străhiarelor

August 2, 2024July 28, 2024 Vinterd

Out of the gate, to find yourself in the more progressive reaches of metal is to find yourself in strange waters. However, it’s when we’re thrown into the exceptionally deep end that we are granted visions unseen in any other … Continue reading Sur Austru – Datura Străhiarelor

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Epectase – Nécroses

October 15, 2022September 26, 2022 Vinterd

To simply dip your toe into what can happen in the world of black metal when you take the smallest shred of innovation to it is to find yourself before an unyielding beast that very few are able to tame … Continue reading Epectase – Nécroses

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Tomarum – Ash in Realms of Stone Icons

August 15, 2022August 6, 2022 Vinterd

When we look at the very state of what progressive black metal brings to the table in its current climate, it’s both fascinating and underwhelming. Fascinating because it truly expands upon what’s possible within the wide realm of black metal … Continue reading Tomarum – Ash in Realms of Stone Icons

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Creature – Eloge De L’Ombre

October 13, 2021October 1, 2021 Vinterd

It was in the madness and the heat at the beginning of summer last year that it came out of France. An exceedingly strange entity the likes of which would take several minds to even begin to put a finger … Continue reading Creature – Eloge De L’Ombre

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Cicada The Burrower – Corpseflower

March 5, 2021March 15, 2021 Vinterd

Whenever I take into consideration mixing progressive elements into different styles of metal, black metal is oddly one of the areas I think of the least even though it’s one of those styles that sees some of the most self-experimentation … Continue reading Cicada The Burrower – Corpseflower

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Creature – Ex Cathedra

May 26, 2020May 12, 2020 Vinterd

It’s been in the last few days that I’ve had the immense pleasure of checking out some incredibly experimental music and have used that word enough for a fucking lifetime, but it’s just so damn appropriate! So, when I dove … Continue reading Creature – Ex Cathedra

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In Human Form – III

November 28, 2019November 21, 2019 Vinterd

A black metal band that comes around that seeks to shake up the formula even in a small way is far from a rare sight nowadays, but that doesn’t mean that they’re any less interesting to investigate than ever. There … Continue reading In Human Form – III

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In Human Form – Opening of the Eye by the Death of I

May 17, 2017 Vinterd

 I’ve always been fascinated how bands push the envelopes of all music. Does it lead to a new style that not everyone’s going to like but still thrives on? Absolutely (I’m looking at you techno), and metal is a wonderful breeding … Continue reading In Human Form – Opening of the Eye by the Death of I

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