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Moonscape – Entity, Chapter III: A Sudden Glimpse of Clarity

February 2, 2026 Vinterd

Time is a wild thing. It can bless just as easily it can curse with music something that’s a true roll of the dice when it comes to whether or not time will be an asset to those that persevere … Continue reading Moonscape – Entity, Chapter III: A Sudden Glimpse of Clarity

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Dreichmere – Starless Shores

January 22, 2026January 21, 2026 Vinterd

Vision is a wonderful thing to have, but rarely is it something that’s executed with excellence. Easily can it be theorized and even put into action, yet it remains a fickle thing that can easily fall apart if the hands … Continue reading Dreichmere – Starless Shores

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In Mourning – The Immortal

August 7, 2025July 27, 2025 Vinterd

At some point, a band simply has to try something else in some form or another lest their sound begin to become stale and uninteresting. It can be in even the smallest ways that such a change can make for … Continue reading In Mourning – The Immortal

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Fallujah – Xenotaph

May 15, 2025May 13, 2025 Vinterd

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

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Floating – Hesitating Lights

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 Vinterd

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

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Gigafauna – Eye to Windward

April 5, 2025April 2, 2025 Vinterd

Evolution is something that many of us love to talk about, yet it is a tricky thing that is extremely hard to accomplish even for the most talented of musicians. It’s the sort of accomplishment that sets the truly talented … Continue reading Gigafauna – Eye to Windward

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Vokonis – Transitions

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 Vinterd

Growth is something that is simply mandatory for any band looking to make their mark. Whether that mark is upon its listeners or the genre at large, it takes something exceptional to deliver one performance after another that defies typical … Continue reading Vokonis – Transitions

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Anciients – Beyond the Reach of the Sun

August 12, 2024August 8, 2024 Vinterd

When things begin to distort and transform into something nearly unrecognizable from what we normally expect, that’s when things take a natural turn for the progressive where the very bounds of genre lines between to twist and blur. Even as … Continue reading Anciients – Beyond the Reach of the Sun

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Octoploid – Beyond the Aeons

July 28, 2024July 20, 2024 Vinterd

Death metal has long been the sort of beast that has been eating its own tail while always seeking fresh, new meat to devour if it means new flavors have been added to the palette. Sometimes, it succeeds in its … Continue reading Octoploid – Beyond the Aeons

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Horseburner – Voice of Storms

June 15, 2024June 11, 2024 Vinterd

Given the sheer nature of the underground to replicate itself while simultaneously seeking new avenues to venture down, it’s only a matter of time before we’re given an act that taps into something that may not necessarily be brand new … Continue reading Horseburner – Voice of Storms

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