With the many different iterations of metal out there, it can often feel hard to find something worth sinking your teeth into when it feels like every other band is trying to create something new whilst doing the exact opposite. … Continue reading The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara – Full Spectrum
When it comes to straight progressive metal as far as this year goes, the stream has been quite slow for one reason or another in my case. It’s a style that has limitless possibilities with all that can be achieved … Continue reading Dawnwalker – Ages
When it came to bands that came out with a breakout debut album in 2017, you cannot take another breath without mentioning Dvne. The Scottish act truly took over Bandcamp with “Asheran” by all accounts with everything they did being … Continue reading Dvne – Omega Severer
Whenever I review an album from any given band, I’m typically not expecting to see more material from that act within at least a year since that tends to be the shortest stretch most go in order to keep that … Continue reading K Prouty – The Black Tide
The list goes on and on about that very odd spot of bands when they get big to where they’re clearly a band very capable of headlining festivals without a problem, but if you’re talking to someone who isn’t neck-deep … Continue reading Fates Warning – Long Day Good Night
It’s always fascinating to watch a band that was already fascinating from the very first instance evolve into something that can only be considered as immensely compelling by all accounts. Arcade Messiah has always been a highlight of the progressive … Continue reading Arcade Messiah – The Host
If you were to even just take a mild glance at the growing landscape of somewhat controlled madness that is progressive death metal, you would immediately notice that the size of the style has been steadily getting larger and larger … Continue reading Aal – The Only Path
And here I was barely yesterday pretty okay with thinking that there would only be one worthwhile album coming out this year that covered any sort of natural or even geographic history of any sort, but, clearly, I was mistaken. … Continue reading The Ocean Collective – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
Doom and sludge metal have become an inseparable pair in the most recent decades of the evolution of both acts, and they’ve given us many, many quality releases that much of the scene has eaten up like homemade ice cream. … Continue reading Alkymist – Sanctuary
Progressive material isn’t always what I find myself going for, but in its infinite reaches via imagination and talent, there will always be something for me to investigate. It’s such an intrinsic sound that has so many different variables to … Continue reading K Prouty – Energy Frequency Vibrations
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