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
The real essence of the immensely dense, dripping world of death/doom is something that so many of us can only ever hope to see in such crushing capacity that we have no choice but to fall into everything that the … Continue reading Burial – Inner Gateways To The Slumbering Equilibrium At The Center Of Cosmos
I’ve become so immensely jaded with the world of folk metal that any time I come across any single piece of the style that I cannot help but feel like I’ve stumbled upon real gold given the plethora of acts … Continue reading Hand of Kalliach – Samhainn
When we get an entry that spans both of the endlessly vicious worlds that are death and black metal, it’s more often than not that we’re greeted with a sonic assault that feels complex yet no less than barbaric even … Continue reading Vahrzaw – The Trembling Voices of Conquered Men
Nature is possibly the most common topic in the entire world of atmospheric black metal for all that it can accomplish, and it’s not hard at all to see why that’s been the case for several years with plenty still … Continue reading Aran – Pimeyttä Vasten
It’s too often that people look at doom as something that can really only be properly done in the West or certain sections of Scandinavia, but if there’s anything that the vast underground of metal has taught us it’s that … Continue reading Adliga – Vobrazy
“Old school” is a term that gets thrown around a whole lot in the world of metal, especially when we take into consideration extreme metal and the reverence that is all but pervasive when we consider the high reverence many … Continue reading Outre-Tombe – Abysse Mortifére
Any band with its own identity is one that has really tried to stand out from the massive crowd that is always something to behold when it’s done successfully. Particularly with black metal, if you can achieve a sound that … Continue reading Alkuharmonian Kantaja – Shadowy Peripherals
Evocative doom is easily some of the best and most memorable sounds that can come out of the absolute menagerie of styles that doom calls its own, but there’s nothing that can compare when it’s performed by masters of the … Continue reading Clouds – Despartire
It’s not terribly often that I can come into the world of brutal death metal and find myself coming out on the other side with a record of any choice and being undeniably satisfied with what I have emerged with. … Continue reading Cutterred Flesh – Sharing is Caring
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