There have been a great many times that I find myself listening to the rawest of black metal and can easily find myself either enjoying it or just finding it boring. Like every style, it really comes down to the … Continue reading Wilczyca – Horda
A long track is something that will almost always grab my attention no matter the style simply because it’s a big undertaking to accomplish. Whether it’s in the realm of doom or something else, the mammoth task lies before whoever … Continue reading ElonMusk – …As Your Wanderer Taps At The Invisible Gate
Creating something even a little different from the norm can result in an absolute world of difference even if you don’t realize it. Black metal can be especially subject to that as the style has long been filled with experimentation … Continue reading Foretoken – Ruin
The right approach to your material can really make or break an album, or, at the very least, greatly impact how interesting your work is in the first few seconds. When it comes down to psychedelia, I’ve always been a … Continue reading Jackie Treehorn Ave. – Nervous Breakdown Blues
Just imagining death metal and hardcore coming together sounds like something that should be much more widespread I feel. It’s a fusion with virtually unending potential given both styles can gel so easily with each other if done properly, but … Continue reading Death Whore – s/t
It is always admirable to see a band try to blend together heaviness and melody as it’s a great concept on every level, but it can be pretty damn hard to pull off in a balanced way. It’s infectious when … Continue reading Reverent Tales – Visceral
I am a guy that can just as easily love something that’s highly novel, unique, and outstanding in its originality, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say how much I love some good cheese. In the proper dosage, cheese can … Continue reading Battle Born – s/t
Some stoner metal is something that can often feel like a commodity in certain circles as plenty of bands have really broken the style down into a rough formula that they can spew out to mass appeal, and it’s not … Continue reading Psyclops – Amalgam
My history with any sort of material that could be labeled as “gothic” has been strenuous at best. A lot of the time it feels like the material is just trying too hard to be edgy and falling flat in … Continue reading The Black Capes – Lullabies For the Dead
It’s likely been at least ten times that I’ve said it now and I am still not getting tired of saying it: death/doom has been doing nothing but deliver the goods in every instance for me for over a year … Continue reading Pistilos Opium – Híbrido
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