Drune – Hornn
Not every band can move their sound forward in a big way in big leaps as we travel from one album to the next. Oftentimes, slow and steady is the key to success with small steps forward a sure path … Continue reading Drune – Hornn
Tag: sludge metal
Aglo – Control & Torture
Hands down, out of all the combinations to be found throughout the whole of the metal underground, it’s the raw union of death metal and sludge that are not given nearly enough credit. A simple approach in concept, we don’t … Continue reading Aglo – Control & Torture
Soma Plume – In the Black Water
While we’ve been finding ourselves in the midst of a surge when it comes to overwhelming heaviness on an almost oppressive scale, there’s always more than enough room for a contrasting sound to come into play and show us what … Continue reading Soma Plume – In the Black Water
Oryx – Primordial Sky
A journey through heaviness is something that, in some form or another, many bands are striving for throughout the underground. To be able to craft your sound and have it evolve over time such that it is damn near unrecognizable … Continue reading Oryx – Primordial Sky
Oldd Wvrms – Abysséphale
It was for years that I felt as though it wasn’t nearly often enough that the possibilities of sludge metal had gone largely unheralded outside of a few key exceptions. Now, I know that the best sludge is the kind … Continue reading Oldd Wvrms – Abysséphale
Amarok – Resilience
Normally, when people think of the union between doom and sludge they think of an overwhelming beast of heaviness and intensity with a lumbering presence that only strikes when the moment is right when darkness is at its most complete … Continue reading Amarok – Resilience
Shipyard – Swing Bridge
Heaviness needs no introduction in the current landscape that the underground finds itself in today with the mere concept of intensity coming in all shapes and sizes from all corners of the map to show us what it can still … Continue reading Shipyard – Swing Bridge
Eremit – Rise of the Ruan~angh
To move forward as a cohesive unit as the years go on is to find yourself in a select minority throughout the underground. It tends to be that such acts can only move so fast with the time constraints that … Continue reading Eremit – Rise of the Ruan~angh
Ape Vermin – Andromedas Colossus
A band that challenges itself to do something different is almost always a fascinating sight even if it ends in a failure. It allows us to see visages that may not have been attempted elsewhere with those that succeed effortlessly … Continue reading Ape Vermin – Andromedas Colossus
Cowardice – Atavist
Given the current climate of all things heaviness, it should almost certainly go without saying that we’re living in a true golden age for all things heavy. Whether it be in terms of psychedelia or overwhelming desolation that knows no … Continue reading Cowardice – Atavist