When we peer into history when looking through the lens of metal, it’s rare that we find ourselves going back any further than maybe a couple hundred years for one reason or another, but it’s truly rare to come … Continue reading Thecodontion / Vessel of Iniquity – The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event
Last year, it was with the magnificent pairing of Lord Buffalo and Palehorse/Palerider that Desert Records released the first of their “Legends of the Desert” split series. By far, it was one of the most engaging collaborations of its kind … Continue reading Legends of the Desert: Volume 2 – The Penitent Man & Cortége
My relationship with the exceedingly dark realm of death/doom has only been getting exponentially better over the last few years with a glorious streak presenting itself to me month after month much to my delight. It’s a trend that … Continue reading Cryptic Brood / Night Hag – Swollen With Rancid Phlegm
When it comes to exemplary works in any style, it often doesn’t take a long time to find names that are worth talking about given how powerful word of mouth really is. A Vintage Death definitely made a splash with … Continue reading Depleted / A Vintage Death – split
Death metal is something that is so vast and explorative that it never ceases to amaze me what all the style it capable of across its many incarnations, and it’s sci-fi themed death metal that is slowly rising to become … Continue reading Cryptic Shift / Replicant / Inoculation / Astral Tomb – Chasm of Aeons
More often than not, when you’re doing a split series, you are anxious to release them all within quick succession of each other because why not, right? It’s been two years since the first entry to the diptych splits that … Continue reading Precaria / Ôros Kaù – Theosulphuros
There are few things that get me stroking my beard in immense interest as a solid and worthwhile split between two awesome bands. Lord Buffalo has been a constant in my listening habits for years now, and Palehorse/Palerider has been … Continue reading Legends of the Desert: Volume 1 – Palehorse/Palerider & Lord Buffalo
It’s not terribly often that we get a split album that’s less of a traditional split and more of a proper collaboration. Bell Witch’s latest effort in league with Aerial Ruin is the latest and most notable of such that … Continue reading Howling Giant / Sergeant Thunderhoof – Masamune and Muramasa
Have you ever heard a split before and felt that the two bands in question where a perfect match in every way, shape, and form to the point where they should always fucking be on tour together? It simply doesn’t … Continue reading Wraith / Bastardizer – Speed Armageddon
The modern state of black metal is still in a stage that I can’t help but feel is still in the best condition that it has been for such a long time with the sound being far more available than … Continue reading Evilfeast / Uuntar – Odes to Lands of Past Traditions
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