Just seven years ago, it was these two legendary names in the world of atmospheric black metal that decided to join forces and create a split that’s still nigh-on seminal, “Sol”, that also acted as a marker of quality for … Continue reading Spectral Lore / Mare Cognitum – Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine
There are many times that I dip my toe back into the world of dungeon synth and just find myself not really impressed or moved to any real degree when it comes down to anything that really grasps my attention. … Continue reading Bannwald / Uruk-Hai / Druadan Forest – Kingdoms Long Gone
You’d think that any band that had just put out a titanic work of any style would seek to tour in support of that work, go back to the drawing board to make for another piece with a release set … Continue reading Exhumed / Gatecreeper – Split
It’s more often than not that when I want to fall back into music and just let go of a lot of the troubles that tend to plague the mind, I will set out to find either some psychedelic rock, … Continue reading Frozen Ocean / Heather Grave – Beyond Anemonautics
Usually, whenever I review any given material from any band I normally expect anywhere from at least six months to a year before hearing from that act again, and that’s only if they’re really going at it behind the scenes to create … Continue reading Tome of the Unreplenished / Starless Domain – Epistolary of the Fall
There aren’t many things when it comes to music that I can come to expect on a yearly basis. Normally, as you know, bands will have a gap of at least a few years between releases of any kind, but … Continue reading Sacrenoir / Ende – La Gueule du Loup / Liber Damnatus – Psalm I
There are very few things that can make me feel like a kid again than a good classic move. I vividly remember constantly sitting really close in front of a television that’s older than I am, close enough to where … Continue reading Oxygen Destroyer / VHS – Category III Kaiju
The occasional split can be a way for someone like me to get more than one band at a time, effectively doubling the rate of new acts that I’ve heard. Usually, splits are done between two bands who bring some … Continue reading à Répit / Inféren / Malauriu / Vultur – Teschi Ossa Morte
A split is sometimes my best friend as it pulls double duty, sometimes more, in doing me the service of providing two different sounds from two different bands in one neat package, effectively giving me two different listening experiences. It’s … Continue reading Itnuveth / Cult of Self Destruction – Black Viking Alliance / Nihil Verum Nisi Mors
Much like my recent coverage of the split album between Chaoshorde and Satan’s Acolyte’s, I want to reiterate just how much I love a good, proper split between two bands of similar style that don’t only just work on their … Continue reading Illimitable Dolor / Promethean Misery – Split
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