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Suffering Souls – Twilight Ripping Souls Apart

December 3, 2025November 29, 2025 Vinterd

The underground is a truly magical place. Wherever the imagination can take you in your search for new music that channels all sorts of what metal can be transmuted into, there’s almost certainly a band out there that has tapped … Continue reading Suffering Souls – Twilight Ripping Souls Apart

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Anfauglir – Akallabêth

July 7, 2025July 4, 2025 Vinterd

There are some things that just work, and then sometimes there are those that take these things to levels so high that one cannot help but be left stunned in response. There have likely been thousands of instances, maybe even … Continue reading Anfauglir – Akallabêth

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Sonus Mortis – Of Red Barren Earth

August 25, 2023August 2, 2023 Vinterd

Not often enough is the symphonic side of metal given enough justice. Too few do we see an act come around that doesn’t manage to just deliver a worthwhile performance that can hold our attention but bring forth a piece … Continue reading Sonus Mortis – Of Red Barren Earth

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Hasard – Malivore

April 14, 2023April 5, 2023 Vinterd

Of all the acts that I have come across in my many years of doing these reviews, the one-man act of Les Chants du Hasard remains one of the most unique and inventive names that I have come across by … Continue reading Hasard – Malivore

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Orquìlux – The Desire to Vanquish Myself

October 10, 2019October 3, 2019 Vinterd

Across the years, I’ve come across loads of different atmospheric black metal bands that absolutely love to stretch the style in all different sorts of directions in order to try and provide us experiences that we don’t get often. When … Continue reading Orquìlux – The Desire to Vanquish Myself

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Inhumankind – Self-Extinction

February 28, 2018 Vinterd

 Even though metal is easily the most diverse genre in all of the music worlds with having niche corners creating by unique bands every single year, I find myself wanting to hear different things. But, with these reviews, I try … Continue reading Inhumankind – Self-Extinction

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Inhibitions – La Danse Macabre

February 12, 2018 Vinterd

 Of all my time in the current ocean that is the modern underground scene of black metal, I rarely come across any symphonic acts. I’m not sure if it’s the lack of bands performing the style or I’m simply going … Continue reading Inhibitions – La Danse Macabre

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