After a couple of experimental, far-reaching albums Watain have made the decision to dial their sound and song-writing […]
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Music from the Netherlands can be as just as difficult to navigate as if I were a dumb […]
Underground death metal ‘ex-members of’ nepotism is what initially drew me to the death/doom crunch of Druid Lord. The […]
The first Hooded Priest album ‘Devil Worship Reckoning’ was this huge, gnarly metal beast with a fuzz-chunky loud […]
For a debut from newcomers Æsthetica’s ‘Sonorous Æon’ offers somewhat bold and occasionally misguided experimentation with psychedelia, atmospherics, and […]
On their tenth full-length studio album Austrian black metal legends Abigor have created an initially blurry storm of […]
On the follow up to their ripping debut ‘The End They Bring’ Finnish thrash metal band Ceaseless Torment […]
One of my all time favorite black metal albums is Taake‘s 2005 dark and jangly masterpiece ‘…Doedskvad’ with […]
Riffocity’s debut EP ‘Disciples of the Storm’ was a green set of tracks showcasing a band still finding […]
Death metal is as worn out and mutilated as any other sub-genre of metal but that isn’t to […]
Polish mad-mathemagician death-grind band Antigama have returned with a post-2004 style Napalm Death grind/death on ‘Depressant’ and carefully […]
The latest Ataraxy album begins as it ends within confidently strummed soul-searching chords, book-ended by extended tracks that […]
Listening to Summoning gives me a restless feeling typically reserved for inspiring works. That feeling has long acted […]
Doom metal is a sub-genre that has gained so many tentacles that it’d be difficult to pay homage […]
A band as uniquely progressive deserves an equally progressive description and I’ve struggled with it for almost a […]
The same way metal bands were judged by their quickly shortening haircuts in the early 90’s, so are […]
Rounding out a short list of black metal related albums I overlooked or under-hyped this year is Chilean […]
Nortt is an undeniable innovator and idealist extremist. His passionate yearning for death, his blood-curdling vocal gargles, and […]
The decade plus long journey to ‘Divine Cessation’ is almost more interesting than the album itself. Looking back […]
German King Diamond worshipers Attic had been leading up to their magnum epic concept album for years and […]
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