Wrest’s long-running Leviathan project has had undeniable impact upon atmospheric and ‘depressive suicidal’ black metal movements over the […]
If you’re anything like me you need a ton of variation in your chug riffs to keep a […]
‘Covenant of Black’ is the debut full-length from Mumbai based orthodox second wave influenced black metal band Stark […]
Here I present a grip of the most essential metal-related releases from the month of February in the […]
This Vancouver B.C. quartet have evolved from stoned immaculate doom youngsters to self-actualized, forward-leaning heavy metal humanists across […]
As much as I loved this Finnish band’s earthy, basement recorded debut ‘A Call to Arms’ for it’s […]
You can’t (fairly) compare a band to a legacy artist like Thin Lizzy without being ultra specific. The […]
Of all of the sorely mistreated NWOBHM classics post-1983 Avenger’s debut full-length ‘Blood Sports’ has been the most […]
When extending fandom of an ever-changing band across several decades it is absolutely healthy to analyze and rethink […]
For all of the damage done to keyboard-heavy black metal in the new millennium a small army of […]
The legendary traditions of Italian doom metal are deeply ingrained into my brain thanks to innovative masters like […]
If Göteborg’s finest boogie-rockers Hypnos’ 2014 self-titled debut gave you the NWOBHM shakes and it’s bluesy hard rockin’ […]
Nothingness, invalidity, and worthlessness can all interpret the meaning of irritum though when I fired up Gridfailure’s shrill […]
An Exhaustive Study: Melodic Black Metal [1991-Present] Part V – Ancient Thrones Conquered (’00-’01)
Here I present Part V of the latest in a series of a comprehensive sub-genre analysis features that I began […]
Despite how morally questionable it might seem, the spirit of albums like Millennium’s self-titled 1984 debut LP were […]
French death metal band Bloody Sign began as a brutal-yet-technical project that evolved with increasingly experimental vision. The […]
After a decade of honing their blackened bestial thrash metal attack through several demos, a split with fellow […]
Though it seems Affasia were wrought with setbacks and line-up changes over the last six or so years […]
This fledgling Russian death metal band describe themselves “Pure HM-2 sound Old School Death Metal” and that is more […]
The first and only release from South Holland based death/doom band Mourning is a surprisingly overlooked classic sub-genre […]
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