This side-project of the “Russian version of Summoning” a.k.a. Moongates Guardian is not only far more listenable symphonic […]
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The neocrust movement needs more black metal heroes and German band Ancst have been consistently heavy and voicedly […]
Discussion of personal politics, identity and/or sexuality in terms of music tends to have a way of ultimately […]
Nemesis are a group of North Carolina thrashers that obviously own a very sophisticated time machine. Their debut […]
There is a long personal set of anecdotes about Corrosion of Conformity that I could fill several pages […]
This maniacal Finnish bestial occult black/death metal band have been making lesser fiends recoil in horror at the […]
While our glorious, exalted fascist shit-gobbling leader welcomes the masses from Norway into the ultimate human-grinding, meaty and […]
Coffee, thick-rimmed glasses and rain, am I right Seattle? Soul-aborting knee-slappers aside, this sludge metal band with death […]
Obscure death metal demo tapes from the 90’s are secretly my favorite shit on the planet. Malformity’s ‘Black […]
This first volume of Germany’s finest progressive space rockers’ loving arboretum of warm, effortless indie rock-infused ‘prog-stoner’ music […]
After a couple of experimental, far-reaching albums Watain have made the decision to dial their sound and song-writing […]
Underground death metal ‘ex-members of’ nepotism is what initially drew me to the death/doom crunch of Druid Lord. The […]
The first “good South Park game” hit the market over three years ago and the first time I […]
On their tenth full-length studio album Austrian black metal legends Abigor have created an initially blurry storm of […]
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 […]
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 […]
In the ten years since White Wizzard’s glorious mid-80’s NWOBHM styled EP ‘High Speed GTO’ and their amazing […]
Oddly enough I reviewed Scaphism’s debut full-length back in 2012 and gave it a pretty glowing review despite […]
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