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Completely blind and ignorant to their influences, methods, sonic personality and overall ethos my introduction to Ommadon‘s sixth […]
Occult black metal devotee Acherontas (Nikolaos Panagopoulos), like so many black metal musicians inspired in the early 90’s, […]
Incensed by the thriving and competitive early 90’s black metal scene in Bergen, Norway Ares aka Ron Hovland formed […]
Inspired by the revival of Possessed in 2007 Finnish death/thrashers Sadistik Forest kicked off their discography with a […]
Although none of Neolithic‘s follow up to their massive split 7″ with Martyrdöd is as dynamic and show-stopping as […]
Though Corpsehammer are based in Dalarna, Sweden the band includes members from Chile and Sweden alike. Formed as […]
What better diabolical hellscape to pull extreme metal influence from than the looming darkness and chilly depths of […]
In their nearly decade long exploration of the darker themes of Swedish spirituality Heljarmaðr‘s great gray Grá resemble […]
With the impressive drop of their debut album ‘Loss’ in 2014 Danish atmospheric sludge metal band LLNN have […]
Brooklyn, New York based traditional heavy metal band Sanhedrin is an unlikely trio with diverse resumes ranging from […]
Formed as a black metal project in Tornio, Finland by Rami Moilanen a few years before he formed and […]
In the ever-growing realm of traditional heavy metal purists and ‘throwback’ projects Gatekeeper represents a better-evolved, tasteful force […]
Formed all the way back in 2006 as a technically ambitious fourth-gen melodic death metal band Nashville, Tennessee […]
This one man blast of black/speed metal from Espírito Santo, Brazil was formed in 2013 and though it might […]
The generations of stoner metal and doom bands influenced by Sleep‘s ‘Volume 1’ and Electric Wizard‘s ‘Dopethrone’ are […]
‘People of the Abyss’ is the debut EP meant to introduce brand spanking new, but highly traditional, Swedish […]
If you don’t know shit about RidingEasy Records‘ heavy psych/hard rock compilation series Brown Acid you don’t necessarily need […]
Obnoxious began as a progressive thrash metal band in Remscheid, Germany back in 1989. Their impossible to find […]
Southern New Jersey swamp things Kolossor have gone every which way possible in conjuring variations that build upon […]
