While our glorious, exalted fascist shit-gobbling leader welcomes the masses from Norway into the ultimate human-grinding, meaty and […]
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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 […]
For a debut from newcomers Æsthetica’s ‘Sonorous Æon’ offers somewhat bold and occasionally misguided experimentation with psychedelia, atmospherics, and […]
Elex is a third person open world action RPG that only barely survives the bargain bin for it’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
