To be weird and off-kilter is to try for something that hardly anyone else can ever hope to bring to the table, and that requires just as much vision and daring as it does talent and passion in order to … Continue reading Defect Designer – Depressants
The simple act of creating something that is undeniably your own is to craft something that is unlike anything else that has come before, and it always comes with a significant level of risk. If you truly go for it … Continue reading Saprovore – Unuttered Aporetic Omen
We are ever talking about evolution when it comes to a band continuously moving forward and growing their catalog as the years pile on, but it’s not all that often that we’re given a band that actually manages to embody … Continue reading Elder – Through Zero
For as long as I’ve been doing these reviews, the concept of evolution is something that I love coming back around to. When a band manages to truly embody that concept and all the difficulties that come with bringing it … Continue reading The Scalar Process – Agnomysticism
Every genre has a vast number of bands out there in its abyssal depths that have loads of anticipation surrounding them. It tends to be especially the case when there’s a name of a particular reputation and high adoration amongst … Continue reading Downfall of Nur – And the Firmament will Burn to Quench the Pain of this Earth
Without even thinking about it for a moment, one of my absolute things about metal as a whole is how malleable it can be even after everything that the genre has conjured. Given the proper circumstances and a little bit … Continue reading Muerto – Eclipsed Realms
For all intents and purposes, the Swedes have maintained their foothold and influence over a vast swathe of the metal world with time certainly being more than kind to the country and its artists. In particular, the stranglehold that Sweden … Continue reading Eye of Purgatory – Darkborne
Given the right circumstances, there is no end to what many can accomplish when the sheer overwhelming breadth of the underground is taken into consideration for everything that it is. Imagination and talent are oftentimes the only two factors preventing … Continue reading Voidlord – La Congrega del Signore Oscuro
Every so often, we’re met with talent that is not only a breath of fresh air, but something that changes the very name of the game. Where we’re constantly inundated with names that stick well within the boundaries of their … Continue reading Cryptic Shift – Overspace & Supertime
As the underground continuously roils and tears through new names hoping to make their impact known, it’s oftentimes the names that have hung back to thrive in relative obscurity that form much of the backbone of what metal has long … Continue reading Schattenvald – Alle Hernach
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