When a band of promise finally comes into their own, it’s a magnificent sight to behold. Time can be the sort of thing that can just as easily wear down a passionate musician as much as it can lift them … Continue reading Restless Spirit – s/t
Even when some of us come to a stop, there are those who just refuse to stop moving forward. The debate of quality over quantity is something that has raged for longer than we can remember and will continue to … Continue reading Non Est Deus – Blessings and Curses
At any given moment, there are throngs of fresh names out there in the underground waiting to be discovered by anyone and everyone who chooses to get their hands dirty, start digging through the cacophonous depths, and find something that … Continue reading Vanishing Grasp – Pang of Phantom Self
While many of us tend to find metal all over the world from the usual suspects like Scandinavia, there are still bastions of the underground to be found in virtually every country across the world, yet not all of them … Continue reading Coscradh – Carving the Causeway to the Otherworld
Any band’s first steps are always important. More often than not, those initial decisions are what set the tone for what’s to come as a band moves through the scene at their own pace, and it’s oftentimes the backbone of … Continue reading Ailurophobia – Contemplation of a Declining World
I don’t know about you, but I found 2025 to be an absolute banner year for the darker reaches of doom metal and its many different paths with black-doom in particular having quite a lot to boast about. We bore … Continue reading Northern Graves – Derelict Heart
For quite some time now, technical death metal has been unpredictable for all that its denizens dare to summon from nothingness in order to show us both what they can offer listeners as well as showcasing just how much more … Continue reading Xenosis – Hermetic Transmutation
Given the sheer breadth of what black metal can be and has always been, it’s no surprise to see many still clinging to the old school veins of what black metal originally sprouted from. Constantly are we seeing bands seeking … Continue reading Iron Firmament – In the Land of Pre-Human Kings
Death metal, for all intents and purposes, has always been in a bit of an arms race. There’s a constant unspoken and rarely talked about struggle between the throngs of acts spread throughout the underground on who brings the most … Continue reading Teratoma – Longing Voracity
In the vast cosmos, there’s plenty of room for exploration. The overwhelming possibilities that being in a virtually infinite expanse are something that so many have sought to tap into across many different genres of music, and black metal has … Continue reading Silaera – An Aberration of the Void
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