The first two Acid Witch albums are some of my favorite less-than-serious death metal that doesn’t come across […]
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Not long after discovering Pentagram and Sadism, two of Chile’s finest and most important death/thrash metal bands I […]
No matter how many times the finger-wagging culture of the United States reminds its citizens to not judge […]
Here I present Part II of the latest in a series of a comprehensive sub-genre analysis features that […]
While I am a huge fan of classic sludge metal like Eyehategod, Crowbar, Neurosis and early Melvins I more or […]
Whether or not their name pays tribute to Utah’s deserts or southern Westeros, these Norwegian heavy psych/stoner rock […]
Well over a decade ago I’d discovered Czech and Slovakian death metal while digging through tape/LP rips and […]
Death metal ‘authenticity’ scarcely matters to the general audience the genre speaks to primarily because it is so […]
Around 2004 the craziest shit happened while I was looking for poorly transferred, obscure NWOBHM singles to impress […]
The latest from this unassuming Arizona based doom metal band is one of the biggest surprises of the […]
This heavy and inspired Australian doom/stoner metal band owes a lot to the best of Cathedral, before Dorrian […]
The muttering stagnation of Enslaved’s increasingly progressive sound is an argument for the ‘metal mind’ versus the ‘progressive […]
I have what I like to call ‘vampire dog‘ teeth. Sharp incisors that ride a little higher on […]
Swiss death metal band Messiah’s third album showcased an impressive professional transformation as the band’s unusual style finally […]
Funeral doom metal’s inception was initially an otherworldly minimalist take on the overly romanticized Peaceville style death/doom movement. […]
The cold, very real, wet cherry blossom and maple leaf squishy streets of Portland were my home for […]
My understanding of the aged and earthen career of Shamaatae doesn’t often progress beyond admiration towards transfixion because […]
The second full-length from Primitive Man is a long-winded, repetitive, eternally exploding nail bomb of punishment that flattens […]
Originally hailing from the frosted and damned literal middle-of-nowhere Sørreisa in Norway, a random hyper sludge duo named after a […]
Toronto based old school death metal wraiths Tomb Mold make their best impression in short bursts. Their coffin-birthed […]