BACKLOG is a bi-weekly update column on how I’m progressing through “old” games that have been stuck in […]
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 […]
Death metal is as worn out and mutilated as any other sub-genre of metal but that isn’t to […]
Polish mad-mathemagician death-grind band Antigama have returned with a post-2004 style Napalm Death grind/death on ‘Depressant’ and carefully […]
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 […]
Doom metal is a sub-genre that has gained so many tentacles that it’d be difficult to pay homage […]
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 […]
German King Diamond worshipers Attic had been leading up to their magnum epic concept album for years and […]
The influence of modern thrash bands like Revocation and Vektor cannot be understated and as those bands have […]
With twenty four zippity thrashcore songs in twenty five minutes ‘Forbidden Techniques’ was too much for this relatively […]
My knowledge of Hungarian metal is extremely limited and that is especially true when it comes to thrash […]
This Danish band have found an impressive middle-ground between the expressive atmospheric riffing of modern shape-shifting black metal […]
I guess the first question I have about the latest Midnight album concerns the crows on the cover […]
Careful now, box up your funny shaped head and your dumbo ears. ‘The Ripper’ isn’t aiming for your […]
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