In the most classic sense absurdism is only vaguely scientific in its avoidance of the catatonia of nihilism. […]
black doom
TEN FROM THE TOMB is a weekly feature in the form of a themed list devoted to grouping […]
A magnificent carcass rots beneath the thawing wet of the Pacific Northwest today, pungent in its intensifying decayed […]
METAL OF THE MONTH is a monthly feature that examines just that, a grip of fifteen of the […]
With neither respect nor any particular discernment in their worldwide campaign of cultural decimation the spreading virus of […]
Like so many other metal sub-genres the defining traits of doom metal have dissolved into meaningless dispute though […]
In their first four formative years Polish black metal project Culte Des Ghoules developed a swollen, croaking black/doom […]
Where so many artists have succeeded in recreating the rotten, swamp-cursed occult majesty of ancient Hellenic black metal […]
Gestating in various form starting in the early nineties, the thorny evergreen vision of fiercely independent Trondheim, Norway […]
Believed to be written by an Antwerp based dramatic society the low country, lower-class prose of sixteenth century […]
Here I present a grip of the most essential metal-related releases from the month of August in the […]
There is much to be said for the artist that shirks the rapidly increasing trend of constant and […]
No matter how often journalists, aging fans and various other fools tout the vital contributions of Swiss legacy […]
The ashen, grayed out ruins and spiraling storm above depicted in Kevin Gan Yuen‘s (Sutekh Hexen) artwork for […]
The blending of esoteric or extreme metal sub-genre has surely proven worthy practice over the last several decades […]
After some stints in folk and black metal bands in the late 90’s guitarist/vocalist IX formed Urfaust as […]
The history of Polish black metal is wrought with grand triumphs, mildly comedic home-made armor, and the occasional […]
Wrest’s long-running Leviathan project has had undeniable impact upon atmospheric and ‘depressive suicidal’ black metal movements over the […]
Set into three distinct movements Yhdarl‘s eighth full-length is yet another release from prolific Belgian extreme metal musician Déhà, […]
Doom metal is a sub-genre that has gained so many tentacles that it’d be difficult to pay homage […]
