“Misery is a thing, misery is not a conception—pain is real, pain is not an impression. Misery and […]
progressive black metal
The concept of “the heart of man” tends to tie into biblical discourse on the inherent sanctity of […]
One of few acts to transition from the underground late 80’s extreme thrash metal sphere and pure death […]
“Many the monsters nursed / by the earth, a burden of dread, / the arms of the deep […]
“Matter itself is eternal and immutable; its insensibility to life — its lifelessness — is unshakeable. The changing […]
A reaction in maturing reflection that’d brace itself against the dimness emitted by solitude, the fifth canonical full-length […]
“Your grandeur passes, and your pageantry, / Your lordships pass, your kingdoms pass; and Time / Disposes willfully […]
“Knock, knock! Who’s there, in the other devil’s name? Faith, here’s an equivocator that could swear in both […]
The freed and infuriate hand that’d featured so prominently a whirler of sturm und drang on ‘Mirror of […]
Proclaimed as poison, tool, and a spear through creation’s quivering breast, there is no certain ego attached to […]
To be torn away from ones own tunnel vision of psychotic self-direction and taken for a ride of […]
TEN FROM THE TOMB is a weekly feature in the form of a themed list devoted to grouping […]
The potential bleakness one could emotionally achieve in times of solidifying trauma or those lowest points in life […]
Pulpit or podium before him, and before we wretched endangered species, this frightening judicator rises as our congealed […]
Here I present a grip of the most essential metal-related releases from the month of November in the […]
Once inducted into the whirlwind of our modern day epidemic of “bad faith”, as Sartre would describe it, […]
TEN FROM THE TOMB is a weekly feature in the form of a themed list devoted to grouping […]
TEN FROM THE TOMB is a weekly feature in the form of a themed list devoted to grouping […]
In researching the disturbing history of colonization and cultural eradication of the greater Los Angeles area native peoples […]
In hindsight the sordid discography of Bay Area avant-dark metal/post-black metal quintet Ludicra was forward-thinking. Equally invested and […]