Cruciamentum – Engulfed In Desolation Review
Cruciamentum has been making various unseemly noises in the British underground over the past few years, particularly via an extremely well-regarded 2009 demo and an excellent split with Vasaeleth from last year. Engulfed in Desolation …
Azaghal – Nemesis Review
If I was feeling like kind of an asshole, I might suggest that this review of Nemesis, the ninth and newest Azaghal record (and third for Moribund) could be kept to three words: “Finnish black …
Dodecahedron – Dodecahedron Review
The unfortunate reality about diving ass-over-ankles into the mystical forests and blood-stained steppes of extreme metal (or any other niche art-form, for that matter) is that the longer one spends banging the heads that will …
The Devil’s Blood – The Thousandfold Epicentre Review
It’s a good time to be a rock band in the metal press, especially when one has seen support from such respected underground labels as Ván and Profound Lore. Still, the as-yet-unflagging growth of the …
Dan Obstkrieg’s Best Of 2011
2011, huh? Political and economic turmoil throughout the world, major life changes here on the home front, all the usual anxieties and insecurities and tiny insignificant victories, and through it all, a certified fuckload of …
Wolvhammer – The Obsidian Plains
Wolvhammer wants to mess you up. On its second album, this Minneapolis / Chicago collective seethes with a barely contained malevolence and a passionately ill-tempered delivery. The base of the band’s sound is black metal, …
Vallenfyre – A Fragile King Review
The backstory of the formation of Vallenfyre has been fairly well bandied about, but bears repeating: founding member and guitarist of Paradise Lost Gregor Mackintosh, in coping with the recent death of his father, starts …
Cormorant – Dwellings Review
No matter what genre I’m listening to, whether weepy-face indie rock diaper-wetting, robots-having-a-seizure electronic angle music, or fjord-gargling black metal of the least children-and-small-animal-friendly variety, my favorite music tends to do two things: feel both …