Category: Features
Upon Stone ‒ Where Wild Sorrows Grow Review
Fast Rites: because sometimes brevity is fundamental. LA’s Upon Stone prefer their melodeath the way it was originally played in Sweden in the early and mid-90s: equal parts classy and brutal, haggard in the vocal …
Black, Raw, & Bleeding: Calcified Beneath The Sunken Obsidian Temple Of The Black Metal Underground
Greetings once again, Trav’lers of the Night. As we approach the eve of the eve of the eve of the eve of the eve of the eve of the eve of the eve of the …
Diamonds & Rust: Skyclad – The Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth
I am the Pagan Man–I speak for all my kind, When I criticise your point of view–your hollow state of mind. You say that I’m an animal–well this at least is true, I’m a thinking, …
Staff Infections – October 2021
Welcome, dear readers, to the October 2021 edition of Staff Infections. In this feature we share what we’ve been listening to over the past month in hopes that you, our esteemed readers, will possibly be …
Abstracter – Abominion
Oakland, California’s Abstracter have been digging themselves a hole since 2012. Their debut album, Tomb Of Feathers, was but scratching at the topsoil like edging a grave plot with a 48″ Wood Handle Transfer Shovel (available …
Riffology – Only Living Witness’ “Prone Mortal Form”
Hello again, my students of the riff. It’s been a while since our last lesson, but, at this point, that’s usually the case, isn’t it? For this lesson, stroll with your professor down memory lane: …
Where Angels Dare To Tread: A Solitude Aeturnus Primer
A case can and should be made for Arlington, Texas doom vets Solitude Aeturnus being in the running for the most underrated classic metal band to ever come out of these United States. True, an …
Black, Raw, & Bleeding: Ensorcelled By The Venomous Blade Of The Black Metal Underground
Greetings once again, Trav’lers. It’s been many moons since we last held palaver–in fact, the Harvest Moon just occurred this past Monday, ushering in the season of Pieces. It’s not been for lack of trying, …