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[Cover artwork by Luca “Zeero” Zironi] There was always something uniquely charming about Konquest’s brand of traditional heavy metal—an almost whimsical breeziness that still felt like a near perfect balance of playful and substantive. A long-lost Italian cousin to Sweden’s …
[Cover art by Beyond Art] There are bad musical moods, and then there’s Mylingar. Over the course of the last decade this group of anonymous Swedes has concocted the type of ill-meaning black/death that makes Diocletian seem like a Care …
[Cover artwork by Subhuman at Desert Dungeon] Let’s talk about our love for quirky metal. Okay, sure, any definable level of ‘quirk’ is obviously subjective, but I’m guessing you know we’re not talking about the guy who loves The Black …
[Cover art by Mister Curse] Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface. Stack Overflow in…Corpse Pile Interface? “What’s in a name? That which we call a corpse pile, by any other word would smell as putrid” – billy shakes Forgive my …
originally written by Jim Brandon Originally intended to cap off a short mini-series of reviews that spotlighted the ever blooming French black metal scene, Aldaaron’s Nous Reviendrons Immortels has thrown me for a bit of …
Out of the shadowy forests of Norway comes Nàttsòl, a band that has secretly been in the works since the cold, dreary winter of 2006. Stemning, the band’s freshman effort, pays homage to many of …
originally written by Chris McDonald Although the cover art seems strangly reminiscent of a Nevermore album, The Morningside actually deals in airy, melodic death/doom strongly influenced by Agalloch and Katatonia, as well as Finland’s lucrative …
You’ve been here before. Here, among these waves. Waves that pretend to be glaciers, but at their heart are warm and cradling, not cold and isolating. It is the terrain of ebb and flow, slowly …
Just in case you missed the hype the first time around, Kingdom of Sorrow is the collaboration between Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta and the originator of “fat guy metal,” Crowbar vocalist/guitarist Kirk Windstein. Many wondered how …
originally written by Erik Thomas After a quick, devastating start to the year (Chelsea Grin, Carnifex, Annotations of an Autopsy), deathcore hit a bit of a dry spell for a few months. Things look to …
originally written by Erik Thomas With this record as arguably one of the more anticipated black metal releases of the year, Sweden’s Watain has a pretty monumental task following both the highly regarded Sworn to the Dark (an album …
Originally written by Melissa Mercury. If there’s one thing that’s lacking in the modern black metal scene today, it is this: conviction. Albums from countless bands are delivered in droves to the MR headquarters on a daily basis. …
