Tag: Atmospheric
Dead To A Dying World – Litany Review
One of the things that seems most consistently difficult to understand for people who don’t particularly like heavy metal is just how it is that it can be soothing and meditative. And certainly, if you …
Pyramids – A Northern Meadow Review
On Pyramids‘s self-titled debut album from 2008, the Texas-based band sounded like a photo-negative version of Blut Aus Nord‘s mind-bending MoRT album, all blown-out brightness and brittle dream-pop shards colored ominously by black metal echoes. …
Desolate Shrine – The Heart Of The Netherworld Review
Sometimes shit just doesn’t work out. I’ve spent way too long trying to get into Desolate Shrine’s The Heart of the Netherworld, only to realize that there isn’t enough time for that to happen. Despite …
Darkspace – Darkspace III I Review
Darkness is the most fascinatingly vast concept the universe has ever offered us, and the most terrifyingly claustrophobic. It is infinite — and nothing — all at the same time. Apply this concept to our …
Wolves In The Throne Room – Celestite Review
originally written by Erik Highter Listening to the new Wolves in the Throne Room. Yup. So I am. Hmm. Wish I had some cheetos. Only 7:15? Huh. Wimpy had a good hamburger scam. — Erik …
Summoning – Old Mornings Dawn Review
Why is fantasy such a hard pill to swallow? Lord knows reality’s a rotten enough morass to make any sane person long for escapism, right? After all, it’s only mercenaries, cutthroats, and lunatics that thrive …
Tribulation – The Formulas Of Death Review
Imagine for a moment that Entombed, instead of following up Left Hand Path with Clandestine, followed it up with Necros Christos’s Doom of the Occult (except that it wasn’t bloated and terrible like the real …
Caladan Brood – Echoes Of Battle Review
One of the key elements of true artistry is juxtaposition. The simplest example one could give of this, from the visual perspective, is the process of using black and white with one another to create …