Tag: Profound Lore

Leviathan – True Traitor, True Whore Review

originally written by Chris McDonald Since its birth as a musical style, many have endorsed and embraced metal as an escape from the rigors of everyday life as opposed to a reflection of it; an …

KEN Mode – Venerable Review

Since the clamoring of the barbarians at the gates has become increasingly indignant about the tardiness of this KEN Mode review, let me tell you a little story about why you all should be utterly …

The Atlas Moth – An Ache For The Distance Review

originally written by Jim Brandon Atticus Atlas is an extremely large saturniid that does not eat, has a relatively short lifespan, and is known as the “snake’s head moth” in Cantonese. It’s quite a stunning …

Witch Mountain – South Of Salem Review

Originally written by Rae Amitay Witch Mountain is a doom metal group from Portland that has been on the scene for over a decade, but since the addition of vocalist Uta Plotkin in 2009, they’ve …

Caïna – Hands That Pluck Review

By the time Andrew Curtis-Brignell started Caïna in 2004, one-man black metal projects had already earned themselves a sterling reputation – fairly, in many cases – for laughably rudimentary songwriting, glass-shards-being-flushed-down-a-toilet production, and all-around foolishness. …

Avichi – The Devil’s Fractal Review

At what point is black metal too nice? Orthodox black metal basically begs this question every time it rears its ever-so-serious head. The paradoxical beauty of much of this movement of the past half-decade or …

Disma – Towards The Megalith Review

originally written by Jim Brandon It looks like the battle between style and substance rages on. With the apparent hibernation of many tech-death torchbearers, the resurgence of ugly death metal bands seems to have reached …

Yob – Atma Review

Two words quickly sprang to mind as I started putting together thoughts about my collective Yob experience: “epiphany” and “resonation.” That first choice is obviously pretty dramatic, so I’ll address it quickly in hopes of stemming …