Tag: Season Of Mist

Abbath – Abbath Review

Abbath Doom Occulta: Born Olve Eikemo. Longtime frontman of Immortal. This doofus: Reach level 30 to unlock advanced resource harvesting.   Abbath: New band formed by Abbath Doom Occulta after his split with Immortal. Joining

KEN Mode – Success

If you’re going with that atrocious mustard-and-pastels eyesore of an album cover, you damn well better back it up with some kick-ass sounds… Recorded with notorious noise-rock curmudgeon Steve Albini, Success is the sixth full-length

Shape Of Despair – Monotony Fields Review

Shape of Despair’s place within the whole of Finnish funeral doom has long been as third fiddle, never releasing an album with the influence and stature of Skepticism’s Stormcrowfleet or Thergothon’s Stream from the Heavens.

Drudkh – A Furrow Cut Short Review

Originally written by K. Scott Ross. In the early days of black metal, certain scene leaders believed that the only true black metal was the Satanic kind. Some artists and fans still maintain that the

Ne Obliviscaris – Citadel Review

By all reasonable metrics, I ought to love this album. I own every single Dream Theater album – even the shitty ones. I own every single Cradle of Filth album – even the shitty ones.

Necrophagia – WhiteWorm Cathedral Review

Conveniently in time for Halloween season, Necrophagia awakens from its three-year slumber. Back in ye olden days of the 1980s, when death metal was just crawling forth from the womb, Necrophagia was among the first

Sólstafir – Ótta Review

“We must use time as a tool, not a couch.” – John “What the” F. Kennedy The above quote is relevant to Ótta for a couple reasons. First, as some of you are likely already

Floor – Oblation Review

We’re here to talk about Oblation, the new album from the newly reunited pre-Torche band Floor, but here’s an important preliminary question: Do you treat music as a mood enabler or as a mood enhancer?