Author: Brent B
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8/3/26 Saidan/Trhä/Barbelith Live at Black Magic Social Club Houston, TX
Saidan have been on quite an upward trajectory for the last couple of years, really grinding and trying to put everything they have into the project. And if you’ve heard their new album, Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memory’s Wrist, then you know it’s paying off. Saidan appear to be operating at peak powers right now – adding new elements…
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Invunche Concert Review
The mystical and spiritual force known as Invunche are in the midst of spreading their unique and pummeling version of ancestral summoning, primitive, punk tinged black metal to the US. Technically based out of The Netherlands, the creator and inhibitor of El Invunche began his life in Chile and was uprooted at a young age to…
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Brent’s Best of 2025
I’ve probably purchased more new-release vinyl this year than most. Funny enough, most of the albums were technically released more than a year ago, and the vinyl just took some time to produce (I’ve heard wait times at pressing plants are pretty crazy these days). So putting together this list was kind of difficult, as I…
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Blackbraid/Lamp of Murmuur/Dodsrit Tour Review
9/22/25 Dallas, TX @ Tree’s Blackbraid has been moving forward with ferocious speed and momentum since releasing their debut album almost exactly three years ago. Three albums and tons of touring have started to pay off as they are now on their first headlining world tour. I had previously been able to see Blackbraid open on…