Category: Reviews
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Winterfylleth: The Imperious Horizon Review
Winterfylleth are an English Atmospheric Black Metal band. They have in the past called their music English Heritage Black Metal and certainly use England’s rich history as inspiration for their music, as well as England’s beautiful countryside, particularly Cumbria, in Northern England. The Imperious Horizon is their 8th album and the first one in four years,…
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Within the Ruins – Phenomena II
It goes do-do-doooo-doo-doot
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Top 3 War Metal releases so far in 2024
ÖÜGH zone ahead
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Dark Tranquillity – Endtime Signals
Back in the early 2000s I was just getting started writing reviews for the website Metalcrypt.com. I was one of those metalheads that initially felt kind of lost in the 1990s when Heavy Metal was once again relegated to the underground (for the most part). I was in a Sam Goody store (who remembers Sam…
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Inherits the Void – Scars of Yesteryears
If you are a reader of this site you know that I normally prefer to highlight forgotten albums from the past that didn’t get the attention they deserved or that were unfairly panned (in my opinion at least). Today however we have the new album from Antoine Scholtes, the man behind this incredible Atmospheric/Melodic Black…
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Stormkeep – Tales of Othertime
I was inspired to write this review after seeing the mighty Wayfarer (Stormkeep’s main band) in Lincoln, Nebraska on the final night of their US tour with Sonja. I was completely enamored with this album when it was first released and I am certainly not the only one as it ended up on a LOT…
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7 EPs to listen to
Was very hard to only pick 7…
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In Vain – Solemn Review
2024 continues to be the year that just gives and gives, at least relating to music. In Vain’s most recent opus, Solemn is the latest (and possibly greatest) incredible gift we’ve been given this year. In Vain’s sound is extremely hard to define. They are a mix of complex progressive melodies, black metal tones, death…