Burning Sun – Retribution Review
By: Nameless_n00b_607 It has been a much slower year for power metal than I would like. There have…
Hexrot – Formless Ruin of Oblivion Review
By: Nameless_n00b_604 “What’s past and what’s to come is strew’d with husks / And formless ruin of oblivion;”…
Barbarous – Initium Mors Review
Death metal boasts a lush buffet of subgenres. From mind-flaying technicality to chilling dissonance to wanton mirth, there’s…
The Final Witness – Beneath the Altar Review
By: Nameless_n00b_607 In a genre long since matured, a common way to avoid retreads is to combine multiple…
Ancient Torment – Follow the Echo of Curses Review
“Between grief and nothing, I will take grief.” –William Faulkner, The Wild Palms How do you grieve? Do…
Record(s) o’ the Month – August 2025
I said last month (well, last week, but who’s counting) that everything had been leading to that point.…
God’s Funeral – El Despertar Dels Morts Review
Written By: Nameless_n00b_605 Metal is full of niche genres, and within that sphere, doom metal is full of…
Panopticon – Laurentian Blue Review
With the mammoth Panopticon ranking and the electrifying Månegarm review behind us, we can now look towards the…
Abhorrent Expanse – Enter the Misanthropocene Review
How experimental is too experimental? That’s the question Chicago’s Abhorrent Expanse posits. It’s clear from the title: Enter…
Fell Omen – Caelid Dog Summer Review
Raw black metal is a tricky proposition. There’s an extremely thin line to walk between production choices designed…
Anchorite – Realm of Ruin Review
2025 has not given me nearly enough epic doom. I need a lot of that stuff to offset…