Resilience & Despair by QAALM •  †  • I've been sitting on my hands patiently for Qaalm 's debut album ever since Hypaethral Rec...

Unmaker by LLNN •  †  • Danish post-hardcore and sludge outfit, LLNN , are trying to get back to what they accomplished on one of the better...

Vitahríngur by Mannveira •  †  • Iceland has earned an automatic grace with me—If I see an album under the canopy of black/death metal being...

VII - Kenoma by Fyrnask •  †  • Fyrnask is a band that was turned on to me back in 2013 following their smouldering release ' Eldir Nót...

Vaitojimas by Erdve  •  †  • Lithuania's main export definitely isn't metal - It's probably something more ambiguous and...

I just drank two heaping cups of coffee, which for me is the equivalent to dropping three pints of raw ether and washing it down with a ...

Dense atmospheric post-metal that teeters on a palette of many qualities; Uplifting, somber, hypnotic, powerful, beautiful, warm, fuzzy, ...

Get this. Have it. Listen to it. Enjoy it. Appreciate it… Appreciate it for this won't get the recognition it deserves (among with ma...

(NIGH)   This year, I decided I was going to do a separate post for the best Demos/Eps/Splits out this year. I am splitting these up in...

I've been fucking the dog lately, and of course by this I mean I have been putting this particular post off for a while (not actually...

Rhinoceros outnumber black metal bands in South Africa 100, 000 to 1, even after the great rhino decline in the 1970's, causing a devas...

A crusty soupy sludge comes The Darkest Days of Grays in gritty form. Grab if you like: Tombs , Le Kraken , Radare Planks

This is beautiful, like looking right into the eye of a tornado. Instrumental post-metal with a plethora of genres to incorporate at their ...