Artwork by Neheroth A rather cryptic figure from the underground who’ve I’ve been following from almost the start of his journey Febris Manea shares some of his thoughts on his project and musical process that, I personally have always found fascinating as the sounds he’s able to produce draw up some strong negative emotions within…
Hailing from Poland, TRUP makes their morbid appearance with their latest release, NIE. This is a crushingly heavy release, sporting five albums that have elements of black metal, hardcore, power violence, and any other heavy metal genre you can probably rattle off. Keeping them selves rather cryptic with the meaning behind their tracks, what little…
Hailing from mythical isle of New Zealand comes a husband and wife duo known as Winterwood. One of their releases, which came out earlier this year titled, Exploratory Guitar is very much what the title entails. A deep and personal ambient improvisation of Zac Winterwood’s long lasting relationship with the electric guitar. With sweeping soundscapes…
Artwork by Neheroth Early this year, I reached out to Alex of Russian black metal act Икотка (Ikotka). A brooding and atmospheric metal act that I’ve reviewed before. The band’s sound really stuck out to me and quickly became one of my favorites out of Russia, and the mysterious yet personal take in the music…
Hailing from the underground two executioners hailing from Portugal present us with their blasphemous offering Under the Deathsign. This is a blackened death metal release filled with crushing guitars, punishing drums and hellish vocals that satisfy all war metal needs. There’s no denying the uncompromising take that his band has and the dark enjoyments that…
Hailing from Sicily comes a unique metal release under the banner of Dramanduhr titled Tramhor. This is an album done completely in a fabricated language dubbed ‘Dahrmonium’. On first listen it sounds like a strange mixture of Egyptian, Greek, ancient Iberian and Latin combined in a way that works musically but at the end of…
The latest release from Moonlight Cypress Archetypes, SkyThala brings a more orchestral and symphonic approach to black metal taking heavy influence from famed Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. There’s a strong sound created here and stands out from the rest of the MCA catalog. There’s real deep intensity not only within the metal passages but the…