Wow, 2021! Ce mai an! Sincer, nu are sens să fac o retrospectivă personală a anului. Cea mai importantă modificare pentru mine, este că de acum am primul an monitorizat 100% pe LastFM. Pe de alta parte, de acum înainte am ocazia să compar lista "critică" versus ceea ce ascult eu în viața reală. Așa... Continue Reading →
Disclaimer: I started writing this list on Dec 31, but even though a few weeks have passed I still highly resonate with the intro below. That's why I've decided not to rewrite it. What better way to spend the last hours of the shittiest year in recent memory than to ponder the awesome music that... Continue Reading →
Metal genre preference checkpoint time! If mid 90's doom/death, Peaceville sound, or this particular band is your thing, please feel free to pass through. If you are here out of curiosity, first hit play on the track below and let it sink in for at least 3 minutes. If the melody doesn't cut right to... Continue Reading →
This is a statement of intent, so "Stay a while and listen" as wise old Deckard Cain once said.
I couldn't have found a better fitting band to dust off the ashes of this blog. With that aside let's get on with it. Crippled Black Phoenix (CBP) is weird for me because it's one of those bands that I let the metal press form an opinion for me. Constant mediocre to low scores on... Continue Reading →
When thinking about black metal with orthodox-christian atmosphere, the first thing that springs to mind should be Batushka, and for good reason: their 2015 album Litourgiya, was a turning point for what black metal can be bent to sound like. It set a template on a new sound, one which had a lot of promise,... Continue Reading →
In every metalhead's life there is a point where you run against music that changes the way you view extreme metal. The study subject for today is black metal vocals. While exploring the genre many many years ago, I came across Marduk's Nightwing album. This one changed my definition of evil at that time, mostly because... Continue Reading →
There are certain bands out there that take regular elements and somehow concoct greatness. Oceans of Slumber, hailing from Texas, is one of them. I came across them in 2015 when they released the excellent single from their then upcoming album Winter (really... click that link, I dare you). I also got the unexpected chance to... Continue Reading →
Oh, boy... I can't really believe I'm covering a snail themed death metal album, but here we go! Metalhead pop-quiz time: name the band consisting of two British guys playing a unique blend of deranged death metal! I know you already have the answer, but just in case it's still clinging to the tip of... Continue Reading →
The world would be a lot less interesting place without french black metal, wouldn't it? The amount of bands constantly pushing the envelope originating from France is truly a thing to behold. Even though I generally keep an eye on that scene, I managed to miss one hell of a release from 2017: The Great... Continue Reading →
Not Kinetic Per Se 