The future of black metal is changing. Bands in the genre no longer focus on shock value and instead write gut-wrenching songs full of emotion. No band describes this better than Gaerea. Their sound is ...

Midnight is a band that has always amazed me. Somehow Athenar has led this one-man project for nearly 20 years and is still releasing some of the most aggressive music today. Let There Be Witchery ...

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I’ll be honest, it took me a while to get into Fractal Universe. They definitely have that Cynic-influenced brand of progressive metal to their sound. I typically love bands with that style, but something about ...