Articles by Addison Herron-Wheeler

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  Creeping

  Revenant

  PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2015

  The whole concept of deathened doom, blackened death, doom-influenced black metal, etc., has become so nuanced in the underground scene tha...

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  Pentagram

  Curious Volume

  PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2015

  Pentagram are a band whose name conjures up almost mythical awe in the metal community; they're seen as the founders of modern doom, and on...

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  Scythian

  Hubris in Excelsis

  PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2015

  UK-based death metal troupe Scythian's second full-length, Hubris in Excelsis, follows up their pulverising debut effort …To Those Wh...

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  Vaee Solis

  Adversarial Light

  PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2015

  Doom has been flourishing lately, as bands combine elements of black metal, sludge, death metal, desert rock, and all kinds of awesome subg...

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  Vardan

  Between the Fog and Shadows

  PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2015

  There are many things that black metal records are stereotyped to have: songs or album titles about fog, mountains, the cold or other grim...

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  STATS

  Mercy

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2015

  STATS' follow-up to their first two EPs, Crowned and Marooned, is full-length Mercy, a math-y, proggy, post-hardcore offering that, unfortu...

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  Majestic Downfall

  …When Dead

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2015

  Majestic Downfall's third studio album, …When Dead, is an achievement.   The band hail from Mexico and have been a group since 2006....

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  Dead Quiet

  Dead Quiet

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2015

  Dead Quiet, a new stoner band coming out of Vancouver, might not be doing anything incredibly new, exciting or innovative with their sound,...