You ever hear an album and immediately think, “Now that’s fire”? That’s what I thought the very moment I hit play on “Encorcelled Spirits” by Indiana-based black metal outfit Karkosa. And the name of that song is fitting, seeing as the band’s music strikes me… Read More »Full Album Stream: Karkosa – “Esoterrorcult”
Pirate metal is no laughing matter but this new song from The Dread Crew of Oddwood might be. Calling their music “pirate metal,” the group of ruffians play acoustic folk metal-influenced tunes about life on the high seas. With new album Rust & Glory on the way, The Dread… Read More »Video Premiere: The Dread Crew of Oddwood – ‘Leather Ship’
Sometimes you have to wonder how a song even finds its way out of the recording studio. X:IN are not from a big agency, so there probably aren’t a ton of checks and balances when it comes to A&R, but someone still had to give… Read More »Song Review: X:IN – My Idol
Though it received a muted response around these parts, LE SSERAFIM’s Overwatch single Perfect Night went on to become a big hit for the group. Someone at Source Music was clearly paying attention, as new title track Easy does its best to replicate that sound.… Read More »Song Review: LE SSERAFIM – Easy
Check out the latest from Hibernaut, a video for the track “Lantern Eyed.” The song was originally released on their Ingress full-length, which dropped May 3 of last year. The Salt Lake City, Utah band first formed 2020 when Dave Jones began writing songs on guitar, a… Read More »Video Premiere: Hibernaut – “Lantern Eyed”